Set Your Goals for 2017
In early May, the youth soccer community is approaching tournament season. The early months of the year are devoted to State Cup and tryouts for the upcoming fall season. Once teams are established, preparation for the Fall begins with tournament season. This year, Cal South’s list of officially sanctioned tournaments is extensive and you can […]
New Youth Soccer Birth Year Mandate Causes Chaos and Confusion
Soccer clubs have begun to announce travel team tryout dates for the 2016-2017 year and there is much confusion among parents, players, coaches, and clubs about the new birth-year registration mandate from the U.S. Soccer Federation. The new mandate dictates that kids will be now placed on teams based on the year they were born and not their school […]
STATEMENT FROM YOUTH COUNCIL TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP TO U.S. SOCCER
The following update posted on usclubsoccer.org on February 5th, 2016: The Youth Council Technical Working Group unanimously agreed that there has been generally insufficient dialogue between the U.S. Soccer Federation technical staff and the technical leadership of the various youth membership organizations. Substantial questions remain about the impact of the new calendar-year registration model, and the […]
We are going to be good at throw-ins and goal kicks: Part II
Scaffolding and the Zone of Proximal Development In education, we have learned to scaffold the learning process for our children in order to create a more effective teaching environment. Scaffolding is the belief that in certain instances some elements of a skill are beyond the current ability of the learner, and the only way for […]
We are going to be good at throw-ins and goal kicks: Part I
This article digs into the science of education and of coaching methodologies. This was done to prove the point with peer-reviewed, empirically developed theories. It was not meant to be a rant, but rather as a review of legislative decisions from another perspective and a kick-start to begin a discussion of what we can do […]
I have no idea what is going on with the new field sizes…
I have gotten this comment a lot in the last few weeks, and as a club Executive Director, and also a coach, the people asking me want to know more than the simple details or logistics. Most parents asking me are trying to figure how the new field and rosters will affect their children, why […]