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05/18/11 Anson Dorrance: 'Coaching is stealing best practices'

Interview by Mike Woitalla  ... MORE

03/30/11

 

Catching college coaches' eyes at tournament play

By Avi Stopper  ... MORE

02/03/11 College dreams impact youth play

Interview by Mike Woitalla  ... MORE

01/22/11 New leaders aim to boost girls soccer

Mike Woitalla, January 22nd, 2011

The first ear-piercing wakeup call for U.S. women's soccer came at the 2007 World Cup, where a dazzling Brazil outplayed and routed the USA, 4-0, in semifinals.  ... MORE

08/26/09

 

Pumping Iron Builds Bone Strength For Kids, Too

by Patti Neighmond

This fall, many kids on playgrounds and on sports teams will injure themselves, partly because they're not in good enough shape to run and compete safely. Health and fitness experts say that one way to increase fitness before the season starts is weight training. That's right, weight training can help kids, even elementary schoolers.  ... MORE

07/01/09 HEAT, ICE, RICE?
Managing Sports Injuries ... MORE
06/10/09 NOT MAKING IT - THE TRUE CHALLENGE

By Anson Dorrance, University Of North Carolina Head Women's Soccer Coach and former United States National Team Coach

One of the biggest gripes some people have when they don't make a team is that it has to do with some political process. They blame lack of success on favoritism or prejudice. So, rather than discussing or evaluating failure through lack of ability or performance, the issue is politics. The problem with that specious argument is that it is made by those players on the bottom of a roster. So if you don't want to leave it to chance, don't let it be close. Make a clear statement in the trial about who you are and what you can do. ... MORE

05/26/09 Prevent Common Injuries in Soccer: Knee Injuries ... MORE
01/13/09 Do We Coach Our Players to Compete or Just Play? ... MORE
11/21/08 Club teams could hurt U.S. high schools. ... MORE
08/13/08 Chocolate Milk: Best for Recovery!
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D.

What should you eat after strenuous exercise or competition? Many studies have shown that eating a protein-rich meal as soon as possible after this hard workout hastens muscle recovery. Intelligently increased workloads make an athlete stronger, and anything that helps you recover faster allows you to do more work. When you feel the burn during intense exercise, you are damaging your muscle fibers. The pain that you feel 8 to 24 hours after a hard workout is due to muscle damage. It is now fairly well established that your muscles recover faster if you eat protein as soon as possible after a hard workout or competition.

You'll be happy to know that a study from Indiana University in Bloomington shows that chocolate milk helps athletes to recover faster from hard exercise than drinks that replaced only carbohydrates or fluid alone (International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, February 2006).

This study controlled the portion sizes, but other research has shown that athletes will drink most of the beverage that tastes best to them, so that may give chocolate milk its primary advantage.

Chocolate Milk as a Post-Exercise Recovery Aid

08/13/08 Heading Soccer Ball Does Not Injure Brain
08/13/08 Tactical soccer training: in praise of 4 v 4
07/31/08 USSF 2006 Youth Soccer Heat & Hydration Guidelines
Soccer Warm Up?
How should young players warm-up?
06/29/08 What Happens If You DON’T Get a Call on July 1st?
FULL STORY http://blog.ncsasports.org/2008/06/29/what-happens-if-you-dont-get-a-call-on-july-1st/
06/27/08 FA bans under-eights' football leagues to nurture beautiful game
FULL STORY http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/27/children
2008 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) PARENT EDUCATION 
The NSCAA has combined with Sports Path to offer an online learning course for soccer parents. ... NSCAA - Soccer Parent Course

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