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Parents do the filming on their own. Sometimes we will SoccerMeter a game to get statistical feel of how it went. However, he is all in on soccer. His goal is to be a full-time professional coach training kids, so soccer is all he thinks about.

yes. At U9 - this is how they were taught to play tactically. I had never seen it before in my life and it was pure genius. The head coach literally laid out a 7v7 formation - assigned girls their positions and told them to get out on the field. Once he had a coaching point to make, he pulled them off, showed them what he wanted to see on the sideline with the cones and sent them back out. Much of the game was spent with back to the field. My job was to keep the trains running on the field and reinforce what he was saying on the sideline.

This has all the tell-tale signs of Stockholm Syndrome.

Think of it as an NFL analogy. Your base offense and how you move the ball down the field is not the same as your red zone offense. There is more congestion in the attacking third and finishing becomes objective - vastly different than playing in the middle of the field. If you look at the Coerver developmental pyramid - you will see ball mastery and receiving/passing as the base. Finishing is at the very top. There is no good reason to teach finishing techniques if your players are not proficient in receiving the ball with the proper foot or making crisp change of direction moves. Tactically, the girls were taught team tactics during the games - never at practice. Girls were spoken to on the sideline with disc cones as visual aides throughout the games. Never wasted valuable practice time at this young age having a dozen girls stand around and listen to a coach stammer on about tactics. They could be honing technique, not daydreaming.

We didn't start really teaching any finishing until this spring. That means 18 months (all of U9 and fall of U10) of technical training and possession games. Sure we had trouble scoring during that time, but we don't care. That game ended 5-0 with something like 80% possession. Now that we possess, we move forward with purpose and we will start scoring more and more now that we are focusing on it.

we haven't used "square". We call "1 - 2" for a give and go. If you think it is complicated - here are some 9 and 10 year old girls playing. Watch the Blue team play. In the first few minutes they will string 10/9/9 passes together. Notice how they rarely go forward unless they can keep possession and they "play the way they face". The Red team does it all wrong.

First touch is exactly what it it implies - the first time you touch the ball when you receive it. The first touch is the most important one because it sets up your second touch, if needed. If your first touch forces the ball straight into the marking defender - you have lost possession. If the ball is touched away from pressure and into open space, then you have time and space to get your head up, find a teammate and deliver a pass with the second touch.

I was just about to bring the hammer down on the original title.

Sit on it X.

Playoff beards have jumped the shark for me. As well as the phrase jumped the shark.

He's an adult with the first name Cody. He never had a chance…

shrader will "Join Now!" after seeing the previews of the video online...

@SBennett93: Good Luck in the NHL combine tomorrow @LawCrouse @cmcdavid97. Watch out for that pull up bar ????

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While wjag is yelling shoot, qwk is sipping a Chardonnay wondering if there is a hint of cherry or pear....

At least he's improving.

Pastajoe had two bowls of it today

spndnchz used to be cttngchz

this, in fact, made me laugh.

She is an angel, people shouldn't mess with her and I'm not swearing at you. ;)

I found the interview talk to be rather interesting. GMTM deciding not to interview McDavid, yet 8-10 teams have interviewed Jack. If you are picking 10th... what the hell are you offering the Sabres that you think Jack Eichel is in play for your team???

Liger is a liar!

Bio is an angel walking amongst mankind. Don't mess with her. :censored:

Xavier plays on a men's league hockey team called "Short Bus Hockey" - complete with yellow and black jerseys... Little known fact is that Xavier is actually transported to the games by an actual short bus.