Bsc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science. Technical Director and Manager of Coach Development, at TOP Sports
Toronto, Canada
Joined November 2014
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Congrats to the 24 Ontario Clubs receiving either Quality Soccer Provider status or Member Association Level 1 in @CanadaSoccerEN's latest Youth Club Licensing Program announcement.
Learn more here:
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#PlayInspireUnite #CanadaSoccer #OntarioSoccer
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Sparta Prague returned to the Champions League for the first time in 19 years and this was their social media post... 😂
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A meta-analysis of elite Olympic athletes (top 16 in the world) found:
• They started their sport at an avg age of 10.6
• They focused on their sport at an avg age of 15.6
• Sports where athletes sampled the longest were:
1. skiing (7.6 years)
2. football (7.5 years)
3. basketball (7.4 years)
4. ice hockey (7.2 years)
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When a sport select players for elite teams before puberty,
they are more likely to choose:
• Players who have more sport-specific practice
• More biologically mature players
Problems spiral from there:
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Manchester United have now lost more Premier League games at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson retired than they did during his entire 21-year tenure:
❌ SAF home defeats in PL: 34
❌ PL home defeats since he retired: 35
📈 @Squawka
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⚠️ As a parent, don’t worry about becoming a professional footballer
📹The Everyday Perspective Podcast
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Coach don’t poach.
If your squad’s not working (ie winning), try & coach the players you have rather than trawl playing fields to grab what you can to replace them.
Promises of “pathways” are meaningless if you’ve no actual plan for development or respect for people.
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Big news guys!!
My six year old - who is pumped she can now ride a 2 wheeler and is learning how to read and write in first grade - is now eligible for Elite AAA, invite only tournament teams!!
Her favorite jokes are poop and butt jokes too - she’s totally ready for this.
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Starting point game examples with a description of affordances and their relation with skill. @markstkhlm @JimiVaughan @aksumfootball are great assets to learn more about these concepts in football.
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Hockey Canada completed a study which concluded that 1 quality run practice with many puck touches, game like, decision making, challenging and fun will equal up to eleven "regular" full ice games. Keep that study in mind when designing your practice to maximize development.
Here is a radical new philosophy: making sport fun again | Sport | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/blog/2…
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KIDS “RELEASED” AGE 9 IN GRASSROOTS, REALLY!!!
Recently I came across a team I briefly coached a couple of years ago. I noticed a couple were missing.
Guest post from grassroots Coach Phil..Read HERE
teamgrassroots.co.uk/kids-re…
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If you have a spare 9 minutes today, make sure you spend it watching this. 🐺
Just beautiful. ❤️
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When a multitude of cones or mannequins dictated for kids direction, movement & decision making at training sessions, then we can't be surprise when kids struggle to adapt, respond to real match situations because their training environment do not reflect game environment.
