Alan Mahers articles read like stories that will inspire you to be the best person,coach and parent that you can be. http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/BlogId/5/Default.aspx en-US jdfunsoccer@comcast.net jdfunsoccer@comcast.net Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:54:25 GMT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:54:25 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.1.19887 <p>On Long Island the team has a coach of record. He or she goes to the games with the team. Normally that person is a volunteer. Then the team hires a professional coach. Perhaps the English coach. Then there is a personal trainer for many of the players. Finally, there is a tournament coach who takes the team to regional tournaments. Suppose that the team does not do well. Then the parents ask, “what do we do now?”</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/436/What-do-we-do-Now-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/436/What-do-we-do-Now-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/436/What-do-we-do-Now-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=436 <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: black">By the way, This is the only country that has paid coaches, paid by parents, in the world. We have three levels. First we have the team coach, then the personal trainer and finally the special trainer. The special trainer does the hop, skip and jump stuff, or the dragging of players. Some give out special mini parachutes. Remember that the coach is paid. (I trained kids for nothing. Stupid me.) </span></div><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/435/Summer-Musings-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/435/Summer-Musings-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/435/Summer-Musings-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=435 <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: black">When teachers in a given school are all forced to teach the same way, this is called the Procrustes’ Bed of education. This is not considered a good thing. One size fits all? Really?  </span><span style="color: black">I feel the same way about training soccer players and coaches. Is there really only one way? That seems a little tight considering the variety of players and coaches. And experience and physical stature for the players. </span></div><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/434/Procrustes-Bed-of-Education-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/434/Procrustes-Bed-of-Education-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/434/Procrustes-Bed-of-Education-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=434 <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: black">We seem to spend too much time on the wrong thing in this country. We need more on creativity on the field of play.</span></div><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/433/The-Solution-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/433/The-Solution-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/433/The-Solution-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=433 <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt">This was an interesting season for me as the team was very different from previous teams. The players had good footwork but lacked ability and knowledge of teamwork. So I spent the season developing that area of soccer. It was hard work and needed constant repetitions of what had been learned. It was all new to them.</span></p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/432/-Co-Coaches-of-the-Year-Taught-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/432/-Co-Coaches-of-the-Year-Taught-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/432/-Co-Coaches-of-the-Year-Taught-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=432 <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Have you ever watched the best players in the world and wondered: how did they do that? They perform a brilliant pass, finding a player in the open while being under extreme pressure. Or they score a brilliant goal and it seemed as if the player knew where everything and everyone was and then made the right decision under pressure. It may be a quick dribble into a space that didn’t even seem to be there but suddenly appeared.</font></p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/JohnDeBenedictis/tabid/660/EntryId/427/Player-Development-Starts-in-the-Socks-by-John-DeBenedictis.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/JohnDeBenedictis/tabid/660/EntryId/427/Player-Development-Starts-in-the-Socks-by-John-DeBenedictis.aspx Coaching Youth Soccer http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/JohnDeBenedictis/tabid/660/EntryId/427/Player-Development-Starts-in-the-Socks-by-John-DeBenedictis.aspx#Comments http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/JohnDeBenedictis/tabid/660/EntryId/427/Player-Development-Starts-in-the-Socks-by-John-DeBenedictis.aspx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=427 <p style="text-align: left">This same article could be written every summer following pre-season training. I could just change the title and some dates and mail it in every year. Same thing, same problem. This is the last week of July and various teams are being trained before the season begins, which is August. So I have gone to the park on four different days. This is what I have seen...</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/412/Hop-Skip-and-Jump-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/412/Hop-Skip-and-Jump-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/412/Hop-Skip-and-Jump-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=412 <p style="text-align: left">In an interview, Connor English explained that that off season he shot 200 times a day. During the season he shoots 50 to 100 times after practice. You read that right. He shoots 50 to 100 times after every practice.  Now, all you players who play soccer, how many shoot 200 times a day off season and 50 to 100 times after each practice?<br />  </p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/406/Shooting-and-Scoring-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/406/Shooting-and-Scoring-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/406/Shooting-and-Scoring-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=406 <p style="text-align: left">The experienced referees are replaced by the less experienced. They are  being driven out by coaches, players and parents.  I have  told you my attitude. I pretend that soccer is played in a glass tank containing  twenty two players and one referee. The linesmen are off the<br /> playing field and  signal the referee with a flag. They do not yell; they signal. No one else is  allowed on the field and nobody can enter without the permission of the ref. I  speak to a ref before the game and after the game.  