Electric Soccer

What a great World Cup! I have to admit it was one of the most entertaining one’s I’ve seen in my lifetime. Even with the historic collapse of my sacred Brazil squad. While the tournament was going on, I was watching strictly as a fan. As a fan I wasn’t able to really ascertain why [...]

I am currently coaching three youth teams all under the age of 9…a Boys and Girls U8 team and a Girls U9 team… With all three teams there is a very diverse range of soccer ability…It is my philosophy and belief that each team needs impact players, role players and developmental players…the mixture of this [...]

I want you to take a look at the clip below…Now I’m not going to talk bad about this…What I am going to do is just break it down from a more global standpoint and tell you the problems I have with it…   Now, before we go any further, please understand this…I am all [...]

So just this week I had a coach observing my U9 Girls training session… I opened the session like I do most of the time with a coordination exercise…some basic running and jumping with changes of direction… From there I broke them off into small groups to work on a possession support drill with the [...]

Today I will officially move one of my U9 girls back down to her age group at U8. Why? Because it is the right thing to do for her development.  She will be able to excel and grow at a much faster rate with her own age group, while still learning and playing under my [...]

So I just started training some of the new girls on my U8 going U9 team.  I’m pretty excited because at first glance I have quite a bit of talent. Now when I say talent, at this stage all I am really looking for are coordinated girls with athleticism, a good attitude and supportive parents. [...]

So I just finished my first day here in Spain…What a great experience!…It’s good to go to a place where I don’t get beat up and ridiculed for the way I train…a place that understands me…or shall I say, a place that I understand… It’s funny…here we have coaches from Finland, Poland, Estonia, Spain and [...]

Let’s face it…when it comes to female soccer here in the United States the “eye on the prize” is still College Soccer…getting them that free ride so that they go to college on the Universities dime… Since the rest of the world has yet to put in female soccer academies with the success and infrastructure [...]

I had my U9 girls team scrimmage my U8 boys team this past weekend in Moreno Valley… The cool thing about Moreno Valley is that they have a special needs soccer program called “Bill’s Special Kids Sports For Special Needs Kids” they run every Saturday with the help of University of Riverside’s Girls Soccer Program… [...]

Now before all of you get all worked up you need to take a look at the source of the quote…It didn’t come from me, but I agree with it wholeheartedly…. The other day I read an interesting quote from Xavi Hernandez of FC Barcelona and the Spanish National Team… Xavi was asked what he [...]