Hello again everyone – I hope your weekend was met with some degree of success, even if that success was not always on the score board 🙂

I wanted to let you know we are working on the coaching help document for the next two weeks, but will not finish it until tomorrow (Monday, 10/10) – we are assuming that most teams will have tomorrow off anyway.

If you do have a specific request, please email James Read <jread@globalpremiersoccer.com> as he will be finalizing the schedule tomorrow.

And here are two good drills you may enjoy using as you prep for playoffs / festivals – they are better for U13 & U14 however, you can alter each for younger ages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRv7yp1LU9E

http://www.soccerxpert.com/soccerdrills/combination-shooting-drills.aspx

And for the teams entering playoffs, I would recommend practicing PKs at every practice from now own, esp if you have not already started doing so. Here is a nice article on them:

http://www.active.com/soccer/articles/6-tips-for-successful-penalty-kicks

Best of luck everyone,

Michael Hagerty, Sr.
Middle School Teacher
High School & Youth Coach
M.S.Ed. & NSCAA National Diploma
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