by Joerik | Dec 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Books, Communication, Culture, Public
For the first time ever, I’ve released my guide to Skill Development. The guide became a 198 page document. It is a culmination of over 10 years of research, working with youth athletes, all the way to professional players all over the world. Of course you guys...
by tannerbrightman1@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Culture, Player Development, Public
Welcome back I lied. If you read Blog 001, it said 5on5 was going to be up next. Change of plans. 75 Minute practices/Practice Structure made more sense in terms of an “order”. Blog 002 is equally as much about our practice preparation as it is about what we actually...
by tannerbrightman1@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Culture, Player Development, Public
If you are beginning to read this series of blogs, you are in for a treat. Either the wild name hooked you, or you are genuinely curious about a coach going all in on trying things completely different. That’s what I did. I took an entire Canadian High School Season...
by Goetgeluck | Nov 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development
Every season we create a personal workbook for our Academy players that aims to cover some of the grey-zone areas of playing the game. It’s a little book of about 40 pages that supports their self-knowledge, offers ideas for sculpting long-term positive habits...
by Michaeldeboeck | Nov 9, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Defense
In this 30 minute talk I share about our academy vision on defensive with our coaches in a Zoom presentation. A big thank you to all the coaches who have inspired this work including Alex Sarama, Francesco Nanni, Pete Longergan, Mike Mckay and many others. Enjoy and...
by Joerik | Oct 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Player Development
My advice is to always prepare your practices on a paper. It can be written down on a napkin or printed out professionally on your practice template. The form does not really matter in my mind. You will see that players will be more engaged. For me this small action...
