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On Decision-Making
Todd Beane (TOVO Academy) recently wrote a thought-provoking article regarding isolated skill-acquisition vs. game-based learning, which...
Chris Bentley
Aug 2, 20173 min read
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On Fitness
Let's be honest coaches, how many of us know how to properly develop fitness? Most of us just defer to what we experienced as a player,...
Chris Bentley
Jul 27, 20172 min read
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Isolated Technique Training?
The view of the learning-process in which the learner must learn a skill (passing, dribbling, etc.) in isolation and then be able to call...
Chris Bentley
Jul 16, 20172 min read
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ACL Injury Rates Must Decline. But How?
These days, youth soccer seems to be synonymous with ACL injury. Recent studies have shown that ACL injury rates continue to rise even...
Chris Bentley
Jul 5, 20172 min read
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Combating Relative Age Effect: Part II
Let's revisit US Soccer's 2015 initiatives to target improvement in youth development standards, specifically the Birth Year Initiative....
Chris Bentley
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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Coach = Psychologist?
Psychology is a component of the game often neglected, deflected, and/or isolated by coaches. As coaches, we MUST realize how this can...
Chris Bentley
Feb 26, 20172 min read
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Game-Day Coaching
The Wall Street Journal released an interesting article yesterday entitled "Manchester City's Non-Stop Pep Talk." The main theme of the...
Chris Bentley
Oct 12, 20162 min read
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Combating Relative Age Effect
On August 24th, 2015, US Soccer released coaching initiatives targeting improvement in youth development standard. Two mandatory changes...
Chris Bentley
Mar 10, 20163 min read
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