5 Reasons to Stop Using Fitness as Punishment
“Losing team has to do ten pushups!” We hear this all the time on the practice field. “Pushups” is often substituted by sprints,...
4 Ways Yelling at Referees is Hurting Our Children
We see and hear it every single weekend on the youth soccer fields: “Come on, ref!” “What are you doing?!” “Are you blind?!” “Call it...
Developing a Scoring Mentality
Have you ever heard a coach, player, or parent after a match say “We dominated possession but just couldn’t score?” Have you ever found...
Tournaments: The Plague of Youth Soccer
I’ll begin with this: If you are a board member, administrator, director, or even a coach at a youth soccer club, you might not like the...
Does Playing Experience Matter?
Many coaches have experienced bias throughout their coaching careers – either in their favor or against them. Often times, certain...