Hi Everyone, In this week's edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss what I learned in my recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There, professional youth academy players - some as young as 12 years of age - are already training 5 days per week. In spite of the fact that one [...]
In late June of 2017, I visited my friend, colleague and mentor, Rafael Carbajal, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is in the final process of completing his Argentinian “A” License and validating his other “A” coaching licenses from Canada, the United States and UEFA. During the trip I was fortunate to have been given [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I provide a summary of some of our recent research that was prevented at the 5th World Conference on Science and Soccer in Rennes, France (May 31-June 2, 2017). The study discussed in this video compared an ACL prevention program with a speed [...]
Hi Everyone, With the UEFA Champions League Final approaching, this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog discusses 2 things all young soccer players can start doing every week (starting with the week of the Final match) that will help them become a better player immediately. Hope you like it and as always, please [...]
On the first day of my FIFA 11+ Instructor Training Certification course in 2016, Matias Eiles, a FIFA Instructor and Coach Educator with the German Football Federation, told us that in his country, they have 1 National Team, but 80 million “National Team Coaches”. While he seemed to be hinting that this problem – whereby [...]
Hi Everyone, Over the past two weeks, the first and second legs of the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final matches were contested. In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss some of the top class goalkeeping on display in some of the first leg games, between Juventus and Barcelona, as well [...]
Hi Everyone, In the past few years there has been a lot of talk amongst soccer coaches and fitness coaches about the need to prevent late developers from being ignored or "left behind" by high performance soccer teams and programs. In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss how to identify [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss CrossFit, a training program that has become popular amongst adolescents and young adults in the past 10 years, and whether or not soccer players should consider incorporating it into their training routines. I hope you like it and as always, please [...]
Coaching can be a tough job. Long hours, time away from friends and family on evenings and weekends, travel, and the ever-present stress of the dreaded “soccer parent.” In spite of all of these challenges, the coaching profession can also be very rewarding – and among the most regarding aspects of the job has to [...]
Hi Everyone, In this next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss the importance of carbohydrate intake for optimal performance and recovery in soccer, and why low-carbohydrate diets are not a good choice for soccer players or any other athletes. I hope you like it and as always, please feel free to [...]