Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Coaching, Soccer Fitness | Tags: Soccer Fitness
Soccer is a high intensity sport with bursts of speed and power. It a lot of work on the fitness front to make sure players are prepared for matches
The most important aspect of soccer fitness training is that it involves using different patterns – sideways forward, backwards and off the ground.
It will help players at all levels if they have a consistent fitness programme.
This video demonstrates what I mean and it gives some good ideas for setting up your own fitness programme for your players.
Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Coaching, Soccer Team Management, Soccer Training | Tags: Brian Clough, Focus before a match, Leeds United, Motivation in soccer, The Damned United
Getting your players to focus before, during and after a match is a key ingredient to a soccer coaching strategy. Before a match your players should focus on what the overall aim is. That focus must remain strong and constant throughout.
Errors by your players should not affect this focus as your goal is still the same.
My Better Soccer Coaching eNewsletter has some tips and advice on getting your players to focus in the issue of Tuesday 31 March (BSC188), make sure you click the link below and get your copy
In the film The Damned United – based on the book by David Peace – Brian Clough tells the Leeds United players to throw away all their winners medals because they cheated to get them. Not surprisingly the team don’t play well for him and lose games.
Motivation is a key factor in having the right mentality to go out and be winners.
Here’s a clip of Brian Clough arriving at Leeds and the players thoughts about him.
