Roby Stahl articles about coaching youth soccer,advice on performance, player development and ideas for coaching soccer http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/RobyStahlArticles/tabid/231/BlogId/26/language/en-US/Default.aspx en-US jdfunsoccer@comcast.net jdfunsoccer@comcast.net Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:44:01 GMT Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:44:01 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 We here in the USA are clearly missing the point on proper defending tactics..... Forget England/Argentina/Germany/Portugal and all the rest and listen to this one. It concerns a match played between Barbados and Grenada in cup competition. Barbados needed to win the game by two clear goals in order to progress to the next round. Now the trouble was caused by a daft rule in the competition which stated that in the event of a game going to penalty kicks, the winner of the penalty kicks would be awarded a 2-0 victory. http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/RobyStahlArticles/tabid/231/EntryID/368/language/en-US/Default.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/Default.aspx?tabid=231&EntryID=368 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:02:16 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=368 The more I delve into the athletic development side of training athletes I am finding how most players have lower body deficiencies and how this prevents them from fulfilling their potential in competition. It starts with poor warm-up habits and continues with non-appropriate or outdated strength training activities. Most conditioning programs rely on the old straight ahead sprint method instead of using body weight lunges, forward, rear, to the side and in crossover patterns. I start all my training sessions with multilateral activities like various games of tag, single leg wrestling, bear and crab crawls, etc. Not only do these activities dynamically warm up the body and wake up the mind but the athletes look forward to doing them. http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/RobyStahlArticles/tabid/231/EntryID/364/language/en-US/Default.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/Default.aspx?tabid=231&EntryID=364 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:12:19 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=364 Show the proper respect for yourself, your teammates, referees, fans, and most important, the game…especially when you are in the public’s eye. A coach watching you perform will give you negative points in his book if you look sloppy or act like a bum on the field. This means: tuck in your shirt, walk with an air of confidence, no weird haircuts, and watch your mouth. First impressions are lasting impressions. Last impressions are equally important. Don’t throw away all you hard work in the last 10 minutes of a game by doing something stupid. http://www.karldewazien.com/CoachingArticles/RobyStahlArticles/tabid/231/EntryID/157/language/en-US/Default.aspx jdfunsoccer@comcast.net http://www.karldewazien.com/Default.aspx?tabid=231&EntryID=157 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:20:36 GMT http://www.karldewazien.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=157