Now that summer is here, it's time to plan your off-season training! Off-season training is where the good and great athletes differ. It's a sheer numbers game - the more hours you practice your technical skills, do conditioning, and weight lifting - the greater chance that you'll be a starter and beat your competition next season. This is also true for mental training! Confidence is the number one factor in top performers. The more accountable you are to yourself and t

Are your athletes willing to learn and improve every day, even a challenging new skill or do they shy away from it? Explaining to your athletes what it means to be coachable and how it can help them grow in their sport and in life is a great topic for a team huddle discussion during your next practice. It can be frustrating as a coach when you’ve told a player how to change their technique or think of their off-ball movement differently and you get a defensive response, “Ye

Looking for a good book to read this summer? If you want a page-turner about one of the best women soccer players in the world, then look no further than Carli Lloyd's autobiography, "When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World. " published in 2016. You'll easily get swept-away reading about US team soccer drama, extreme workouts, international travel, competition and how Carli pushed through it all. Anyone passionate about fighting for