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Many soccer coaches did not start out planning to be a coach. It just sort of happened. Now that you are the coach, you need to learn what you need to know to help your players learn how to play the game correctly. Start from the basics, and building on a solid base of core [...]

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Any fan of football owes it to themselves to visit the Scottish Football Museum at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Hampden is the spiritual home of Scottish football and a fitting venue for a 5 star museum devoted to the world’s favourite sport. Here, football fans both serious and casual can learn about not only how [...]

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The Inter de Milan coach Jose Mourihno has been charged by the Italian Football Federation for the comments that he made early this week on a press conference about Juventus after a draw the team had against Roma on Sunday, where a decision of a controversial penalty granted the 3-3 at the end of the [...]

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Sex-specific, soccer-specific strength and fitness training has long been a source of contention among players, coaches and fans, alike. I have been training athletes of all kinds for the last three decades and the benefits in favor of such training are myriad! The evidence is clear, soccer-specific strength and fitness training delivers in a big [...]

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Stall moves are very common and important to any soccer freestyler. This article explains why. More: continued here

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Think soccer stardom is won on technical skills alone? Think again. More: continued here

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Visiting the four state of the art stadiums where the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 will be played can be a rewarding experience for visitors to South Africa. Matches will be played at Ellis Park (Johannesburg), Loftus Versveld (Pretoria), Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace (Rustenburg) and Free State Stadium (Bloemfontein). More: continued here

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The 17-time champion of the Italian Serie A, the AC Milan, lost again another important game in the Italian Serie A after, being defeated for team Sampdoria 2-1 on Sunday. With this defeat, AC Milan is getting away from the top team Inter Milan, who has now 60 points. More: continued here

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When Atletico de Madrid was relegated to the Spanish second division an advertising campaign was put into place which was dubbed ‘A year in Hell’.  The aim was to ensure that fans do not forsake Atletico in her hour of need and help her go back immediately to the first division.  This did not happen [...]

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One important point to remember as you learn to coach soccer is that kids learn more by doing than by watching. If you can keep them active during practice, they will learn more, and be able to take what they’ve learned to the game. More: continued here

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