Posted on Thursday, 18th February 2010 by Mark Walters
There are plenty of soccer superstars plying their trade in Spain’s top division, and it is rightly regarded as the number one domestic league in the whole world. Below are the players who are currently regarded as the best of the best…
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Posted on Thursday, 18th February 2010 by Ross Everett
The English Premier League season is only a couple of weeks old, but newly promoted Burnley has already pulled off what may be the biggest upset of the season in all of European soccer. In their first home game at the top level of English soccer in 33 years, Robbie Blake scored early in the game and Burnley held on to upset reigning league champions Manchester United before 20,000 jubilant fans.
Tags: English Premier League, english soccer, English Sports, Europe Soccer, football, Pro Soccer, soccer, sports
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Posted on Wednesday, 17th February 2010 by admin
In this week’s Soccer Coach Weekly I run a session which shows you how to coach your players to flick the ball and run past a defender. Watch this video of Dennis Bergkamp showing the art in its best like to score a brilliant goal. Click here to get hold of Soccer Coach Weekly to [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 17th February 2010 by Ryan Sheen
Every child should grow up physically active. Not only does such activity promote good health, but it leaves our kids happier for it.
Tags: advice, exercise, family, fitness, happiness, health, hobbies, kids, motivation, outdoors, parenting, recreation, soccer, sports
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Posted on Monday, 15th February 2010 by admin
There are certain players that I watch and wonder whether I could create for my youth team. There are special players that magically appear on my TV screen and I can be absorbed watching them. The way they play the game leaves others mesmerized in their wake.
There are of course the strikers who can [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 13th February 2010 by admin
This is Louis’ technique in the U7s aged 6 after a couple of seasons being coached and trained for his first season in competitive soccer. Look at how balanced he is with his arms out for balance, eyes looking at the ball, plant leg next to the ball and knee bent over the ball.
By the [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 by Robert Smith
David Beckham was born on May 2, 1975. He has seen much success in his soccer career, now playing for the English national team and AC Milan. Past teams include Manchester United and Real Madrid, even L A Galaxy. He first played professionally at seventeen years old.
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Posted on Monday, 8th February 2010 by admin
As we develop as coaches we should be constantly aware of what is going on in our sport around the world. In some countries parents are now deciding which sport their children should participate in on the quality of the coaching they will get.
This is catching on in a lot of countries and you can [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 7th February 2010 by admin
Guest Blog
By Mark Bickerdike, Battyeford under 11s
The Battyeford U11s squad
I’ve been reading Dave’s recent comments on respecting your opponents when you are winning by a big score.
Having recently been on the wrong end of a heavy defeat (albeit in an adult match) the worst feeling was when the other team changed their style to accommodate [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 6th February 2010 by admin
By David Clarke
Motivation was in the forefront of my mind this month. Watching a player from a lower league who has attracted the attentions of a number of high profile Premier League clubs made me wonder what motivated him.
The English leagues have a transfer window during January. It just so happened that the club he [...]
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