Tweet During the offseason, I’ve been trying to come up with ways to help take my U10 kids ‘to the next level’ this Spring. They had a very successful season in the Fall and I wanted to give them some extra incentive to improve and work harder this Spring since they face a tougher division. […]
Entries for March, 2007
Give It Time
Tweet TBogg – "…a somewhat popular blogger" usually writes about politics, but occasionally treats his readers to a post about his daughter, ‘the lovely and talented Casey’, who has played soccer and many other sports during her childhood. Having completed her senior year of high school ball, her Dad posted up a note about their […]
The Soccer Mom MiniVan Talk Show
Tweet Over at The Mike Abundo Effect, he highlights a new short film from Head In The Oven called The Jeannie Tate Show. This short film is a talk show spoof where the hostess is a soccer mom on the run in her mini-van interviewing Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live (he’s married to Maggie […]
Hey Buddy! Got A Sharpie?
Tweet One item I’ve started to carry around in my coaches bag is Sharpie markers. Keeping track of your practice balls is hard enough, but if your name wears off, you’ll find they disappear quickly. But you always will notice the faded writing when you don’t have markers handy. A number of teams will sign […]
The Pack Mule Gets A Cart
Tweet One thing few new youth soccer coaches are prepared for is ‘the stuff’. It starts innocently enough, checking that "I’d like to volunteer" box on your child’s soccer registration. Then suddenly after a cryptic phone call with a ‘league officer’ where they seem to say "It’s great you want to help – welcome to […]
