Youth Soccer

Cristiano Ronaldo- My Life Be Like

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:45:09 +0000

Why there's overcoaching

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:37:11 +0000

Let's say, for example, you told one of them to go bunt the ball like Chase Utley. Well, they have seen him bunt the ball so they have an idea of how he does it and what to do. Can we as soccer coaches tell our soccer players to place the ball like Thierry Henry or Wayne Rooney? Since our players have no visuals of the game they will play, then extra time is needed in practice to show them what you are trying to accomplish and how you should accomplish it. Thus it creates extra coaching time. It would be nice for me to show up in practice and tell my boys today we are going to cross the ball the way Gael Clichy did this past Sunday as he hooked up with Henry for the goal. However, I can't do this, so I need to run it at practice while they watch so they can have a visual.

Gyau a killer blend of speed and flair

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:33:31 +0000

"In America, they want you to play simple. But in Brazil, I got the chance to take on people one-on-one. That's helped me with my explosiveness today." In the past Phillip Gyau says coaches, including one in the U.S. system, tried bottling up his speedy son, telling him to give up the ball more and not dribble as much. For Joseph, it was like playing in slow motion. "I told Joseph, 'If you play like that, you will never have success,'" the father says. "Those players are a dime a dozen. You have to be a difference-maker. Go out there and just run at the defenders."

Santa Ana, other cities clamp down on soccer leagues selling access to public playing fields

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:05:57 +0000

The Little Saigon Soccer Assn. had everything it needed to get started: four teams, soccer equipment and a zeal for competition. But when the budding league tried to find a field to play on, the grassy lawns, soccer fields and baseball outfields were always taken. In the crowded core of Orange County, the demand was simply too high. So when an established league offered to give Little Saigon members field time for $150 a game, they jumped at the chance. And though they cringed at paying another league to use a public field, organizer Tuan Pham was told it was the only way they would be able to play soccer.

U.S. under-15 girls dominate against U-17 powers

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:02:14 +0000

THE U.S. UNDER-15 GIRLS NATIONAL team won by scores of 5-0, 6-0 and 4-2 against U-17 club teams at the 2008 Women's Nike Friendlies at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif. Olivia Schultz of Minnesota's Bangu Tsunami scored in all three games.Christina Murillo of the Camarillo (Mich.) Eagles scored twice in the last games.

Impossible Is Nothing

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:31:58 +0000

Ricardo Quaresma

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:20:18 +0000

Cristiano Ronaldo

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:10:23 +0000

Sam Wallace: A simple lesson for English football, courtesy of Team GB

Andy Kaasa — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:45:03 +0000

Before England embarrassed themselves against the Czech Republic on Wednesday night we watched, rapt, as Britain's cyclists and rowers made the rest of the world look as mediocre as our own football team. And with these personal victories came stories about the people in charge of these sports. Of David Brailsford, the performance director of British cycling, dropping the women endurance cyclists he did not consider good enough. Or Jürgen Gröbler, the chief coach of British men's rowing, ruthlessly rearranging the personnel in his key boats.

Getting 'match fit' the fun way

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:42:11 +0000

But can players get fit enough for soccer by simply playing soccer? Unequivocally yes! If, the coach and players put sufficient demands into a training session much can be accomplished. Then both fitness and technique, and possibly tactics too, can be trained. This is called economical training.