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By the time America's top talents reach the international level, they're stuck playing catch-up. |
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on 05 Jul 2010
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It happens every four years, as inevitable as presidential elections and
surging public interest in short-track speedskating. The big, bad, rich
n' populous United States falters at the World Cup. Meanwhile, skillful
foreign mighty-mites from futbol-mad nations the size of Oregon
shine. Click here to read more
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"no player with good potential shall be allowed to slip through the net." |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 02 Jul 2010
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Niersbach says that after his country's (Germany's) early exit from Euro 2000
"the German FA has invested an annual €20m [£16.5m] earmarked for talent
promotion in the widest sense of the word. At grassroots level, a
nationwide network of 366 training centres has been set up, mostly using
the infrastructure of local clubs with above-average facilities, where
14,000 youngsters aged 11-14 receive extra tuition by way of a weekly
two-hour training session imparted by a DFB-appointed coach. This is in
addition to the training they do with their respective clubs. It is more
than likely that some of them will feature in the German national team
eight years from now.
"Further up the line there are 46 club
academies. Twenty-nine German further-education schools have been
designated Elite Football Schools. Students receive a perfectly normal
education, up to the Abitur granting university access, but
also benefit from plenty of football as part of the curriculum.
"Finally
we have made sure that all the DFB's junior national teams, from U15
onwards, benefit from basically the same level of support, the backroom
staff including a sports psychologist, a physical fitness coach, as well
as first-rate doctors and physios. An extensive database has been set
up, allowing our coaches to access information – medical data, physical
test results, performance analyses, personal characteristics – for every
player. Obviously, the underlying purpose of all of this is that no
player with good potential shall be allowed to slip through the net."
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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Coaching changes at Real Madrid come around almost as often as the
matches. At Europe's most illustrious football club, they accumulate
managers like most other teams collect midfield players: Eleven have
come and gone in the past seven years amid a catalogue of differing
complaints.
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Analyzing the performance of 2010 US World Cup Team |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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Friend of the Perfectly Weighted Through Blog and former RCU coach
Greg Petersen has done it again. He has provided us with an in-depth
analysis of the USA's World Cup performance and the state of soccer in
the US. Enjoy! Click here to read more
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"Why can't we (USA) be more competitive and play a better brand of soccer?" |
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Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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"I am in a small village today," Ziemer said Tuesday, "in which there
are 200 kids playing soccer. Many walked between 4 and 6 kilometers in
their bare feet to get here. They are playing on dirt fields. Where they
live they don't have television. They don't even have electricity. And
yet they come smiling, eager to play." Click here to read more
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When the Dutch led the way |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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Brazil versus the Netherlands has given us some wonderful World Cup
memories. The 1998 semi-final was one of Ronaldo's best performances in
the competition. The Dutch should probably have won a pulsating game,
losing their nerve in the penalty shoot-out, but they softened up the
Brazilians for France in the final.Click here to read more
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Spain, have 750 Grade A Uefa-trained coaches, England have under 150 |
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Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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This might be the point to throw in the revelation that Spain, the
European champions, have 750 Grade A Uefa-trained coaches, compared to
under 150 in England. All those English tutors instruct fully-grown men
while in Spain 640 of the 750 teach five-year-olds and up. A Spanish
cultural revolution 15 years ago has transformed the national team and
Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's director of football
development, has spoken glowingly of Germany's huge investment in
coaching and talent cultivation. The results: Thomas Müller and Mesut
Ozil, who tormented England in Bloemfontein. Click here to read more
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Stuart Pearce, "As a 16-year-old, I was playing in the first team of a non-league team" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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Stuart Pearce on producing young players..Click here to read more
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"a defunct coaching system to the very top" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 01 Jul 2010
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As hard to believe as it may be, England are actually worse off now than
when Steve McClaren was sacked almost three years ago. Back then, you
see, there was a plan. The Football Association were going to throw
money at the problem like never before; they were going to write a
cheque that would make Sven Goran Eriksson's second contract seem like
luncheon vouchers.
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Johan Cruyff: I would not pay to see Brazil play |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 30 Jun 2010
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Former Holland striker Johan Cruyff
considers Brazil a boring team and insists that he would not
pay to see the five-time World Cup winners play. Click here to read more
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Fabio Capello avoids blame for England talent crisis |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 30 Jun 2010
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To say Fabio Capello squared up to the
reality that England have regressed from
quarter-finalists to second-rounders would be a gross misreporting of
events here, because the manager blamed the referee, Premier
League-induced fatigue and the strange disappearance of the men he
thought he knew from qualifying. Click here to read more
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July 5-9, 2010 - Frans Hoek/SSU Camp |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 24 Jun 2010
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Time Magazine World Cup - Time Magazine |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Cruyff, "the influx of Italian managers is wrecking English football" |
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Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Eclipse Soccer Club Is Pipeline To Dynamo Academy Opportunity |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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For young soccer players in southeast Texas, the road to a possible
professional career begins at the Houston Dynamo Academy – the Major
League Soccer club’s youth development program that is designed to
identify top local prospects. Click here to read more
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"we know that the best (soccer) players in the world come out of unorganized events" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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NorCal Premier Soccer Spring League Tables and Results |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Youth National Team Coaches discuss their missions |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Free Coaching Clinics - Ajax Amsterdam - AZ Alkmaar |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Ajax Amsterdam has a distinct style of play which is based on quick
passing, ball possession and an attacking style of play. Jan will
present an overview of the club philosophy, style of play and the
drills they utilize to develop players for top level soccer.
Two Day Course June 26 &
June 27, 2010
FREE to all NorCal Coaches
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Claudio Reyna talks about state of game, Pt. 1 |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Jun 2010
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Part 1 in a Five-Part Series
Claudio Reyna is the new
Technical Director for US Soccer. He addressed coaches at the recent
USSF Development Academy Spring Showcase in Sarasota, Florida.
TopDrawerSoccer.com was there and is presenting a rundown of Reyna's
comments both to the coaches and in an exclusive interview with Managing
Editor Robert Ziegler.
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