by tannerbrightman1@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Webinar
Happy New Year Friends, A big thank you for supporting EA in 2020. As a thank you, we will be having a webinar of live Q and A with Joerik, Oli, and myself. This is a great chance for you to ask anything you want about anything you want. Sunday Jan 17th 7:00pm Central...
by MikedeKraker | Jan 5, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Offense
How to make athletes develop a way of thinking without you, as a coach, telling them what to do? Athletes know much more than you think. Important to talk about the “WHY” did he/she do that opposed to what’s good or wrong. Find the PDF of the...
by 0admin1 | Dec 28, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Player Development, Public
Welcome back readers of Trying Shit Out! If you have made it this far, or checking in for the firsttime, I appreciate you giving me a chunk of your time, and head space. Feel free to reach out if you have ideas, questions, or challenges of ideas! Amazing –...
by Joerik | Dec 24, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
Once you get comfortable with adding different loads and constraints in your drills to try to get to that sweet spot (optimal learning level) where players get between 60-80% succes rate. You will find out that it doesn’t matter what age group or level your players...
by Joerik | Dec 24, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
When a task or skill is too easy, find ways to add complexity. Practice should be challenging. Players should practice at the edge of their abilities in order to improve. The opposite is also true, definitely with young players who don’t have a lot of experience yet,...
by MikedeKraker | Dec 17, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Mindset, Player Development
We, as coaches, know what a screen is It’s a way to delay someone from going somewhere A screen is a block preventing the direct route to a task We are taking screens for granted As a coach we try our best to prepare our team to defend the PNR action Yet you’re at the...