My friend and fellow coach Kimo Kaloi has formed a new U9 travel Soccer team with Chantilly Youth Association in Chantilly Virginia.
CYA Blaze banner, proudly flying their own direction
They’re called the CYA Purple Blaze and they play on Saturdays. Only Saturdays. He petitioned the club and then submitted a request with the Old Dominio [...]
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Coaching Well: Saturday Only Travel S...
My friend and fellow coach Kimo Kaloi has formed a new U9 travel Soccer team with Chantilly Youth Association in Chantilly Virginia.
CYA Blaze banner, proudly flying their own direction
They’re called the CYA Purple Blaze and they play on Saturdays. Only Saturdays. He petitioned the club and then submitted a request with the Old Dominio [...]
Coaching Well: Why Do We Coach?
This article was originally published in The Fairfax Times, June 2010.
It so saddens me to read the endless stories of remarkably talented athletes like Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger behaving badly– these lives, full of potential, are then misspent by their worst natures. We are left asking:
“How did we let these athlete [...]
Teaching Throw ins: Kids Learn by Doi...
Kids don’t learn by watching. They learn by doing.
Coach demonstrates the throw in thinking explaining it will get the boys to do it right.
It was amazing to me that these 8 and 9 year old boys stood so politely watching their coach demonstrate and listening to their coach describe what they are to do with their throw ins. The coach was [...]
How to Get Girls to Communicate on th...
Do the girls you coach clam up on the field? Mine talk all the time…on the sidelines
Girls are happy to chat before they go in.
and during warmups.
More chatting than soccer pre-game
But on the field? It’s like pulling teeth.
In a newsletter I read, New Moon Girls, fifteen year old Amanda observed that girls were happy to pitch i [...]
No Child Left Behind: Let’s Get...
A lot of political capital and many educational dollars have been invested in keeping our childrens’ minds up to speed. The solution may be fitter bodies.
Aerobic fitness is good for the body and the mind
Two studies at the University of Illinois make the case. Scientists grouped 9 and 10 year old kids by their levels of aerobic fitnes [...]
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