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@PennFusion_SA Coach || @ussoccer Licensed Coach || @FAWales Licensed Coach || “Rest in the end, not in the middle.” 💛🐍💜

[UMBC Women's Soccer @UMBC_WSoccer]

June 15th is QUICKLY approaching! Follow along this week to learn more about our program here at UMBC! Today, learn more about our campus and our academics!

[Osku Partonen @Coach_Osku]

Players must react without delay when possession changes.

Lose the ball? React and defend.

Win the ball? React and attack.

There’s no pause, no confusion—immediate action.

[Osku Partonen @Coach_Osku]

I don’t want players who only show up when we have the ball.

Effort without the ball reveals the true commitment of each player.

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

One thing you cannot escape as a player is the importance of your ability to control and distribute the ball .

Intelligence without execution has little value as an athlete.

“Make the ball your friend.” - Cruyff

Vision - Decision - Precision

#TOVO

[Osku Partonen @Coach_Osku]

Football is a form of self-expression.

If players aren’t enjoying the game, they’ll never play with confidence, creativity, or freedom.

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

The best coaches are not merely experts in content - they are engineers of transmission.

#TOVO
#intelligentfootball
#ClearCoaching

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

Coach Note ✏️

Rather than explain solutions first, let your athletes do the exercise first. They may struggle and that’s a good thing.

Observe.

Then intervene with questions and tips to help them solve the challenges.

#TOVO
#intelligentfootball

[Keepitonthedeck @Keepitonthedeck]

“Don’t worry about mistakes and successes, worry about trying.”

Luis Enrique shared these words as doubts surrounded Unai Simón after costly mistakes. Great insight into mindset at the elite level and how to cope with highs or lows!

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

The world is yours and everything in it.

It’s out there, get on your grind and get it.

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

Input > Output

🗣️ “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (Einstein)

If we want more intelligent players, we must train more intelligently.

We can do this starting with grassroots coaching.

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#TOVO
#intelligentfootball

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

Weekend Reminder

Dear Coaches and Parents,

The match this weekend is for your children to enjoy. It’s their game. It’s their time to play. The opponents are other people’s children enjoying the game as well.

Let ‘em play.

#TOVO

[Todd Beane @_ToddBeane]

“We have to help children reach their own 100%. It’s wonderful to be a good footballer, but even more important to be a good person.” - Johan Cruyff

#TOVO

[AllThingsBrazil™ @SelecaoTalk]

Risk taking, technical excellence and a belief in ‘we’re going to score more than you’.

This is how football should be played.

[UMBC Women's Soccer @UMBC_WSoccer]

Kylee Altland Joins Women's Soccer Coaching Staff https://t.co/bpF4kamhXp #RetrieverNation

[Keepitonthedeck @Keepitonthedeck]

"The best forwards are not watching where the ball is. They are thinking about where it will be"

- Johan Cruyff

[Kokou Assigbe @KAssigbe]

Dear ⚽️ Parents,

Your child’s ⚽️ journey doesn’t have to be this complicated or stressful.

It’s not about exposure. It’s about loving the game & actually being good at it.

When they’re truly good and ready, you won’t have to chase opportunities, they naturally come.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES:

Get better every single day
Prove them wrong
Work on your weaknesses
Execute what you practiced
Learn from greatness
Learn from both wins and losses
Practice mindfulness
Be ambitious
Believe in your team/yourself
Learn storytelling

[No Ball Knowledge @exluzemba]

#StopAndDrag

[Kobe Bryant Stories & Motivation @kobehighlight]

“Those times when you get up early and you work hard.

Those times when you stay up late and you work hard.

Those times when you don't feel like working, you're too tired, you don't want to push yourself, but you do it anyway.

That is actually the dream.”

- Kobe Bryant