Preseason Conditioning
As August approaches many teams in the Midwest United States are starting their preseason program, including my U12 girls. At this age I think it’s important for the kids to have a break during the...
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Fitness and Footwork
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on fitness and footwork. Start with a 10 x 10 grid and two keepers. The keepers start at opposite corners of the grid. This is a...
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Footwork, Fitness and Ball Handling
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork, fitness and ball handling. It’s common for keepers to integrate a speed ladder into their training. Frequently this...
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Testing to Evaluate Player Ability and Development
As a coach I’m always evaluating my players but mostly on a subjective level. I do some 1v1 and 2v2 statistical evaluations that I wrote about in a previous post but that’s the only objective...
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Game Speed Test Developmental Report
Today’s post is from our Soccer Conditioning Expert, Scott Moody at SoccerFIT Academy. I’ve posted some of their information on speed, fitness and agility testing in the past because I think Scott is...
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Maintaining Soccer Fitness Indoor
The indoor season provides a change of pace and focus that I think is good for player development but you don’t want to completely lose the base of fitness that was built during the outdoor season. The...
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Maintaining Soccer Fitness Indoor
The indoor season provides a change of pace and focus that I think is good for player development but you don’t want to completely lose the base of fitness that was built during the outdoor season. The...
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Ball Orientated Conditioning
During the summer I spend some time combing through new training ideas for the upcoming year. As I begin to assemble my training calendar for the fall I’m always on the lookout for economical drills...
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Fitness and Skills Testing
In next week’s podcast on CoachingSoccerWeekly.com I discuss the preseason training routine that I perscribe for my players. One way to ensure that they actually DO the preparation is to test them at...
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This week’s Animated Drill Video is of a passing pattern that can be used for a number of purposes. It’s a great technical passing exercise, it’s perfect for teaching some of the passing connections in...
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