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Argentina focus on developing youth |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 15 Apr 2010
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How the Bundesliga puts the Premier League to shame |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 15 Apr 2010
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In Germany the fan is king. The Bundesliga has the lowest ticket
prices and the highest average attendance of Europe's five major
leagues. At Borussia Dortmund their giant stand holds 26,000 and costs
little more than £10 for admission. Clubs limit the number of season
tickets to ensure everyone has a chance to see the games, and the away
team has the right to 10% of the available capacity. Match tickets
double as free rail passes with supporters travelling in a relaxed
atmosphere in which they can sing, drink beer to wash down their
sausages, and are generally treated as desirables: a philosophy English
fans can only dream of. Click here to read more
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Undercurrents of Violence at the World Cup |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 15 Apr 2010
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How easy it is to forget that athletes at their peak are, by the very
nature of their tasks, young but expected to be wise in their event,
world-traveled but isolated and vulnerable. Click here to read more
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Rules changes and the impact on local high school soccer |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 15 Apr 2010
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The high schools of the Sac-Joaquin Section may be powerless to stop a
major change to the participation rules that impact their soccer teams. Click here to read more
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Guardiola’s masterwork is based on Cruyff’s art |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 14 Apr 2010
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Rob Train
Pep
Guardiola has taken Cruyff's philosophy to new heights.
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Messi, " I know there were a lot of people telling him that I was never going to be big enough" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 14 Apr 2010
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FC Barcelona superstar forward Lionel
Messi has a very special reason to reject the potential of being the
most expensive player in footballing history. It’s not because he is
waiting for the most lucrative offer, but more because he is in ‘debt’ –
to be more specific, indebted for life to the club that went out of
their way to give him the life that he presently has; a life’s dream
fulfilled to be a professional footballer. And the best one in the world
nonetheless.
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Barca, Guardiola....."their philosophy of ball possession and attacking football" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 13 Apr 2010
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"Maintaining possession, using the ball quickly and accurately, is the key" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 13 Apr 2010
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One o'clock Saturday night, Sunday morning in the bowels of the Bernabéu
and somewhere behind that mop of hair there's a look of surprise. There
may even be a hint of disgust. "If you say so, mate," replies Carles
Puyol, "but I don't agree. Maybe some people don't give him all the
credit he deserves. Maybe you have ignored him, but we haven't.
Not us. We know he's absolutely fundamental; we know that he's among
the best in the world and I think everyone recognises that." Well,
almost everyone. When Xavi Hernández was included in the top five at the
Fifa World Player award ceremony in January 2009, alongside Lionel
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Fernando Torres, the Daily Mail's headline famously ran: "The best players of the
world (and Xavi).
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"army of British coaches who have arrived to show us how to do things the primitive Brit way" |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 11 Apr 2010
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While
all that development has been going on, what has been happening
to the development of the young players? Given the amount of time,
money, and expertise now being poured into this area, the answer ought
to be: a constant stream of much better players is now pouring out of
the academies.
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Sheffield Wednesday Youth Academy Coaches Clinic April 24th - 25th 2010 |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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Walnut Creek Soccer Club is hosting the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Academy U11 and U13 teams from April 22nd to 28th,
2010. As part of our partnership with Sheffield Wednesday we are hosting a joint tournament as well as a coaching clinic conducted by the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Academy coaching staff.
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BARCA - What's the secret? Two basic footballing ideas! |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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From the magnificence of Messi to the genius of Guardiola, Barça left
the world spellbound on Tuesday. John Carlin, who watches every week,
explains how this side rose to such dizzying heights. Click here to read more
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Man U signs rising Mexican star from Chivas |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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In a move that could further increase Manchester United’s already strong
Houston following if the Premier League giants play in the 2010
All-Star game at Reliant Stadium this summer, the Red Devils have signed
Mexican sensation Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.
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Claudio Reyna Named U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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CHICAGO (April 7, 2010) – U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati announced
the appointment of four-time World Cup veteran Claudio Reyna as the
Federation’s Youth Technical Director in New York on Wednesday
afternoon.
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In a RAGE over Pleasanton RAGE’s registration fee increase |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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Pleasant Rage Girls Soccer Association
(PGSA) has announced a large increase to player registration fees this
year. I don’t recall the exact amount of last years' fees, but I
believe they were approximately $185/player. There is no doubt these
are challenging economic times for many, but I think such a large
increase is unjustified and, quite frankly, price gouging. Our school
district is asking for donations of $150 per student to offset budget
cuts, but at least the school district has provided detailed explanation
as to the jobs that will be saved and resources for our children that
will be maintained by the donations. Pleasanton Rage has provided very
vague and inadequate explanations for the required increase in fees. I
realize playing a recreational sport is optional, but why should the
extreme cost increase prevent the youth of our city in participating?
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Team against individuals, joy against duty, talent against money, Barca against Madrid |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 08 Apr 2010
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In a few years he will probably need a sole house for the collected
balls of the hat-trick scored goals, while the other will probably be
taken as a perfect embodiment of midfield passing, conducting, and
controlling! These are respectively: the genius (which the term does not
really fit him anymore, he is beyond that!) Leo Messi, and the maestro,
Xavi Hernandez, conductor of FC Barcelona’s symphonies.
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There is a lack of science in English football and artists like Rooney pay the price |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Apr 2010
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If the country's ability to sleep easy at night depends on how one
player
lands then the nation has deeper, longer-term issues to address than
Rooney's tweaked ankle ligaments sustained with that painful impact at
the
Allianz Arena.Click here to read more
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Barcelona's La Masia magicians leave Arsenal outclassed and surpassed |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Apr 2010
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Barça's Camp Nou has
seen several great players over its rich history, but surely never so
many at the same time. Click here to read more
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Barca Talk Possession, Arsenal Focus on Grit |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Apr 2010
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BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Holders Barcelona are planning to focus on
their customary possession game while Champions League opponents Arsenal
will rely more on mental strength to see them through, their coaches
said Monday. Click here to read more
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The Center of Attention, Now Sidelined |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Apr 2010
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If soccer at its best is a form of art, the consequences for its
practitioners can sometimes seem like the black arts.
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Ajax U17's Defeat Barca and AC Milan to win AEGON Future Cup |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Apr 2010
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Ajax won the first edition of the AEGON Future Cup on Monday. Robin
Pronk’s team beat China U-17 1-0 thanks to Terell Ondaan’s goal, in the
final at the Toekomst Sports Complex. Bayern München ended the
tournament in third place after their 2-0 win against losing semi
finalist AC Milan. Click here to read more
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