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 [...]

COACHING YOUR FIRST FUTSAL TOURNAMENT

Some Tips For The Beginner Futsal Coach
For many soccer coaches, both veterans and novices, coaching a futsal tournament is a new concept. Although the sport shares the same DNA as soccer, coaches should be aware of the unique benefits that the sport provides and the unique approach to coaching it allows.

Why Coach Futsal?
Futsal is increasingly [...]

NEED A COMPETITIVE TACTICAL, OR SMALL-SIDED, GAME?

Here’s a simple tactical game that can work for almost any age group, U10 to U18+. It creates a naturally competitive atmosphere crucial to raising the level of players’ games. The game creates lots of goal-scoring opportunities and lots of pressured situations in which players have to perform technical skills and make decisions in tight [...]

BOUNDARIES ON BOUNDARIES?

Why Coaches Should Think About The Way Boundaries Affect Player Development
New coaches of young teams (U6 to U10) might be frustrated with their players’ obliviousness to field boundaries, or grid lines. Players might run with the ball until they hit an immovable object.
While this is a minor issue that gets resolved naturally as players grow [...]

FUTSAL ON A ROLL

Why Futsal Is Becoming the Preferred Form of Indoor Soccer
Is it just me, or is futsal gaining popularity around the nation?
Considered the fastest growing indoor sport worldwide, futsal games and leagues have been popping up in more American gyms, courts, and playgrounds than ever before.
Played on basketball courts, using the sidelines and endlines as boundaries, [...]