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Chalk Talk: How defensive pressure changes a goalkeeper’s positioning
Soccerwire.com's Liviu Bird analyzes the tactics of how defensive pressure changes a goalkeeper's positioning.
Five thoughts that will change your youth soccer experience for the better
Changing the Game Project founder and youth soccer parenting expert John O'Sullivan shares five thoughts that will change your youth soccer experience for the better, supported by some eye-opening statistics.
What are you buying when you pay for a coach?
This week we continue the conversation from Dr. Lebolt's last post, "How much is a good coach worth?" It’s more important than ever that team parents and administrators who are making the decision about finding and hiring a coach know what they’re getting. Your kid is a precious commodity; you want the best for him or her. Here’s how.
Getting it right: Why “talent selection” doesn’t work well enough
Highly trained, professional coaches cannot say with certainty who will make it to the professional level and who will not, even at 15 years old. So why, wonders SoccerWire.com's John O'Sullivan, are U.S. youth coaches making similar judgments about players as young as 10 years old?
How much is a good coach worth?
How much do you really know about that guy or gal who showed up to coach your team? With the explosion of youth soccer in the U.S., many clubs are beating the bushes for coaches at the grassroots level, and that means parents should try to become discerning observers, says Dr. Wendy Lebolt.
Our Biggest Mistake: Talent selection instead of talent identification
Many youth sports coaches claim to be great talent identifiers, and point to the results of their 11-year-olds' all-star team as proof. Yet they are not talent identifiers. They are talent selectors. The difference could not be more striking, and it's keeping us a step behind in international soccer, says SoccerWire featured columnist John O'Sullivan.
Raising an MVP: How does your kid measure up?
How does your kid measure up? That’s a pretty dangerous question, but we keep trying to find an answer, says SoccerWire blogger Dr. Wendy Lebolt.
Organized Chaos: The key to Brazil’s soccer success
Washington Spirit player Kika Toulouse makes her SoccerWire debut with a thoughtful blog post on her offseason stint in Brazil, where she is experiencing a whole new attitude towards the beautiful game.
