Below is a link to an article from www.changingthegameroject.com, which is quickly becoming one of my favourite websites! This article presents issues that many people involved in youth soccer here in this country should be able to relate to. I'd love to hear your thoughts about the topic. Drop me a line here to get [...]
Here is an excellent article written by Paul Cammarata from The Coaching Journey. It discusses the question of whether or not "talent" is innate/natural, or the product of several controllable factors including practice time and effort. Many examples of athletes from different sports are used, including soccer's Leonel Messi. I'd love to hear your thoughts [...]
Great article and follow up to a recent article titled "The Race to Nowhere in Youth Sports". The conclusions contain recommendations for parents, athletes, and youth sports organizations. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this topic. Drop me a line here to get the conversation started.
Below is a link to an excellent article that was posted on the 'Changing the Game Project' website late last year. It is centred around the balance between patience and expectations, both from the perspective of youth athletes, as well as their parents. It is an interesting and very well written article and the points [...]
Below is a link to a very interesting article from Australia, describing a study that was done comparing the effects of ice baths versus warm baths on leg strength post-exercise..looks like ice baths may start to loose some of the popularity they never had in the first place! I'd love to hear your thoughts about [...]
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. The Women’s Soccer program at UOIT itself also happens to be only 3 years old, having been introduced in the winter of 2012. The first three years in our team’s [...]
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. The Women’s Soccer program at UOIT itself also happens to be only 3 years old, having been introduced in the winter of 2012. The first three years in our team’s [...]
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. The Women’s Soccer program at UOIT itself also happens to be only 3 years old, having been introduced in the winter of 2012. The first three years in our team’s [...]
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. The Women’s Soccer program at UOIT itself also happens to be only 3 years old, having been introduced in the winter of 2012. The first three years in our team’s [...]
Below is a link to a very interesting article/blog written by a physician from New York. Not sure I agree with all of this, but he makes some valid points about the problems with early sport specialization. http://m.nuvo.net/GuestVoices/archives/2014/03/18/your-kid-and-my-kid-are-not-playing-in-the-pros I'd love to hear your thoughts about this topic. Drop me a line here to get the [...]