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29 Jun Confessions Of A Strength Coach Who Dabbles In Online Training

Posted at 20:08h in Blog, Online Training, Personal Training, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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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...

15 Jun How To Build A Beast Athlete Who Is Resilient, Fast, and Agile

Posted at 17:27h in Blog, Uncategorized, