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Podcast: Phil Tait about 1 on 1 soccer coaching
Today I proudly present you the first Great Soccer Coaching Podcast. I interviewed a coach who I know for about 2 years. He’s name is Phil Tait and he lives and work in the greater Boston Area. He is originally from England.
Listen to the Podcast: Phil Tait about 1 on 1 coaching
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3 priorities in individual soccer defending.
Soccer is a team sport, but within the game there are a lot of 1 versus 1 situations. In these situations there is no help, not for the offensive and not for the defensive player. In this article I’ll explain you what the priorities of your defensive players should be when they play a 1 versus 1 on ...
A day in the soccer summer season life of Coach Tommy
As a professional soccer coach the main thing that keeps me going is of course soccer. In the summer this is still soccer, but it’s a little different than in other seasons. This is because the company I work organizes summer camps. This means that during the day we have a lot of children who we teach ...
The Soccer Scoring Zones
Soccer Scoring Zones
In soccer there aren’t any marked scoring zones, but they are definitely there. There is a marked area, the 18 yards box, but this isn’t really a scoring zone box. It’s more a marked area that shows how far the goalkeeper can use his hands and when a direct free kick will be ...
What does a coach say minutes before the game?
Maybe you are familiar with the feeling I used to have just minutes before your team enters the field to play a game. I always do my pre-game speech (How to do a structured pregame speech , 10 Tips to making your pregame speech stick) first and than the players will start to warm up. After they warmed ...
The Qualities I want my Soccer Team Captain to have.
I recently wrote an article about the tasks I give my soccer team captains. The article, ” 15 tasks for a soccer team captain “ , is only talking about tasks. In this article I’d like to tell you a little more about the qualities I want my soccer team captain to have.
I’d like to start ...
How to do a structured pre-game speech.
You have to play a game with your team and you want to give a pregame speech. The first question you have to ask yourself: “What do I want to tell my players?”. With this article I provide a structure to you. If you will use this structure you will be sure that your pre-game speech makes sense.
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15 tasks for your Soccer Team Captain.
The Soccer Team Captain is a very important person for a soccer team. The captain haves different tasks so he/she can help the team. This tasks are on and off the field. When your players are at a young age, you might consider changing the team captain every game. If you do so every player get the experience ...
The Soccer Assistant Coaches tasks and responsibilities.
This article is about the role of the assistant coach. Maybe you have an assistant coach, you are an assistant coach or maybe after this article you want to find yourself an assistant coach. I’ll explain a little more about the role of the assistant coach. His tasks and responsibilities. A lot of people ...
10 Tips to make your pre-game speech stick.
Maybe you have experienced the following: After preparing a great soccer pre-game speech your team is doing exactly nothing you talked about during the pre-game speech. During half-time you are doing a speech again. All players are quite and you think they know what you expect from them the second half. ...
