Category: players

  • Are You Right or Left Footed?

    A great question to ask young soccer players are whether they are right or left footed. Most will say right. A few will say left. Fewer still will give the correct answer of \’both\’. In order to become a good soccer player, players must feel comfortable using both feet.

  • Improve Practice and Game Play: Get Flip-Flops

    One of the most important pieces of soccer equipment players should have at all times are flip-flops, or appropriate footwear to wear before practice and to change into when practice is over. There should be no better feeling that taking your cleats off at the end practice and rewarding yourself for a job well done.

  • Reward the Soccer Assist

    Players, coaches, and parents focus on who scores the goal. By emphasizing who had the most assists in a game, goal scorers will now look to get their teammates more involved in the game and make the team much better.

  • Effort and Playing Time

    One of the most difficult parts of coaching youth soccer is allocating playing time. As a coach you want to be as equitable with the playing time as possible. For […]

  • 2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Communication

    Player communication amongst each other is a must-have in soccer. All the good players and teams constantly talk to one another. \”Keep\” and \”Man On\” are 2 terms that players should start using right away.

  • 2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Good Sportsmanship

    In soccer, as in life, players should be good sports. Nobody likes a poor sport. Referees are no exception. Players that show good sportsmanship during a game could possibly, just maybe get a favorable call.