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"No lines, No laps, No Lectures" - Karl Dewazien

Screaming instructions at the last moment is no way to win anything. It will probably reverse your strategy of getting ahead of the play and coaching your teammates to win. You have to develop the art...

Keys to a Successful Tryout by Roby Stahl

This is a list of qualities that coaches are looking for when a player shows up for Tryouts. Take note for these are things that will help the player present himself in the best possible light.

Teaching the Game by Tony DiCicco

As a coach, clearly you need to keep helping players understand positioning and spatial awareness. But the last thing you want to do is lock players into specific and rigid roles by saying, "You stay ...

Beware of the Soccer Snark Hunt by John Murphy,CYSA Chairman

Kept in proper perspective and with appropriate balance the benefits of youth sports, especially youth soccer, are incredible and cannot be equaled in any other way. But when youth soccer becomes a Sn...

Charactistics of Admired Coaches by Steve Horan

We talk a lot about what coaches want from their athletes. This is an important topic because it helps us help our athletes define and develop certain positive values and behaviors. We don't talk as ...