Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mistake. Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete crying and her dad telling her, "you're being sensitive!" Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete scrolling Instagram comparing her body to influencer...
While online training will vary with each coach, I'm happy to share my imperfect, chaotic journey. To put things into perspective, I started coaching in person back in 2012, and didn't go online until beginning of 2018. That's a wait of six years. So what does this mean? I'm...
Ever wanted to plop on the couch, eat take-out pizza, and binge watch Netflix after a youth soccer tournament? Or perhaps you don't even make it to those. Instead, you get home late on a Sunday, unpack the smelly cleats and damp socks, shower three times, go...
Confession: there aren't many bloggers I follow anymore. Not many people can captivate me with their prose, keep me glued to my seat for an entire 1,000 word article, or drop my jaw with their alluring sentence constructions. But today's guest writer can. I'm glad Jonathan...
Hi there. If you clicked on this article, chances are, you're ready to become a beast of an athlete. Or better yet, you're a coach or parent who has grown out of the days of programming the good old jog laps around the pitch, making kids do...
Oh, hi there. I just wrote another collaboration article with Coach Reed Maltbie. You can read it HERE. Spoiler: you can get the BEST out of your youth athletes with minimal features, coaching cues, products, flashy equipment and cones. And while the x's and o's, tactics, wins, losses, rankings,...
Somewhere out there, there's a young girl who justifies the world is backwards. So incredibly backwards, it makes my stomach knot. Her name: Olivia Moultrie. Agree with her journey or not, she's just a young girl who has an illuminating passion for soccer, an insatiable desire to...
The other day, I wrote an extensive article on the importance of recovery. It seems everyone is going hard 24/7, broadcasting their "grind" and "hustle" on social media, and not taking a true break. Of course, we're all guilty of this. We live in a world that is...
"No days off." "No excuses." "If you're not grinding, you're not succeeding." Have you heard these words uttered before? From a friend, colleague, or teammate? Or, have you seen them on your Instagram feed as you are allured by your glowing screen? Nowadays, it seems everyone is hustling all the...
Dear Soccer Parents, I feel for you. The sports world is flooded with pressure, comparison, and chaos for your child. Driving to tournaments. Practices. Emailing coaches. Investing time. Paying team dues. Driving two hours to away games in the middle of Virginia. Hitting up the Chik-Fil-A drive through...