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Coaching Links
Remember, It's Playtime -- by Mike Woitalla
March 24, 2007 ** By Mike Woitalla, Soccer America Magazine ** Taking the drilling and screaming out of youth soccer will make the game more enjoyable and create better players.
Do we want Robinhos or Robots? -- by Mike Woitalla
April 20, 2007 ** by Mike Woitalla, Soccer America Magazine ** How over-coaching and the emphasis on winning stifle young American talent.
Time for a Children's Revolt -- by Mike Woitalla
May 30, 2007 ** By Mike Woitalla (from Soccer America Magazine's Youth Insider) ** Some of the things I've heard adults yell at children at soccer games are just downright hilarious. Like the coach who yelled at a 6-year-old, "Give him a target on the flank!"
Footy 4 Kids
The footy4kids web site is by far the best free coaching resource on the internet.
Better Soccer More Fun
A coaching web site dedicated to the Dutch Vision. The success of the Dutch Vision in youth soccer education is evident in the high percentage of world class players that are produced from such a small country. The relevance of the Dutch Vision to American youth soccer is that the two countries share common social, political and economic factors.
Let them dribble -- by Mike Woitalla
January 09, 2008 ** By Mike Woitalla (from Soccer America Magazine's Youth Insider) ** It's one of the most common screams heard on the youth soccer fields of America: "Pass it! Pass it! Pass it!"