Developing soccer youth soccer players is a subject popular in today’s game. Youth players often have a mismatch between ambition and ball contact time. Include players to create their own Individual Learning plans along with the coaches and watch players develop quicker, more creatively and have better decision making. Altogether it will have the player fall deeper in love with the game.

Eze’s Living the dream now that he is finally playing Premier League football. Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze has produced many exciting moments while keeping fans glued to their screens during his debut season in SE25. Born to Nigerian Parents,…

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Original Series: Around the World in 80 Diaries. Our first in this original series features Greek player Kostas Oikonomou

Formations in football are the basic framework of a team, also known as Systems of play. Each formation brings something different to the table. Some formations are defense-oriented while others attack-oriented. The style of the team and the roles of…

The game between Liverpool and Manchester City was supposed to be pivotal in the title race. Liverpool, defending champions, have been faltering, and in the end, the game ended in a deserved win for Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s first win…

Everyone wants to win because it sounds so good and makes you feel super excited. There is this satisfactory feeling you get when you bag all three points, making you feel that the achievement, no matter how little, deserves to…

An expression for people and organizations to refer to when new ideas or models are being implemented. Anchoring to the status quo is a post simply implying entities sink like an anchor and drag along the ocean floor if they…

The American Pay-to-play model has been blamed for a multitude of soccer development hurdles and issues culminating in the recent failures of the men’s national level team. But is that a fair assumption? Here we take a better look at the model in place and if it really is to blame.