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Chelsea sign 11-year-old forward from Northampton Town's academy |
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Coaches Education
on 15 Oct 2010
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Chelsea
have demonstrated their faith in the adage "If you're good enough,
you're old enough" by signing an 11-year-old boy from the club who
occupy the 90th rung on the professional game's 92-club ladder. For
Michael Gyasi, a promising German-born striker who has spent a little
over two years at Northampton Town's centre of excellence, it is the stuff of dreams. Click here to read more..
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF MATTHEW BAKER: "Soccer had become a religion for Matthew" |
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Coaches Education
on 11 Oct 2010
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“Egocentric leaders destroy value” |
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Coaches Education
on 07 Oct 2010
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Van Gaal’s Team Building: Forming, storming, norming, performing |
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on 07 Oct 2010
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Jose Mourinho Special: Quotable Quotes of the Portuguese tactician (Part 1) |
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Coaches Education
on 07 Oct 2010
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The effect of exercise on cognitive performance in soccer-specific tests |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 07 Oct 2010
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Abstract
Two experiments were carried out to examine the effect of moderate and
maximal exercise on the cognitive performance of experienced soccer
players. Experiment 1 examined the speed and visual search in familiar
(game) and unfamiliar (non-game) contexts. Participants had to detect,
as quickly as possible, the presence or absence of a ball in
tachistoscopically presented slides. Click here to read more
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MLS clubs and the local factor, "cannibalizing your own fan base" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 07 Oct 2010
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More and more MLS clubs are adopting a local approach to find the best fit with their local markets. Click here to read more...
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Esprit de corps: Pep Guardiola's radical experiment |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 07 Oct 2010
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What we are witnessing under the Pep Guardiola era might be one of the
most radical experiments in modern football. I don't just mean on the
pitch, though that too is worth a mention -- what with Guardiola
basically revolutionizing pressing without the ball, making a 25-goal threat a 45-goal threat (Messi) by playing him more centrally, changing Barca's shape such that it's almost a back three so that full backs especially become wing backs, and much more. Click here to read more...
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"The biggest problem at the youth level is the emphasis on winning” |
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Coaches Education
on 05 Oct 2010
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Blood, sweat and tears: the truth about how your sportswear is made |
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Coaches Education
on 01 Oct 2010
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Factories used by biggest brands abuse staff, employ children and pay pitiful wages – while stars earn a fortune.....Click here to read more
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Louis Van Gaal’s Hubris Leaves Bayern Munich Reeling |
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Coaches Education
on 30 Sep 2010
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Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal underestimated the competition heading into the 2010-11 season...Click here to read more
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“How a Soccer Star is Made” |
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Coaches Education
on 30 Sep 2010
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Here is an interesting conversation about the Ajax Amsterdam article found in the New York Times....
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Ajax's adolescents master men of Milan |
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Coaches Education
on 30 Sep 2010
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On Tuesday night, two of Europe's most historic clubs met in the Champions League as Ajax drew 1-1 with AC Milan. The two sides also met in the final in 1995 as a gloriously talented crop of Amsterdammers defeated a collection of Rossoneri superstars. This is a story of a triumph of youth over experience, and the rise to prominence of global stars such as Patrick Kluivert, Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf. Click here to read more
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 29 Sep 2010
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“Talent, in the absence of
hard work, is worth nothing,
but talent with hard work is
a dynamite combination”
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THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE SCOUT’S EYE |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 29 Sep 2010
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In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
points out that two-thirds
of Canada’s professional ice
hockey players are born in either
January or February.
This, Gladwell asserts, is
because Canadian youth leagues
are organised by calendar year
and, as children born in the
irst months of the year are
inevitably better developed
than their younger teammates,
they get more coaching and
more opportunities to play. As
a result, a ‘virtuous circle’ is
established which continues into
adulthood. Gladwell suggests
that this ‘birth bias’ might, in
fact, lead to many potential stars
remaining undiscovered.
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 29 Sep 2010
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Soccer Facts:
- There are approximately 3.2 million registered youth soccer players in the U.S.A., making soccer the #1 youth sport in America, surpassing even football and baseball.
- In Northern California there are 218,000 registered youth soccer players, making Northern California #1 in youth soccer registration in the USA.
- In Northern California there are 42,000 registered adult soccer players.
- District 6 counties range from as far away as Butte County to Solano County.
- There are 60,000 registered youth soccer players in District 6, making Sacramento the #1 District for registered youth players in the country.
- There are 5,300 registered adult soccer players in District 6.
- The average yearly household income for a soccer family ranges from $58,000 to $75,000 per year.
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Peter Nowak: 'I give them a soccer bible' |
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Coaches Education
on 22 Sep 2010
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Klinsmann Talks About U.S. Soccer |
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Coaches Education
on 22 Sep 2010
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In an interview broadcast on the Kansas City Wizards’ pregame show Sunday but certain to get much wider play, Jürgen Klinsmann made his first public comments on his talks with U.S. Soccer about taking over as national team coach. Click here to read more
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"Overemphasizing competition in early phases of training will always cause shortcomings" |
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Coaches Education
on 20 Sep 2010
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Unfortunately,
parents and coaches in many sports still approach training with an
attitude best characterized as "peaking by Friday," where a short-term
approach is taken to training and performance with an over- emphasis on
immediate results.
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Dissecting the Ajax team of 1973: Ajax 4 – Bayern München 0 |
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Coaches Education
on 18 Sep 2010
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