Happy New Year Everyone! For the first edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Blog in 2016, I have taken a look at the Canadian Academy of Futbol (CAF), a unique player development program with a very unique model for developing and maximizing the potential of aspiring young soccer players in Canada. I hope you enjoy [...]
Hi everyone, Welcome to the next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog (and the final edition for the 2015)! In this Blog, I will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this edition, I discuss the use of home training programs including the Soccer Fitness Gols mobile [...]
10-Weeks Out Winter Indoor-Season Maintenance Training After the great success we had with our ’10-Weeks Out’ Fall Post-Season Maintenance training programs, we have now developed our ’10-Weeks Out’ Winter Indoor-Season Maintenance program. Running for 10 weeks, from mid-January until mid-March, our Winter Maintenance program is the perfect way to ensure you don’t lose [...]
The United States Women’s National Soccer Team decided to withdraw today from their scheduled friendly match versus Trinidad and Tobago in Aloha, Hawaii. The official reason cited for the cancellation was “dangerous field conditions” and. after seeing the picture above (originally posted by ESPN reporter and former US Women’s National Team star and World Cup winner [...]
Coach education has always been a passion of mine. Throughout my career, I have continually pushed and challenged myself in all areas of my education, both in fitness/sports science, as well as in soccer coaching. In recent years, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to become an educator, lecturing at universities/colleges, national/international [...]
Hi everyone, Welcome to the next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog. In this Blog, I will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this edition, I discuss the importance of monitoring the intensity of training and match play. Included in this week's post is a link (below [...]
2015 marks the 15th year that I have been working in soccer. In that time, I have had thousands of conversations with coaches, parents, and players, at virtually all of the different levels of the game. Upon reflecting on these conversations it has become apparent to me that many of us subjectively think and feel that [...]
Hi All, Anyone who knows me knows that coach education has always been a passion of mine. Throughout my career, I have always pushed and challenged myself in all areas of my education, both in fitness/sports science, as well as in soccer coaching. In recent years, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity [...]
Below is a link to an article written by Brittany Jones, posted on www.ksl.com, a Utah-based news website. The article, titled "4 Problems in Youth Sports Today," could just as easily been titled "4 Problems in Youth Soccer Today." Personally, I think problem #3 ("specializing children too young") is the most interesting topic, as there [...]
Here is an excellent article from www.KidzFutbol.com. It is a long read, but contains a very informative and well written summary and comparison of the youth futbol (soccer) developmental systems in Spain versus here in Canada. What I found particularly striking was the presented ratios in Spain (as well as in other European countries) of [...]