Hi Everyone! In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss the trend of Canadian soccer players pursuing athletic scholarships at American colleges and universities, and whether or not this is the best option for their careers (as soccer players and/or beyond soccer). As always please feel free to post your thoughts [...]
Hello Everyone, I hope you are as glad as I am that March Break is finally over! With that out of the way, in this next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we analyse the recent UEFA Champions League matches between Real Madrid and Napoli, as well as Borussia Dortmund and Benica, which [...]
Last week, I had the pleasure to meet and speak with John Vanderkolk, who is something of a pioneer in Canadian Soccer. The former Governor and co-founder of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and member of the Heritage Committee of the Ontario Soccer Association has worked for over 40 years in the sport as [...]
Hi Everyone, a few more first-leg matches from the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League were played last week, including one between Juventus of Italy and FC Porto of Portugal. In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss this match and in particular, the plays by Porto's left back Alex [...]
In the past few weeks we have had some bad weather in Toronto, including freezing rain and dozens of centimetres of snow. A consequence of this weather for soccer teams and other training programs like ours was that many people decided not to show up to their regularly scheduled training sessions. In this week's Video [...]
Hi everyone. This post is a follow-up to my Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog from February 13th of this year. I got some responses to the video – positive and negative – and as a result I thought I would elaborate on it with a short article, to try to explain this issue in a [...]
It's that time of year again! December that is - when almost all youth soccer clubs and academies give their players "time off" from their regularly scheduled training and games. But what exactly should soccer players be doing during this time off? Is it meant to be a break from all forms of exercise, or [...]
Last week, I gave a presentation about periodization for youth soccer to the West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association (WWPSA for short) located in Princeton, New Jersey. This experience was unique for me because I was in the United States on the evening of Wednesday, November 9th, 2016, when Donald Trump became the 45th U.S. President. [...]
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Today the Academy teams had their first training session of the week. The rain has finally stopped, but the training grounds are still overflowing with rainwater, so the coaches had to rent a small indoor soccer facility that is normally used as a Futsal court. Because this club - like basically all of the clubs [...]