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 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 Mathieu.Detiege | Nov 27, 2020 | Academy Players, Player Development, Shooting
Hi guys, Last week I sent out a PDF with shooting challenges for our academy player’s individual practice during lockdown. The aim of this one is to keep the players engaged and practicing on their craft during these unusual times and to get players to send us...
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 Goetgeluck | Oct 27, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Athletic Development, Player Development
In the video below I talk over it to describe my thought process when using movement games as an observational tool to develop our players athletically. I hope this is an interesting way for you as a coach to understand how you can create your own games and loads....
by MikedeKraker | Oct 26, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Offense, Player Development
The post below is an longer verbal clarification to the recent video I made on Corona Proof practice with my Elite Academy guys. Self-Toss + Find the window 1 Starts in the...