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Monday, 26 July 2010 |
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Kansas City Wizard 2 Manchester United 1
So Kansas City Wizards playing with only 10 men for 50
minutes beat the mighty Manchester United 2-1. What does this man?
Very little except that people can get lulled into a false perspective of the
America Game vs the European games and it is not a good thing.
It is hard for an MLS team to promote a game such as this as
being a pre season warm-up and a tryout for some reserve players of the
visiting team. And also to say, "And by-the-way, some of their biggest
stars have been left at home."
30 years ago we (the Vancouver Whitecaps) beat Man U
5-1. It was great for us, but meant little to Man U other then some
embarrassment (and a chance for them to assess Peter Beardsley).
The MLS Teams should not be playing those games. Instead
they should be organizing and capitalizing on a Manchester United vs. a Barcelona for instance,
where both teams are in the same mode - getting ready for a new season with possible
first team players given playing time and with star players nursed through
games in readiness for the ones that matter. The fans will see good
football and footballers, but be aware it is of an exhibition nature.
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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FIFA World Cup DVD Collection
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Methods For Teaching Attacking Soccer |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
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World of Soccer June/July 2010 Edition |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 |
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Welcome to the June/July Edition of the World of Soccer Newsletter.
We've timed it to go out just after Canada
Day and just before the 4th of July - a time of celebration for the United States and Canada.
We announced earlier this week that we were merging the World of
Soccer Newsletter and the Byte Size Coaching Newsletter. As most of
you are on both lists it seemed logical to do that.
The World of Soccer Newsletter will remain substantially the same,
but we will add another section for the Byte Size Coaching updates.
With the South
Africa World Cup approaching its final
stages we take a look at how statistics now play a big part in the
game. Click here to read"Stats are Vital to the Modern Game".
We've put Marc Rizzardo's article in the Practice Section as among other
things he is talking about ankle injuries. Everyone who has played soccer has
had some kind of ankle injury. Marc identifies different types of ankle trauma
and how quickly we can as coaches get players back into practice and play
without further aggravating the injury. Click here to read "Isn't a Sprained Ankle a Sprained Ankle, & What's the Big Deal?
Der Kaiser - Franz Beckenbauer - wasn't too complimentary about England's play
in the World Cup. He wasn't the only one. In the Boot Room we go back in time
to when Der Kaiser played in Empire Stadium, Vancouver, in his first year with
the New York Cosmos. Click here to read "Der Kaiser".
The new Byte Size Coaching section looks beyond the core part of the
program - providing for the countless thousands of parent coaches who are the
life blood of our game - to look at what can be done for the serious soccer coach
of the elite players. We suggest that a new online course will be very
beneficial. Click here to read "Byte Size Coaching & the LMA Online Course".
Two Short Passes complete the line up. Wayne Goldsmith in Australia with
his Sports Coaching Brain website (highly recommended) talks about how Sports
Science is spoiling the fun for most players. And Joseph Benedictis re-launches
his World Cup song. Click here to read "Short Passes".
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May Edition of WOS Newsletter |
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Friday, 28 May 2010 |
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Welcome to the May Edition of the World of Soccer Newsletter.
The serious coach is always looking for "professional development" - so they can stay ahead of the game.
Take a look at the powerful online coaching course with video presentations by Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger. Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson, David Moyes and Howard Wilkinson. Click here to read about the
LMA
Marc Rizzardo takes a good look at the foot in football. For some players "the tools of the trade" need careful monitoring and often preventive measures. We all know if you can't pass you can't play and you can only pass properly if the foot is cooperating and pain free. Click here to read "Orthotic: Do they Benefit Soccer Players?"
Andy Donahue, Our Man in Singapore, sends us some 50 quotes from manager/coaches in the UK. Definitely good for a laugh.And Wayne Goldsmith, based in Australia, give us another 50 this time with 50 ways to enhance your coaching performance. Click here to read the article.
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 |
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Welcome to the April Edition of the World of Soccer
Newsletter.
This month in the "Practice Section" Brian Halliday gives us
what he believes goes into the make up of a good coach. If you don't think
Brian talks from experience have a look at his bio at the end of the article. Click here to read "The Essential Attributes of a Good/ Great/Exceptional
Coach "
"Prevention not cure" is this month's theme of Marc
Rizzardo's continuing series surrounding soccer injuries. He is also looking at
the "off season" and what, if anything, a soccer player should be doing to stay
in shape while laying the foundation for the next season. Click here to read "Strategies for the Off-Season Training".
