World of Soccer |
www.worldofsoccer.com |
-
Text
20
Notes World of Soccer Newsletter December EditionNews from World of Soccer
December 2011 Here we are with Newsletter #60. World of Soccer Newsletter In this issue
- Soccer in the Festive Season?
- Marc Rizzardo’s Escapades
- Byte Size Coaching Update
- Treatment in the Good Old Days
- Player Development - FIPFA
- BSC Facebook Page
Featured Product
Byte Size Coaching
Facebook page
Add us
Please come by and check out our Byte Size Coaching Facebook Page. Please make sure to click LIKE.
Click here to check out our page
Quick Links…Join our mailing list!
It’s that time of the year again. We hear all the old Christmas songs – and are happy to do so. Because of that, there is nothing wrong with roasting some old chestnuts again. So it’s story time at the World of Soccer.
We’ve been digging in the World of Soccer Boot Room for archives from Christmases Past.
As a result, we have for you a whole series of Christmas football stories - er, sorry about that - I mean soccer stories. But I did say we were going back in time when it really was footie.
So here are the stories with a little introduction to give you an idea of the subject matter. I can bet your bottom dollar you will have a chuckle at some and shake your head at others.
We also reprise physiotherapist Marc Rizzardo’s escapades as he traveled with the Canadian National Women’s, Olympic and Youth teams.
In our player development section we highlight a remarkable coach, Chris Finn. Chris the coach of the US power soccer team – two-time winners of FIPFA World Cup. It goes to show that no matter the difficulties people love soccer and will do wonderful and amazing things to play the game.
Finally some stories, not about Christmas, but about the archaic methods of treating injured players in the not-so-good Old Days.
Soccer in the Festive Season?During the Holiday Season in the EPL most of the teams will play four games. It can be make or break for many. It is only a time for celebration if the team is scoring goals and winning games. We take a look at the idiosyncrasies and the dark humour of Christmases Past in the link below.
Marc Rizzardo’s Escapades
Marc Rizzardo, physiotherapist extraordinaire, has travelled the world as a soccer trainer and as the Canadian Head Therapist at the Olympics and Pan American games. As knowledgeable and experienced as he is Marc tells about the times when he was challenged beyond the normal type of injury or situation.
In 1984, the Canadian Men’s Olympic soccer team was invited to participate in China’s coming out party. China hosted a sixteen team tournament and they pulled out all the stops to impress their guests.
Byte Size Coaching Update
As we begin the process of matching our Byte Size Coaching games and activities with video we are also making sure that in Canada it will assist in the roll out of the Long Term Player Development program. As I was a 7-year member of the LTPD project you won’t be surprised to know the Byte Size Coaching program shares the same philosophy as the Canadian LTPD (Click here for link). In fact, Byte Size Coaching is recognized and endorsed by the Canadian Soccer Association.
Where we can make the greatest contribution is by helping the Moms and Dads to facilitate the practice with age-and-developmentally appropriate activities and practices, mainly game-based, that not only develop the players, but make it challenging and fun.
Treatment in the Good Old DaysPlayer Development - FIPFA
With Marc Rizzardo talking about some of his amusing experiences as the Canadian team trainer/physiotherapist when on-the-road, I thought I would go back in time to the “Good Old Days” with 4 short stories of injuries and the subsequent treatment (where the level of expertise was not quite as it is today).
Getting treatment in the Old Days was a bit of a lottery.
Power Soccer or Powerchair “Football” is soccer played by people with severe physical disabilities who use power wheelchairs. Athletes of all ages and genders compete four on four. A foot guard is attached to their wheelchairs which allows them to push and kick an oversized soccer ball. Games are played indoors using a regulation size basketball court as the field.
(Source: www,worldofsoccer.com)
-
Text
What Makes a Great Coach
We got a very good response to the video in last months newsletter of 3 great coaches - John Wooden, Vince Lombardi and Dettmar Cramer.
So this month we will send you to YouTube to see some snippets of some of the other great coaches of North American sport. Their “pearls of wisdom” quickly come and go so you might have to hit the “Replay” button to get the full benefit.
Brian Halliday is working on an article about Dettmar Cramer who spent 4 days in Belfast when Brian was the Irish FA Technical Director. He has told me the story of the impact he made and it is something you should read. He has written it once, but was concerned it did not do full justice to the man. So we hope to see the revised version in the next World of Soccer Newsletter.
-
Video
Principles of Dribbling
One of the great skills of soccer is dribbling and yet it comes down to just 6 principles. One or more of these principles occurs in every successful attempt when a soccer player takes on a defender one on one! Soccer coaches need to know these 6 principles.
-
Link
Byte Size Coaching
-
Link
World of Soccer Website
-
Quote
"Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."
George Best
-
Quote
"At a football club, there’s a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks."
Bill Shankly
-
Quote
"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."
Mia Hamm
-
Quote
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death…it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly
