I am currently coaching my sons U16A team as well as a Premier League Men's team. One of the frustrations I have experienced over many years of soccer coaching is feeling like I was a ‘pack horse'. In other words, I felt like I did not have enough arms to carry everything that was required for training sessions and match days.

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Goalkeeping Glove Review

I was recently given the opportunity to review a couple of products from Soccer Pro. If you have not heard of Soccer Pro, they are now one of the largest online suppliers of soccer equipment and clothing. The first review we will give you today is for goalkeeping gloves.

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Well, we are about one week into 2009 and here in Australia things are starting to ramp up for the new soccer season starting shortly. In Australia, we are currently in our off season.  Things are pretty quite, well they are suppose to be anyway.  We still have our National competition, the Hyundai A League underway, [. Click to continue reading...

Soccer coaching can be daunting especially if thrown in the deep end but it can also be very rewarding. Do you have what it takes to be a coach of a youth soccer team? Content Producer: MuzPublished: Nov 21, 2007 More: continued here No tag for this post. Related posts No related posts. SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

To be effective when coaching youth soccer, it is important that the coach has an understanding of how a young player learns. The youth soccer coach needs to be aware of the following factors before he starts coaching a young player. Content Producer: MuzPublished: Dec 04, 2007 More: continued here No tag for this post. Click to continue reading...

When you put your hand up to become a soccer coach you are taking on a huge responsibility. Along with that responsibility comes accountability. It does not matter at what level we are coaching, the responsibilities and accountabilities are the same. A number of families involved with the county's youth soccer community have united [. Click to continue reading...

If you are involved in coaching youth soccer, there are a couple of things that you should try to focus on the most if you aspire to be successful. Firstly you should have a plan for every soccer training session and secondly you should be focusing on making training sessions as much fun as possible [. Click to continue reading...

Although it is massively important that the soccer parents attend their children's soccer games and soccer training in order to offer support and encouragement, it can become very annoying when they start getting overly helpful. This can become very disruptive and contribute to upsetting the well laid out plans that you have worked hard on [. Click to continue reading...

Kids can start soccer training from a very early age these days. While it is very important for children to be active and participate regularly in sports, it is equally important for children not to over do it. The hard thing is determining how much is too much for our kids. The incentives for children [. Click to continue reading...

Soccer coaching can be extremely fun but never more so than when you are coaching children who are under six years old. Pre-school children will often do the funniest things. You can never grow tired by their levels of enthusiasm. It doesn't matter what the weather is doing, you'll still see smiles on their faces, [. Click to continue reading...

I just have to get this off my chest.  I have been President of our local soccer club for the last two years and have been involved actively with the club in other positions including coaching, managing etc.  During this period we have always had an U7 gala day.  We were the first club in [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

If you are new to soccer and you are wondering what sort of equipment is required, I have listed the basics and I also want to provide you with a little bit of history around some of the soccer equipment that is used today. Soccer equipment is regulated by soccer's governing body, FIFA. The soccer equipment [. Click to continue reading...

Although soccer shoes have become very fashionable items with producers such as Nike soccer shoes, it is very important to choose practical soccer footwear, rather than the best looking pair. If you are a parent of a soccer player you will know that kids want the latest soccer shoes, generally the ones that their soccer [. Click to continue reading...

Total soccer fitness is the only way to move ahead in the sport, all the skill in the world will not help if your team is unable to run up and down the field for ninety minutes without feeling short of breath. As a soccer coach, I am a very big believer in my [...] Click to continue reading...

As President of my local soccer club I get a few complaints from parents with regards to some of our coaches. Since I took over about three years ago, I must be honest and say the complaints have decreased, however there is one complaint that comes up consistently every year and throughout the year. Click to continue reading...