Author’s note: I just finished six weeks working with the Vienna Youth Soccer (VYS) Strikers, 3 teams of U14 girls soccer players who compete in WAGS and ODSL. They are [...]

Do you struggle to help your female athletes play confidently because they’ve been raised to step back? Check out today’s Soccer Wire to read my article about the [...]

Do you have what it takes for college play? Are you ready for big time soccer? Here is what Diane Drake, head women’s soccer coach at George Mason University, has to su [...]

Does she come alive on the field? She’s always where the ball is. She’s aggressive. Nothing gets past her. Other players defer to her on the field. She scores 4 goals single- [...]

Girls stop at nothing when the game is on the line. Boys play differently than girls do, even at the top levels of the youth game. Take a couple minutes to watch this video f [...]

Does you running have this energy? How’s the motivation coming? Somehow, things are easy to start. And when we see the finish line, they’re easy to finish. The pr [...]

These stretches will take just a  few  minutes after each practice and game, but it’s time well spent. One coach contacted me to say his biggest challenge was parents w [...]

What is the most important thing you can do to encourage good fitness in your players? a. have them run? b. have them do calisthenics? c. give them a home program for non-pra [...]

These young players are learning the dynamic warm up. Player in the foreground shows hamstring and core weakness as she needs arms to assist with pushing herself up. I get th [...]

Lots of runners (walkers and hikers) think they just need to do cardio training and maybe a few leg exercises to be fit to finish. They’d be wrong. Studies show that up [...]