The Canadian University Soccer season is here, and this year marks my 3rd season as Assistant Coach and Fitness Coach with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. This season, I will be blogging every day with a ‘Tip of the Day’ – a small piece of information about the [...]
The Canadian University Soccer season is here, and this year marks my 3rd season as Assistant Coach and Fitness Coach with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. This season, I will be blogging every day with a ‘Tip of the Day’ – a small piece of information about the [...]
The Canadian University Soccer season is here, and this year marks my 3rd season as Assistant Coach and Fitness Coach with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks Women's Varsity Soccer Team. This season, I will be blogging every day with a 'Tip of the Day' - a small piece of information about the [...]
In my career, I have spent a lot of time and done a lot of research trying to determine the optimal energy system training variables for soccer players. Soccer is a sport that involves intermittent high/maximal intensity runs, with varied amount of recovery between each run. While the performance of the high intensity running is anaerobic (it relies on muscular strength [...]
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup over, now is the time to begin analysis of the tournament. As a sport scientist, I am inclined to try to look at the games to see if there were any new or unique events or trends than can affect the way players must be prepared physically. While some [...]
10,000 Hour MythVery interesting article from the Changing the Game Project website. Not sure if I agree with everything here but it certainly opens up a great opportunity for debate. Drop me a line here to get the conversation started.
Great Article About the Benefits of 'Cross-Training' For Soccer
It might not be a bad idea for all soccer coaches, fitness coaches, parents, and players to read this article.. Getting it right: Why “talent selection” doesn’t work well enough.
Because this is a World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 32 participating nations. In this installment, I’m going to take a look at Mexico, traditionally one of the strongest nations in CONCACAF, who have qualified for 14 World Cups, [...]
Because this is a World Cup year, I have decided to countdown to the tournament by providing a short soccer/fitness related preview of each of the 32 participating nations. In this installment, I’m going to take a look at Brazil, 5-time world champions and 2014 World Cup hosts, who will be opening the tournament on [...]