COACH-SMARTER BLOG MOVED TO NEW SITE!

Please go to coach-smart.com/soccerblog to access our new and improved blog.
As we grow as a resource for soccer coaches, we want to provide the best coaching advice available.
Our new blog will continue to post helpful information, videos, articles, and interviews to help soccer coaches of all levels. We will help beginner coaches run productive and [...]

THE IMPORTANCE OF “DOWN TIME” AT TOURNAMENTS

We often think of tournaments as one riveting game after another. But the truth is that, no matter how many games your team plays in one day, players will spend the majority of time not playing.
“Down time,” or the off time that occurs between and after games, serves as a crucial period for players to [...]

HAVE PARENTS FIGHT FOR YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU

What Every Soccer Coach Should Know About Dealing With Parents

Novice youth coaches often underestimate the impact that the parents of players can have on their team. This impact can produce vastly different results, depending on the nature of the relationship that you, the coach, establish with parents. Parents can be supportive and organizational lifesavers. Or [...]