Michael Curless

psychologist - soccer coach

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

Bad Players-Don’t take much seriously.

Average Players-Take games seriously.

Good Players-Take practice & games seriously.

Great Players-Take grades, nutrition, warm-up drills, individual work, weights, conditioning, film study, practice, games, & recovery seriously.

#CSTruth

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

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How soccer coaches can stop poaching players.

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

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New article on Hubert Vogelsinger

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

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New article on the problems of shooting in soccer and ways to improve.

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@mbstauber I wrote a comprehensive summary of Jorge Reis’ book on my website. Very in-depth look into the theoretical underpinnings of TP. Also, included is an interview I did with Frade.
https://t.co/SNuPKM5tK5

[Steve Herbots @HerbotsSteve]

No caption needed. The TRUTH

[Rosevelt Soccer Club @RoseveltSC]

Today is another great day to put in the work required to build an open soccer system in the United States of America from the ground up.

Solidarity + Opportunity

#ChopWoodCarryWater

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

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[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@dpt_coach_dj @mattdanaher …besides training players to run as slowly possible.

[DJ Stieber DPT, CSCS @dpt_coach_dj]

Will die on this hill: preseason fitness testing is pointless. Unless your goal is to add tons of unnecessary volume, undue stress, and pre-exhaust your players, these tests tell you nothing (and may increase their risk of strains, injuries in this time).

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@SoccerCoaching2 Victory!

[Soccer Coaching Pro @SoccerCoaching2]

81 Soccer Movies You Must Watch (The Complete List)

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[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@tylercoston Great ideas:
“play more games”— especially games that focus on recently learned skills.
“more excitement” — if you don’t love soccer, teaching kids, being a role model find another hobby.
“give compliments”— no guilt, shame, anger

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@Gerard_Jones Love your ideas.

I think you will like my book—https://t.co/CcoMtQoUqo which focuses on playing principles, phases of play, etc…. Let me know if I can send you a copy to review.

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@gregberge @mboyle1959 All great comments

“Are you hungry?”
“Do you have homework.”
“Your aunt is coming over for dinner.”

Sometimes not brining any more energy to a situation does wonders. Act as if they just finished playing pickup basketball. Happy they had fun but not identified with results.

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@IJaSport Good article

You identify two phases of attack.

•Organized Build Up
•Organized Creation of Scoring

Build up gets a lot of attention but the dev of scoring chances in the opponent’s half less so, which I call probing. Probing is trained using rondos and quick turns.

[David Garcia @IJaSport]

Dive deep into Manchester City's Process:

✅ Decipher the Game Model: What are the Playing Style Principles?

✅ Discern the Tactics: How are the principles being used as tactics?

✅ Devise the Training: How do players train it?

Explore it: https://t.co/oUomWAlwOq

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

@Pavfunball *make drills as game realistic as possible.

*teach game principles

*avoid shame and guilt

*ensure perfect skill development

*assess progress

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

Most kids have a finite amount of time to perfect skills. So drills are needed.

The key is to do drills correctly:
1) No lines
2) Include tactical principles
3) Keep energy high.
4) Teach skills correctly
5) make drills progressively harder

Follow up with small-sides game

[Michael Curless @michael_curless]

Advantages of parent coaches:
1) dedicated—personal investment.
2) maturity—older.
3) reliable—hx of success in job.
4) connected to community— +recruiting
5) cheaper
6) humility

Used to create top premier club using weekly coaching course.

Coachingpositionalsoccer. com