I am currently coaching my sons U16A team as well as a Premier League Men’s team.  One of the frustrations I have experienced over many years of [tag-tec]soccer coaching[/tag-tec] is feeling like I was a ‘pack horse’.  In other words, I felt like I did not have enough arms to carry everything that was required for training sessions and match days.  Well, my days of making two and three trips back and forth from the car and leaving [tag-tec]soccer gear[/tag-tec] at home are over.  I have come across a valuable resource that every coach should have as part of their soccer coaching equipment.

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Goalkeeping Glove Review

I was recently given the opportunity to review a couple of products from Soccer Pro.  If you have not heard of Soccer Pro, they are now one of the largest online suppliers of [tag-tec]soccer equipment[/tag-tec] and clothing.  The first review we will give you today is for goalkeeping gloves.  The review is done by my son Matthew who is a Goalkeeper in a local U16A competition.  We have summarized the feedback into Positive (good points) and Improvement (where we think the item can be improved).

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Well, we are about one week into 2009 and here in Australia things are starting to ramp up for the new soccer season starting shortly.

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To be effective when coaching youth soccer, it is important that the coach has an understanding of how a young player learns. The youth soccer coach needs to be aware of the following factors before he starts coaching a young player.

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Published: Dec 04, 2007

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When you put your hand up to become a soccer coach you are taking on a huge responsibility. Along with that responsibility comes accountability. It does not matter at what level we are coaching, the responsibilities and accountabilities are the same.
A number of families involved with the county’s youth soccer community have united to defend a soccer coach who was accused last week of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl while attending a [tag-tec]soccer camp[/tag-tec].

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If you are involved in coaching youth soccer, there are a couple of things that you should try to focus on the most if you aspire to be successful. Firstly you should have a plan for every soccer training session and secondly you should be focusing on making training sessions as much fun as possible for everyone involved. I don’t just mean the kids. Soccer coaches should also find as much enjoyment as possible when leading the sessions.

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Although it is massively important that the soccer parents attend their children’s soccer games and soccer training in order to offer support and encouragement, it can become very annoying when they start getting overly helpful. This can become very disruptive and contribute to upsetting the well laid out plans that you have worked hard on refining. When a [tag-tec]soccer parent[/tag-tec] witnesses another parent giving instructions to players it is natural for some of them to start doing the same. This can severely disrupt the children’s concentration while driving them crazy in the process.

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