Football Practice – Pee Wee Coaching Practice Plan

When pee wee football leagues were first developed, coaches made players’ physical training the top priority of football practice. Their thinking was that young player needed to be in top condition in order to play well in the future. While being adequately fit to play the game is still important, coaches have now shifted their priority to making sure beginners have a basic understanding of the game. By successfully training young players in the fundamentals when practicing football, coaches can know that they will continue on with a solid foundation …

Age Differences When Coaching Youth Football

Coaching Considerations for Various Age Groups in Youth Football In previous posts, I have given numerous tips for working with younger aged youth football players. As mentioned in the book and in these posts, the 6-8 year old kids are very visual and we showed you many tricks on how use that to your advantage. How do the other youth football age groups vary from each other? These are generalizations that I have found have held true with my own teams as well as from what I have seen doing …

Heroes of the FIFA World Cup – Haiti 1974

A Tribute to Haiti – The Magic Island! Despite several problems in the Island, in 1974, the Haitian squad ranked among Latin America’s finest teams, along with Brazil and Argentina, as well as Uruguay and Chile. In that time, the world’s first black republic qualified for the X World Cup in Munich (West Germany). The country’s qualification for the 1974 World Cup was one of the surprises in the Western Hemisphere. Certainly, Haiti did not win the tournament, but it won many hearts in Germany. During the global event, its …

Can an African Nation Win the FIFA World Cup?

Ever since Sepp Blatter announced his desire to bring the World Cup finals to Africa, the FIFA President has also, on numerous occasions, stated his belief that an African nation has the ability to become world champions in football one day. Blatter has since realised his dream to stage the finals in an African country (South Africa 2010), but before then, there has been no representative from the continent in the final of previous editions. There has been no shortage of contenders. For example, Nigeria has often been considered the …

Football World Cup 2010 – South Africa Shows Its Star Quality

Football World Cup 2010 South Africa will show the world how the country has changed and developed. They were fortunate enough to win the bidding to host this event, something this country has never been able to do before. The number of countries that are participating in this tournament will match the number that participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics. The date is almost here and soccer fans around the world will be watching the games from stadiums throughout the country. They had to build five stadiums from scratch and …

Brazil Soccer Girls – The "In" Crowd

Brazil soccer girls are known to be y and beautiful.. They usually wear y clothes that really catch attention. They are this phenomenal game’s die hard fans too that support the Brazil team. Watching the game in a stadium is much more exciting and you can really feel the intense. There are actually different types of crowds young and old. It is known that Brazil team has the most fans. Soccer is a part of the Brazilian’s lives. They are very passionate and do everything they can to support on …