Period. I do not yell during the game. It is in a glass tank. Remember that.<br />  </p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/393/How-to-Deal-with-Soccer-Referees-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/393/How-to-Deal-with-Soccer-Referees-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/393/How-to-Deal-with-Soccer-Referees-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=393 Why should all soccer be high level competition? Why cannot kids just have fun? I do not even like the thought that an adult needs to be at the game. I played basketball and football without ever seeing an adult. How about that? Club stuff between kids.<a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/361/A-New-Season-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/361/A-New-Season-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/361/A-New-Season-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:48:04 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=361 Try to imagine a running back in the NFL who does not know how to carry the ball while running down the field. A player who is paid good money to run with the ball did not know how to do that. I cannot imagine that.<a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/132/Technique-Before-Tactics.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/132/Technique-Before-Tactics.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/132/Technique-Before-Tactics.aspx Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:04:43 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=132 <p style="text-align: left">The fall soccer season has ended for the regular season. We failed to make the play-offs, so that is the end. The uniforms have been turned in and all we have left is a covered dish dinner and wishing the best to the seniors who will push on to other things next year. I say other things because some will play football (kicking) and a number will go to lacrosse, wrestling or basketball. The rest of us are left to recapitulate and set some goals for next year. I will meet with the two other coaches and plan early training. Here are some points that I plan to cover.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/359/-Recapitulation-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/359/-Recapitulation-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/359/-Recapitulation-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:58:01 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=359 <p style="text-align: left">I still like Dutch soccer. They really know how to teach technique and at the youth level they teach tactics.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/130/Coaching-Jan-is-Wrong.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/130/Coaching-Jan-is-Wrong.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/130/Coaching-Jan-is-Wrong.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=130 <p style="text-align: left">The Northern California program is the wave of the future. It is easy to learn and easy to teach. One does not have to count all the fingers or toes. Just get to nine.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/133/Soccer-Training-in-Northern-California.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/133/Soccer-Training-in-Northern-California.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/133/Soccer-Training-in-Northern-California.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=133 <p style="text-align: left">Recently, I heard from a person who was interested in match analysis. I did not realize that I had not written on the subject for almost two years. In this lapse of time, I have tried to make the process more simple and easy to understand.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/131/Match-Analysis.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/131/Match-Analysis.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/131/Match-Analysis.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=131 Soccer is a process; it is not a quickly acquired product. If you expect quick results, try basketball. Just get tall people<a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/129/The-Partys-Over.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/129/The-Partys-Over.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/129/The-Partys-Over.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=129 <p style="text-align: left">Many current university presidents would not understand them. I am writing all of this in the hope that coaches and parents will send their children to college to get an education, not play ball. Stop looking at the size of the stadium. Stop looking at the size of the soccer fields. Look at the library. The ivy walls. The brick. And a cool wooded area nearby. And running water in a stream. Listen not for the cheers of the crowds, but for the silence allowing meditation and thinking.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/128/By-Ivy-Covered-Walls.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/128/By-Ivy-Covered-Walls.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/128/By-Ivy-Covered-Walls.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=128 <p style="text-align: left">We have robbed our children of the joy of youth both in school and on the soccer field.</p><a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/113/A-Block-Party.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/113/A-Block-Party.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/MahersMessages/tabid/91/EntryId/113/A-Block-Party.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=113 Sunday night is Andy Rooney night in my house. He always has a few zingers to throw to the viewing audience. I am no Andy Rooney, and I have no zingers, but a few things do irk me. I will mention a few.<a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/91/Things-That-Irk-Me-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/91/Things-That-Irk-Me-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/91/Things-That-Irk-Me-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=91 Soccer is the same way. Pass or shoot from a short distance and strive for 100% accuracy. Then increase the distance a little at a time. Make it work.<a href=http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/90/Make-It-Work-by-Alan-Maher.aspx>More...</a> http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/90/Make-It-Work-by-Alan-Maher.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/DrAlanGoldberg/tabid/345/EntryId/90/Make-It-Work-by-Alan-Maher.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:31 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=90