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Inauthentic Coaching by Iris Arenson-Fuller |
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Article Posted By admin on
10/7/2008
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The art of coaching, whether life, business, spiritual, sports or executive, can open an incredible new world for people when they learn to shift the way they view things, and to use their understanding to take their lives to the next level. I liken the awareness and freshness that people can find through coaching to putting on a new pair of glasses after having blurry vision for a long time. Everything is sharp and clear and you feel ready to take on life because of your clarity. Coaching also trains us to find opportunities and learning experiences in every challenge or setback.
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FUN SOCCER Goes to N. Korea by Chris Hayes |
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Article Posted By admin on
10/7/2008
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I don’t suppose there are too many people, who, if asked what they did during their summer vacation, replied “I coached soccer in North Korea”, but that was my lot during August while visiting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as it is officially known. Koryo Tours, my Beijing-based travel company, pride themselves on meeting a challenge, and I think they surpassed themselves by working a coaching session into my itinerary.
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Shhh! Soccer league wants silence by Nancy Eshelman |
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Article Posted By admin on
10/2/2008
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If you plan to watch a kid play soccer this weekend, shut up.
We're approaching what is known as "Silent Weekend," a time when people on the sidelines are asked to watch, well, silently. No fair egging on your kid or berating the other team or the referee. Just shut up and suck on one of the 3,000 lollipops the Central Pennsylvania Youth Soccer League has handed out as a means of engaging your mouth in something besides commentary.
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Brain Study and Learning Technique by Paul Recer |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/30/2008
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It takes the brain about six hours to store in memory a new physical skill, such as riding a bike (FUNdamental dribbling fake/feints) and this memory can be wiped out if the mind’s storage process is interrupted by trying to learn another new skill researchers have found.
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Behaviors – how to Coach Coaches by Stuart Herbert |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/29/2008
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All sports coaches are in one of the ultimate results-driven environment; they need immediate results far more than your average manager does, and they have to contend with a turnover of staff (in their case, players) that your average manager never has to face. But Coach Wooden and his record of coaching at UCLA proved beyond all doubt that, even in such an environment, both short-term results and long-term success comes from within, from internal work that at first seems both unnecessary and without immediate reward. Success comes from within you the manager, and it must be instilled within each and every member of your team. Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success contains 15 separate building blocks for you to work on. Along the bottom are the five foundation blocks that leadership is build upon.
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How Should Young Pleayers Warm-Up? by Dev Mishra |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/29/2008
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The most important thing to clarify is the difference between warm-up and stretching. Let me also be clear that what we are discussing here is how to prepare for activity, not what we do after a game or practice session. Warm-up (referred to by some authors as Movement Preparation) refers to low intensity and slow speed movements such as jogging, skipping, juggling the ball, footwork exercises with the ball, short passing drills, etc. These exercises take the place of traditional stretching as a means of preparing the body for the movement tasks required in the training session or game.
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Kids drive coaches to coach: Parents drive coaches to drink! |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/22/2008
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When coaches get together at annual convention, they go there to take in coaching sessions to become a better coach but they also get together to compare notes and talk about their experiences. One could also call it a giant group therapeutic psychology session. And quite often, the topic reverts back to the parents of the players. Just when you think you have seen or heard it all, another coach tells you of an experience they had with a parent of a player.
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A “Special” Coaching Experience by John DeBenedictis |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/22/2008
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We often define our best soccer memories by winning games and tournaments, exotic traveling and international experiences. By giving back some time right at home we can add to our soccer memories. Contact your local Special Olympics program in your area and I am sure that they will be grateful for your help, even it you can only make one session if that is all your time will allow for. Don’t miss this opportunity because it is truly is a window for personal growth.
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Can you Coach All Kids and still win? by Jim Buxton |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/15/2008
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Is it possible to be a "nice guy" and still win the game, or was Leo Durocher right when he said that "Nice guys finish last"? To look at that question, I have to remind you that we're looking at recreational (house league) soccer, not Travel or high school soccer. Additionally, we're assuming that the local soccer board has set up expectations that there be roughly equal playing time. What you should see your child's coach doing this year" and "If you want to win vs if you want to coach all kids.
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Prevent injuries in young athletes |
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Article Posted By admin on
9/2/2008
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It happened in a instant, and Stephanie Clarke knew right away it was bad.Clarke and her London, Ont. teammates were kicking up their heels on the national stage -- the Canadian under-16 girls' soccer championship game last October in Edmonton against the Alberta champ from Calgary -- when her tournament came to an abrupt end.
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