
Developing a Winning Mentality
The first thing to understand about a winning mentality is that it has nothing to do with winning. Here’s why: The highest performers...


The Player-Parent Disconnect
There is a question that I ask every time I work with a team or group of parents at a club. The responses to this question are very...


The Olympics: A Valuable Lesson in Ego
If you’re like almost every other soccer enthusiast I know, you’re not paying any attention to soccer at the Olympics. Maybe you’re...


5 Reasons to Stop Using Fitness as Punishment
“Losing team has to do ten pushups!” We hear this all the time on the practice field. “Pushups” is often substituted by sprints,...


Tournaments: The Plague of Youth Soccer
I’ll begin with this: If you are a board member, administrator, director, or even a coach at a youth soccer club, you might not like the...