Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss the recent UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Atletico used their usual strategy of defending deep in this match, however they were uncharacteristically sloppy at the back. They frequently left too much space between the payers [...]
Hi Everyone, In this week's Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss some of the recent criticism posted online following our Canadian Men's National U17 Team's failure to qualify for the FIFA Men's U17 World Cup. Critical to this discussion is that we in the Canadian soccer community are able to avoid being vague, [...]
Hi Everyone, last week, the second-leg matches of the UEFA Champions League quarter final were played, and one match in particular - that between Spain's Real Madrid and Germany's Bayern Munich - ended in controversy thanks to two consecutive, late, off-side goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, goals which sealed the outcome for Madrid. In this [...]
Hi Everyone, last week, the second-leg matches of the UEFA Champions League quarter final were played, and one match in particular - that between Spain's Real Madrid and Germany's Bayern Munich - ended in controversy thanks to two consecutive, late, off-side goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, goals which sealed the outcome for Madrid. In this [...]
On the first day of my FIFA 11+ Instructor Training Certification course in 2016, Matias Eiles, a FIFA Instructor and Coach Educator with the German Football Federation, told us that in his country, they have 1 National Team, but 80 million “National Team Coaches”. While he seemed to be hinting that this problem – whereby [...]
Hi Everyone, Over the past two weeks, the first and second legs of the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final matches were contested. In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss some of the top class goalkeeping on display in some of the first leg games, between Juventus and Barcelona, as well [...]
Hi Everyone, In the past few years there has been a lot of talk amongst soccer coaches and fitness coaches about the need to prevent late developers from being ignored or "left behind" by high performance soccer teams and programs. In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss how to identify [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss CrossFit, a training program that has become popular amongst adolescents and young adults in the past 10 years, and whether or not soccer players should consider incorporating it into their training routines. I hope you like it and as always, please [...]
Coaching can be a tough job. Long hours, time away from friends and family on evenings and weekends, travel, and the ever-present stress of the dreaded “soccer parent.” In spite of all of these challenges, the coaching profession can also be very rewarding – and among the most regarding aspects of the job has to [...]
Hi Everyone, In this next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the importance of carbohydrate intake for optimal performance and recovery in soccer, and why low-carbohydrate diets are not a good choice for soccer players or any other athletes. I hope you like it and as always, please feel free to [...]