The contentious area of soccer evaluations and the tiering
of players continue to be an area of club and grassroots soccer aggravation. It
will always be controversial and there will never be a foolproof system, but we
can and should make the system better. Click here to read "The Most Contentious Area in Soccer! Evals Continued."
In the Boot Room is the legendary Bill Shankly of Liverpool fame and a member of the very first "Boot Room"
- along with Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan who were to succeed him. Brian Halliday
points out in his article that a good coach must have a sense of humor. Shanks
was a very funny man, but while you were laughing there was usually another
message within his outrageous humor. Click here to read "Shankly - Liverpool & Everton".
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BSC April 2010 Newsletter |
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 |
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Here we are with the April Edition of Byte Size Coaching Newsletter...............
Spring is here and all of soccer in the United States and Canada is
out on the green fields.
The Green Field that “Yours Truly” was on this weekend stays permanently
green as it is Field Turf – a full-sized 11 vs. 11 field built on the
top of a parkade. Read about it in the article on the Calgary Minor
Soccer symposium held last weekend.
The South Africa World Cup is just around the corner and Joseph
De Benedictis is dedicating his “Feel the Game” song to the World Cup
and hoping to make some money for children’s charities at the same time.
The article will link you to You Tube where you can see and hear Joseph
for yourself.
What is a coach? Or should it be: What is a manager? Personally I
prefer the title Manager/Coach as it gets rid of any misunderstanding.
But how much is management and how much is coaching? We haven’t got the
definitive answers, but we’ve got a pretty good idea.
How important do you think pure coaching is? We would love to get
your opinions.
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March 2010 WOS Newsletter |
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Friday, 26 March 2010 |
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Spring is in the air. And white fields turn to green.
Before long it could be soccer under a scorching sun.
So that's part of our theme in the March Edition of the
World of Soccer Newsletter.
First of all we celebrate the start of the so-important MLS
season. For long enough there was a question of whether there would be a
season. As we publish the Seattle
Sounders started the season last night with a 2 - 0 victory against the
expansion Philadelphia Union. Click here to read "Let the Games Begin."
A few weeks ago in the depths of winter we asked the
question, "Is it too Cold, Coach??" Marc Rizzardo answered. Now with
summer not so far away, in this edition Marc both asks and answers, "Is it too
HOT, Coach?"
What makes a good coach? And then what makes a good coach,
Great? We attempt to find some answers in the Practice Section. Click here to read the article......
Who's in the Boot Room? We have Brian Clough, Don Revie,
Peter Taylor, Billy Bremner, Johnny Giles and a cast of hundreds - if not
thousands. Click here to read ..... "The Damned United."
Hope you enjoy and if you don't agree with some of the
things in here we'd love to hear from you. As my good friend and wise mentor,
Verdi Godwin, often said, "Soccer is a game of opinions." Isn't that so?
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February 2010 World of Soccer Newsletter |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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In our February edition of the World of Soccer Newsletter we
take a look at a "new" development in the game of soccer - and it
involves the scoring of goals. Go to the Practice Section for this
"new" development - or should I say, evolvement.
Three Quick Passes:
First we visit Marc Rizzardo, who is "locked down"
in the Olympic Village in Vancouver
for the Winter Olympics where the weather has been more like the Summer
Olympics.
Then we link you to a topic, "Is it too Cold,
Coach?" It would be nice to have that problem in Vancouver right now.
The second pass takes us to soccer in South Africa, but not this year's
World Cup. It's 30 years of soccer in a prison where there were no on-the-road
games. I think you will find the article by Dr Bob Barber fascinating. Click here to read "A Strange Kind of Freedom"
The third pass comes from Hugh Swan, Director of Coaching
for the Winnipeg Youth Soccer Association, where it may well be "Too Cold,
Coach" right now. As we write today's forecast is minus 16C to minus 24C -
and that is cold. Hugh questions the appropriateness of the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up
and as usual, makes some very good points. Click here to see what Hugh does for his warm-up.
In the Boot Room, Franz Beckenbauer, Der Kaiser, tells us
how much he enjoyed his 3 years with the New York Cosmos and why. Click here to read "Mexico 86".
Hot out of England
- an online course featuring Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Fabio Capello.
That's not bad for starters, but there is much more to go with that illustrious
threesome. It's a course no serious coach could pass on and the price is very
reasonable. Click here to check out the "Online Football(soccer) Management Course".
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