tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post2675673881405980118..comments2008-11-11T14:41:58.466-08:00Give Us Back Our Gamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12164457098203383202noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post-41805140304664601042008-11-11T14:41:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:41:00.000-08:00In my blog, www.aliveandkickn.com, I posted a piece called: Two Hours, Two Hours, Two Hours. It was about how, over the last twenty-four hours, I spent two hours discussing and trading emails over coaching style, positioning, and playing time regarding kids on my son's 8-year old soccer team (no, I'm not kidding). Then, I spent two hours meeting with some of the most influential people in North Jersey regarding the infrastructure and planning needs for the next 25+ years. Apparently, all we need is another $1.2 billion and we'll be able to afford everything needed to provide a more sustainable infrastructure. Then, I spent two hours meeting with election officials regarding issues/trends, guesses and what is legal/allowed in the upcoming local elections<BR/><BR/>welcome to youth football in the states.semicolondavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15206308886913196289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post-78375210795797786472008-10-19T18:02:00.000-07:002008-10-19T18:02:00.000-07:00Parents aside, I am interested in your view on teams that have players of different abilities, and how practice session should be structured. When I have been coaching young players <A HREF="http://www.coaching-youth-soccer-for-success.com/how-to-play-soccer.html" REL="nofollow">how to play soccer</A> I have found it very hard to find drills that cater for a disparate range of players abilities. Moreover, if I group players into groups of similar ability, then I find it easier to coach them and set drills that will satisfy the group, regardless of their ability whether they are players of advanced skills or elementary skill level.<BR/>At what age should players be graded according to ability?<BR/>Surely if a team is of players of similar ability, then rotating players becomes a much less of an issue as any replacement player will be of similar ability to the player being replaced.The Coachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03025153124019796541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post-74265227794164640392008-09-14T12:16:00.000-07:002008-09-14T12:16:00.000-07:00You've done such great work raising awareness of the problems in the game at youth football. Keep going. And visit my new blog site while you're at it!!Football Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04030352101729744293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post-36862129223432218242008-08-30T15:57:00.000-07:002008-08-30T15:57:00.000-07:00The dream must be kept alive, and it may be an uphill battle, given what was seen on the Olympics gymnastic stage. Even though word is that the "academies" stress mastering the skill versus competition, it's hard to believe when 3,4,5 year olds are taken from there homes for a chance to "develop". So, given this, when is the first U-12 World Cup?Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585231102949370872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590858219382085229.post-85779908073304135362008-04-25T03:51:00.000-07:002008-04-25T03:51:00.000-07:00Couldn't agree more. Parents could learn a lot from their own kids if they just put their own agendas and egos aside for a momentDavid Shieldhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01994996414548760499noreply@blogger.com