It's that time of year again! December that is - when almost all youth soccer clubs and academies give their players "time off" from their regularly scheduled training and games. But what exactly should soccer players be doing during this time off? Is it meant to be a break from all forms of exercise, or [...]
On Saturday, December 10th, in -4 degrees Celsius weather at Toronto’s packed BMO Field, the Seattle Sounders defeated Toronto FC in the 2016 MLS Cup final, 4-3 via a penalty shoot-out, after a scoreless draw over 120 minutes. How did they do it? By all accounts, TFC appeared to have dominated the game. They held [...]
I have been obsessed with trying to find the perfect way to train for soccer since I was in high school, and I haven’t been in high school since 1999. Over the almost 20 years which have passed since then, my obsession has provided me with the opportunity to start my own business; to work [...]
Last week, I gave a presentation about periodization for youth soccer to the West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association (WWPSA for short) located in Princeton, New Jersey. This experience was unique for me because I was in the United States on the evening of Wednesday, November 9th, 2016, when Donald Trump became the 45th U.S. President. [...]
In our latest Gols Video Blog, learn how to properly stretch the often tight and sometimes injured muscles of the lower leg, the gastrocnemeus and soleus. Hope you like it and as always, please feel free to share your thoughts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMdlcDZgUo
Olympic lifting – specifically, the power clean exercise – is widely becoming a very popular method of training for both individual and team sport athletes. The power clean exercise is an exercise which increases power and strength and works the legs (glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, calf) as well as the lower back (erector spinae) and shoulder [...]
I enjoyed my first opportunity to work in professional soccer this year, when I was hired as Fitness Coach for Canadian SC Uruguay, a professional soccer club in the Uruguayan Segunda (2nd Division). I was fortunate to have been given this opportunity by Canadians SC's head coach, Rafael Carbajal, an Uruguayan Canadian who had previously been working [...]
Build and Maintain Your Fitness this Winter Season With Our Winter Strength and Conditioning Training We are offering flexible packages of 10 training sessions plus 2 fitness assessments, running for 10 weeks, with flexible start dates that allow you to train and schedule your own training sessions whenever you want! Our training is periodised to ensure [...]
Today the Academy teams who played matches yesterday had a recovery session, while the teams who played on Saturday had an off day. I got a chance to get (slightly) caught up with all the other work from my business, while at the same time preparing for two long days of fitness assessments, which start [...]
This weekend we worked at 5 different games for the Academy, with teams ranging in age from U14-U19. We got to see some other stadiums and facilities from professional clubs in the city, and of course got to meet and speak with the coaches and fitness coaches from all of the different teams. Interestingly, [...]