Well, some would say they know some crazy rugby players...but I don’t think the sport was solely responsible for their mental health;)
While I’m not unique I have seen the last 20 years close up in travel and high end soccer: my first started playing in 1999 and my last is still...
Anyone familiar with a college soccer database that would allow one of us to extract some data for analysis? Looking for team by team statistics...
If I were talking with a parent 1-1, I would ask them to define “matter” in their eyes. If they want to win for the sake of being victorious,...
One of ours was cold-cocked during a state cup game by a disgruntled opponent who had no direct beef with them just happened to be standing nearby...
FWIW, 99% of ADs think there will be some college football. When asked about soccer, the AD’s said “is that a sport?”. Until it becomes...
I would encourage you to consider yoga...at home via an app...you will feel awkward at first but stick with it...you go at your own pace, no...
The above is very good advice in my view. I would also suggest this is the time to work on school and skills in the presumption that some kids...
Couple of thoughts: as more US academies exist and more players are told at age 18 there is no professional contract in the offing then college...
So, to summarize the last 20 posts or so...Trump has an innate drive that causes him to want to prevent “them” from being in the US and instead...
You refer to other people as sub-human slime and sign off with Peace, Love, Understanding? You insult Nick Lowe.
I wonder how many SEC AD’s would say “that’s a great idea, shut down this damn school with all these rules, study halls and expenses... let us run...
Is there an opposite roster? I’ll submit the GK who came in from Morocco or wherever is the captain. He was the Ryan Leaf of MLS. Maybe Freddy...
Agree that time will move quickly. With each week, the odds change and so far there is very little good news. If they haven’t already, the NCAA...
Based on it being the biggest revenue sport they would play games with maybe as little as 2 weeks practice? So, unless lockdowns and distancing...
Indeed. No Ivy spring soccer.
A vast amount of words could be spent delineating the differences between youth soccer and college basketball. And they would be wasted in this...
There is a huge difference between parents yelling and the player listening and acting. Nobody can prevent people from yelling, they should...
Baseball has a tremendous amount of downtime during which communication is not distracting and quite often a base runner cannot see the play...
Wagner is hurt. So I’ll give them something for that. Santos was channeling Fabian...more jawing than scoring. Kacper took 45 minutes to get...
It should be pointed out that not all kids who are dedicated to the sport and work hard end up with burnout. There are thousands of kids playing...
Forgive me, I’m not trying to have a dispute with you but I disagree...it’s not about the coach...it’s about the players. A coach should be able...
If anybody wants to verify the impact of verbal assistance not helping...go to a little league game, wait until there is a runner on first and a...
Agree. This discussion got me to go back and watch the old recruiting video. The good old days. Some coaches specifically mentioned seeing the...
If you are looking for tips you could go to YouTube and find plenty of examples. Some coaches will watch them and some not. If nothing else,...