Hi Everyone, In this week's edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I summarise the week o August 7th-13th, 2017, which I spent sitting in and observing training with the Miami FC and their Fitness Coach (a long-time friend and colleague) Paolo Pacione. I also provide some recommendations for Canadian fitness coaches and soccer [...]
(Photo credit: The Miami FC). On the week of August 7th-13th, 2017, I visited my old friend and colleague Paolo Pacione, who has been the Head of Fitness and Performance at the Miami FC of the North American Soccer League for the past 2 years. Pacione has had an extensive background working at the highest [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss our Canadian Men's National Team's recent performances in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and specifically how the great majority of young soccer players I spoke with in my business over the past 3 weeks were unaware even of Canada's participation in [...]
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 [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, I discuss and review the defensive performance of Juventus' centre back Giorgio Chielini, from their mot recent UEFA Champion League match, the second-leg of the semi-final versus AC Monaco. Chielini's defending in this match was one of the key factors that helped Juventus [...]
Hi Everyone, In this edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss the recent UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Atletico used their usual strategy of defending deep in this match, however they were uncharacteristically sloppy at the back. They frequently left too much space between the payers [...]
Hi Everyone, In this week's Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog, we discuss some of the recent criticism posted online following our Canadian Men's National U17 Team's failure to qualify for the FIFA Men's U17 World Cup. Critical to this discussion is that we in the Canadian soccer community are able to avoid being vague, [...]
Hi Everyone, last week, the second-leg matches of the UEFA Champions League quarter final were played, and one match in particular - that between Spain's Real Madrid and Germany's Bayern Munich - ended in controversy thanks to two consecutive, late, off-side goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, goals which sealed the outcome for Madrid. In this [...]
Hi Everyone, last week, the second-leg matches of the UEFA Champions League quarter final were played, and one match in particular - that between Spain's Real Madrid and Germany's Bayern Munich - ended in controversy thanks to two consecutive, late, off-side goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, goals which sealed the outcome for Madrid. In this [...]
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 [...]