Coaching

Hello again everyone, I hope this email finds you all well. I just wanted to offer a quick option for a fun shooting practice you may want to try at this point of the season when practices and drills start to become repetitive – feel free to use this (or file away) for some fun finishing…

Hi again coaches, I hope you are well. I wanted to share a nice resource (see attachment) that you may find useful as you look to change things up a bit at practices for the second half of the season. You can never play too many small-sided games 🙂 4 vs. 4 Games I also just…

Hi, coaches – I just sent this to my high school teams and coaches and thought you may all like it too – it is good for coaches and players to watch good soccer 🙂 https://vimeo.com/232295043 Pay attention to the up/back/through combinations as well as the give and goes involving three players. I also love…

Hello again coaches – I recently read two quick articles that I felt compelled to share. I hope you like them too: http://basketball.coachesdirectory.com/article/encourage-athletes-article.html & http://devzone.positivecoach.org/resource/article/why-more-mothers-should-coach-youth-sports Michael Hagerty, Sr. Middle School Teacher High School & Youth Coach M.S.Ed. & NSCAA National Diploma

Hello again coaches – I continuously find the World Class Coaching site very worthwhile in generating ideas for drills.   https://www.youtube.com/user/WORLDCLASSCOACHING   Here for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xAdVYu4FmE   Michael Hagerty, Sr. Middle School Teacher High School & Youth Coach M.S.Ed. & NSCAA National Diploma

Hello again coaches,   I saw this on twitter and thought it was worth sharing: http://coach.ca/publications/Winter2016/#8/z Lots of great stuff there – I really liked the “coach loan” idea – which supports our use of GPS coaches. 🙂   In case you want to start planning some drills – check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXUnFkGOBOw&feature=youtu.be&a I love the combination play…

Hello again everyone – I wanted to share a video link and ask you to have your daughter watch this prior to Sunday’s game. We still have loads to cover – set pieces & dead balls, different formations, positional roles and responsibilities, and more – but one constant focus will be on the girls’ movement…

Hello again everyone – I hope this finds you all well. I just wanted to share something a friend of mine shared with me today – see the link below – some of you have likely seen it already – I loved it as a parent and a coach: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/health/uconn-basketball-auriemma-video-youth-sports-parenting/index.html It reminded me that I…

Hello again coaches, I hope this finds you all well and, like me, already planning your fall season! Just a quick note here as I wanted to share a video that I think would be worth watching – and maybe a few times over – before this summer / fall as it helps emphasizes many…