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Change is in the air – Two revolutionary advances in the coaching of soccer

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Byte Size Coaching can improve the overall coaching abilities of your coaches and increase your registration numbers by 20%.

Byte Size Coaching is taking a giant step forward. The original program was based on 20 coaching manuals published by World of Soccer.

At the core of the program are the practice and session plans that can be printed out (in black and white) and taken to the practice (see the graphic at the bottom). More info

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Ranking 9-Year Old Soccer Players

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I read an article on the Soccer America website by John O’Sullivan. He was very critical of an organization called GotSoccer, who have chosen to rank 9-year old soccer players. Mr. Sullivan was not impressed. For the moment, I am not going to join the argument. Instead I am going to provide the link to the article to allow you to make your own decisions and we would be really keen to hear your observations. More info

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The Team Bubble

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So what is the Team Bubble?

The Team Bubble is the inner sanctum within which a team produces the environment that affects the total team performance – negatively or positively.  My main experience at that time was at the pro level and it was in that context I would discuss the factors that could affect the dynamics of the “Bubble.” More info