Links and Handouts "The athlete has a teachable spirit. They want to learn and improve, and bring an enthusiasm for continual improvement every day. Do you?" — Dr. Bruce Brown (see below) For Players: Skill Building and Getting Better The
Coerver Colorado Juggling Progression "Qualities
of A Great Athlete" A Ball and A Wall Three Skills Tests “Never Mind” Have you ever heard “Pass the ball.” “Pass the Ball” “PASS THE BALL!” before an amazing goal?
Coerver Colorado’s
Great Soccer Habits a collection of little ideas that make a
big difference. The development of these habits is a major feature
of the games and activities used in the Coerver® Colorado curriculum.
Skillful
Soccer, Winning Soccer Players
First Time to Reassess" “Perspective Check”
“Making Demands”
Three Articles From U.S. Soccer
about what youth soccer needs to be doing and teaching. It's a lot
of reading, but for players to reach the higher levels of the game,
here's the road map. >
The U.S. Approach “Do It Right, Then Do It Fast” is a quote we regularly use when teaching skills. This New York Times article emphasizes the importance of repetitive technical training at a young age as the foundation for all sports. Health, Injuries & Injury Prevention “Sports Injuries Increase At Alarming Rate” An overview of a growing problem that has been linked to overtraining and early specialization in a single sport. “The Uneven Playing Field” A lengthy article from the New York Times Magazine about factors that are leading to an epidemic of sports injuries in girls. PEP Exercises Serious knee and ankle injuries are increasing in young athletes. They are becoming an epidemic for girls. The exercises of the Santa Monica Sports Injury Prevention Program can prevent many of them. Girls
are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions ”the Fast”
This is not just a football injury. “What the Stopwatch Doesn’t Tell” Eating Disorders. Nine Minutes of video that every coach and parent should take to heart, from Don Lucia, former hockey coach at Colorado College. The
Best Kind of Ownership A "Wish List" for Everyone Some ideas to review before the start of every season. Here are two articles about Honoring
the Game, "The Parent Trap" “Confetti is for Clowns” We often come across articles about those in youth sports who tear down young athletes. The other side of the coin is false praise. Here’s where that leads. "The Twelve Days of (soccer)
Christmas" “The Scolarship Divide”
August 06, October 06, December 06, New Years 07, February 07, March 07 , May 07, August 07, September 07, October 07, November 07, December 07, January 08, February 08, March 08, April 08, May 08, Summer 08
Coerver Coaching The worldwide Coerver Website. Coerver Videos Download free videos or purchase Coerver DVD's. Soccer America The best source for soccer news. Soccer Fields of Colorado Add this to your own "favorites". SoccerTV "Soccer on TV every day". Lists upcoming games. Positive Coaching Alliance An alternative to the win-at-all-costs mentality often seen in youth sports, based around the idea that winners "make the maximum effort, continue to learn and improve, and don't let mistakes - or the fear of making mistakes - stop them", a mantra we repeat at the start of every Coerver Colorado program. PCA's "Second Goal Parent Workshop" has much helpful information about how parents can help their athletes get the most out of the youth sports experience. You can take the workshop online at http://www.positivecoach.org/ParentCourse.aspx. Proactive Coaching Interesting materials from Dr. Bruce Brown of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' "Champions of Character Program." Two Surveys for Athletes. From Dr. Alan Goldberg, how they see their par-ents, themselves. Women's Soccer on TV See “Soccer TV” Another Newsletter Archive Tons of neat stuff.
FURTHER READING
(click
here for a .pdf version of this list) Andersonn, Will: Will You Still Love Me If I Don’t Win? If your athlete is 8012, here’s a good place to start. Ways to help parents and their children avoid the emotional pitfalls of youth sports and get the most out of their sports experience. Beswick, Bill: Focused For Soccer. Manchester United’s first sports psychologist fills the largest lecture spaces at the National Soccer Coaches Association Conventions. Here’s why. Bigelow, Bob: Just Let the Kids Play. Former NBA player, now a commentator on the youth sports experience. Key line: “What we are in youth sports to do is to build better children.” Bloom, Benjamin: Developing Talent in Young People. The definitive study of talent development, both in and out of athletics. Demonstrates the folly of attempting to identify talent before puberty, identifies influences which maximize talent development. Brown, Bruce: The Call to Coaching. Great ideas for coaches about the role that youth sports can play in character development, and how strength of character impacts teams. Highlights include “Spotlighting“, “Positive Conditioning“, “The Qualities of Great Athletes” and the chapter on “Great Teams”. Brown, Jim: Sports Talent. Developing the gifted athlete. Specific
sections for many sports. DiCicco, Tony and Hacker, Coleen: Catch Them Being Good. Women’s National Team Head Coach and Sports Psychologist team up to discuss player and team development. Dorrance, Anson: Training Soccer Champions. Player Development at UNC Chapel Hill, and a trailblazing book about coaching female athletes. Key line: “Female athletes have the superior understanding that relationships are more important than the game.” Dorrance, Anson and Averbuch, Gloria: The Vision of a Champion. The UNC Chapel Hill program in depth, written in part for the high level U15-18 player. Chapter 11 is a must read for parents. Doyle, Dan: The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. The first of three volumes. Farrey, Tom: Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children. A look at how some youth sports organizations really go over the top, and how to deal with it. Gregg, Lauren: The Champion Within. A coaching manual for high
level player development, by the long time Women’s National
Team assistant coach. Good sections on nutrition and sports medicine. McGinniss, Joe: The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro. A great read
for a Soccer Dad. Sokolove, Michael: Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women’s Sports,” Why? Early specialization in a single sport, lack of adequate recovery time and a focus on results over development at younger and younger ages. Here’s a guide to safety and sanity in sports for young female athletes. Thompson, Jim: Shooting In the Dark. A male coach’s hilarious first experience coaching female athletes. Thompson, Jim: The Double Goal Coach. The Positive Coaching Alliance founder’s prescription for a mastery approach to youth sports. Terrific chapter on “Empowering Conversations” between parent and child. Tutko, Thomas and Bruns, William: Winning Is Everything (and Other American Myths). Hard to find book. Tutko was the first to zero in on the trend toward “win-at-all-costs” in youth sports. Wolff, Rick: Good Sports. Sports Illustrated columnist’s “concerned parent’s guide to competitive youth sports“. Zimmerman, Jean and Reavill, Gil: Raising Our Athletic Daughters.
Gender equity and other issues in girls’ and women’s
sports. The section on eating disorders is sobering.
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The ability to juggle has an impact on every touch on the ball a
player takes. Here's a program to help players become better jugglers.
