http://theupperninety.com Soccer Coaching Information Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:39:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spend a lot of time on the internet when I'm not coaching or chasing paper to pay bills and of course I really spend that time researching coaching information and methods. I'm always trying to find information on how the youth systems in top pro clubs work or things ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/07/09/cool-websites/ Went through the second practice last night with my U-10 boys' teams. We've changed the way we run practice, so instead of having the 'A' and 'B' team mixed together, we're now having them come in at different times. The half hour overlap is a bit troublesome, but not too ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/07/09/u-10-boys-practice-2/ I ran my first practice for a while tonight. While I am an assistant college soccer coach, I don't plan and run those practices. I don't own those practices the way I do when coaching a team of my own. Even when I did a training session recently for a ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/07/01/first-club-practice/ * Was lucky enough to go to the USA - Argentina game on Sunday. What a great experience. Although the Argentina fans outnumbered the US fans, I still thought the US played well and I think the home supporters were happy with the draw. * From a tactical perspective though, ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/06/11/just-a-few-quick-thoughts/ After reading of my team's further descent with a 1-0 loss to Toronto FC (TFC) last night, I think it's come time for me to lay out what I think are the big problems affecting the greatest club in MLS. While I was unfortunately (not really) not able to see ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/05/22/whats-wrong-in-dc/ The Principles of Brazilian Soccer by Jose Thadeu Goncalves 1998 Level: Beginner to Advanced Pros: This book is intended to be a curriculum for teaching a Brazilian style of soccer and includes technical and tactical elements. Extremely thorough. Cons: None Let me start off by saying that I bought this book about a year ago in ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/05/02/soccer-book-review-the-principles-of-brazilian-soccer/ Attacking Soccer: Tactics and Drills for High-Scoring Offense by Joe A. Luxbacher 1999 Level: High School/Advanced Pros: This book offers a plethora of activities geared towards all aspects of attacking play. Both tactical and technical elements are covered, broken out by chapter. Organization is decent and some information is provided as introduction to each ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/04/21/soccer-book-review-attacking-soccer/ ...since I last posted. I've been busy with a couple things that have prevented me from being around the computer as much as I'd like to be. Consequently I haven't been posting any new stuff. Firstly, we started our spring non-traditional season with the mens' college team. Being Division III ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/04/09/its-been-awhile/ I just discovered this article via a thread on BigSoccer. Written about two weeks ago by Robert Ziegler for Top Drawer Soccer (a great place for youth soccer news and commentary), it asks some hard questions as to how the new Development Academies will really improve the player pool for ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/03/31/will-the-ussf-development-academy-really-produce-better-players/ This article in The Independent from our friends across the pond takes a look at the player development model in England. The current setup in England has been coming under intense scrutiny for the past couple of years as the English national team routinely fails to live up to its ... http://theupperninety.com/2008/03/28/thoughts-on-player-development-in-the-united-states/