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Author :: Steve September  |
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| Article Title :: Soccer Coaches Plan, a Basic Introduction to the Season |
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| This guidelne uses a British Columbia (Canada) model. The first month is the month before your team plays in its usual league format.Each practice will have three (3) main componentsFitnessTechnical skillsTeam organization (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: Steve September |
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| Article Title :: Soccer Nutrition and Mental Focus, the Mind-Body Link |
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| Soccer Nutrition and Mental Focus;Food-Brain-Brain-Food link,We've all heard of the "breakfast on champions". This is true because it focuses on the daily nurturing of the body to aid the mind in preparation of the events ahead. It can be a part of a ritual as, proper breathing techniques and adequate liquid consumption.Focusing on a dietary plan is also preparing the mind for future competitions is a long process.This is the use of one of the most important issues in life (food), to introduce another important issue (competition), to heighten the all aspects of individual and team performances.It teaches the players/athletes (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: Steve September |
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| Article Title :: Soccer Goalkeeper's Skill, Techniques and Goalie Training |
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| Soccer Goalkeeper training is a world of its own. Since it is the only position on the field that allows the ball to be touched by the hands and arms. The individual soccer goalie skills gives an advantage over all the other players on the field. This makes training goalkeepers for soccer not only unique but challenging.Soccer Goalkeepers are the last line of defence, and often the first line of the offense, depending on the style of play. They will put their bodies in harms way to stop or block a shot on goal. They will dive in any direction to get the ball. Training goalkeepers techniques is also a very physically and demanding challenge.
The most (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: Jon Nikola |
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| Article Title :: George Best Tribute to the great Man of Football |
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| A compilation to remember George Best, one of the greats for
Manchester United, inside are his best moments playing the game.Having never seen George best play Football, being a young man, I was tokingly surprised to see such a great athlete and witness his breathtaking ability, to which I had no knowledge of previously.Best takes on players as if they were statues and glides on the pitch seemingly as he's on wheels. By far the best aspect of George , judging by this compilation is his vision, not only can he put the ball in the back of the net, but he makes great plays.A sign of a truly great player, many said from the beginning that he was a genius. Though on the o (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: David Walker |
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| Article Title :: Next Portsmouth Manager - A Soap Opera In The Making |
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| The race for the vacant Portsmouth manager's market has provided fascinating reading over the past week or so and over £13 million has been traded on Betfair. Frenchman Alain Perrin was sacked on 24 November after steering the club into the Premiership relegation zone without a home win all season.Perrin had only been manager since April 2005 but had won just four matches out of 21. He replaced an equally unimpressive boss in Velimir Zajec, who mustered five wins in 21 matches and was himself only in charge at Fratton Park for five months.Neil Warnock was the first manager in the frame and eager punters backed him into 1.20 (1/5). The former Notts County, Huddersfield and B (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: Craig Dawber |
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| Article Title :: The Simple Guide to Soccer |
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| Soccer is sport played around the world. Many people are new to the sport as it gains popularity and they may not understand the rules. Some parts of soccer can be confusing, so learning the basics can really help anyone who is trying to understand what is going on. The following is a short tutorial on the basics of soccer.The objective of soccer is to score more goals than the opposing team. Each team consists of eleven players. Players can score by moving the ball into the goal net. Each game lasts 90 minutes and is divided into 45 minute halves. The game is regulated by a referee and two linesmen who determine fouls and other penalties. This is the basic set up of the ga (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: David Carter |
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| Article Title :: World Cup Draw 2006 |
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| The draw for the 2006 football World Cup was held in Leipzig Germany on December 9th 2005. This is the greatest sporting event on earth after the Olympic games and has been eagerly looked forward to. The 32 teams were allocated into 8 groups of four in a televised ceremony that was watched live in over one hundred and sixty countries. The top two teams in each group will progress to the straight knockout stages.The first team drawn from the balls was England, could that be an omen, could they possibly end the tournament finishing first? Fifa had controversially seeded them second, due in part to their recent thrilling injury time win over the old foe, Argentina.Group A consi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: John Millward |
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| Article Title :: England World Cup 2006 Draw |
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| England World Cup 2006 - The draw has been made!Friday 9th December 2005 saw football fans across the world clinging to the edge of their seats, waiting to find out who they would play in the group stages of the World Cup 2006 in Germany. The ceremony contained all the usual fanfare and build up that one would normally associate with modern sporting events. In other words, the interested sports fan was subjected to hours of mindless drivel whilst waiting for the real action to begin. Whoever puts these events together cannot possibly think that the sports fans who have tuned in to see such an event can be in any way interested in the flaky magic shows and dancing troops they trot o (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: John Millward |
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| Article Title :: The Continuing Demise of Aston Villa Fc - Defeat at Doncaster |
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| I feel compelled to write something regarding a football club which I have supported, albeit mainly from a distance, since I was a boy. The last disgraceful episode in the history of Aston Villa Fc was the 3-0 defeat at Doncaster in the league cup. I can take nothing away from Doncaster, who played like lions on the night. They were full of running and pressurised us from the word go. However the point here is that a team of Aston Villa's obvious size, standing and sometimes glorious past should have been far too much for even the bravest of lower division teams. This was not a one off; sadly it was indicative of the general malaise which seems to have set in at the club over the last two (read full article) |
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| Category :: Soccer Articles |
Author :: David Walker |
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| Article Title :: World Cup 2006 - Reaction To Group Stage Draw |
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| Red hot favourites Brazil received a favourable draw as the group stage of the 2006 World Cup was announced on 9 December. The 16/5 favourites were drawn into Group F with Croatia, Australia and Japan. Hosts Germany also has a relatively easy group with opposition provided in the form of Costa Rica, Poland and Ecuador.However, not everyone was so lucky. Groups C and E have "group of death" credentials with Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro and Holland facing each other in the former, while Italy, Ghana, USA and the Czech Republic will battle it out in the latter.GROUP A
Germany 7/1
Costa Rica 500/1
Poland 125/1
Ecuador 200/1Germany should (read full article) |
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