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'Nivan Gomes is a technician who has sucefully…

Using Statistics for Youth Player Development

I have read about coaches in Sweden asking parents to count how many times there kid touches the ball in training and in games.

If we think about coaching technical skills to kids aged 5 to 12 then having more touches on the ball is typically a good thing. It is very important they are learning good habits and what type of touches they have but if you told me that a 7 year old had touched the ball 2000 times with Coach A and only 40…

JULY 9 AND 10, 2011- ST LOUIS, MISSOURI

Kaitlyn, 13 years old and experiencing her first Mission Trip

Every Father is proud of his children. You love them, teach them, and do the best you can at raising them. What has become increasingly difficult in today’s society is to raise them in the things of God.

From the very Beginning my Bride…

I can't say I've thoroughly researched how many households in South Africa have televisions, or what percentage of people even have access to a television. But I know from spending quite a bit of time in the rural and desperately poor regions of the Eastern Cape that TVs are few and far between. In 2003, my wife and I started 25:40 (www.2540.org), a non-profit aimed at reaching and saving children from poverty and AIDS in southern Africa's rural areas. Since…

Coaches,

I have attached an excellent PDF booklet provided by coach-smart.com entitled 'A Beginner's Guide to Coaching U6-U10 Teams' by Colin Schmidt. Colin is a NSCAA Premier Diploma licensed coach, a former Director of Coaching and the author of the book 'Advanced Soccer Dills'.

The booklet covers 5 main areas:

1. Introduction to Coaching
2. Pre-Season
3. Running Practices
4. Game Day
5. Useful…

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Although my heading is a bold statement it is not one without false pretense. Don't get me wrong, if you want to improve your non dominant foot then you will have to put a lot of hours in on the training field practicing on that weaker foot.…

FIFA has published a pre-game or pre-practice warm-up routine designed to help reduce injuries. It was designed by scientific experts for the modern player or coach to implement into their training regime.…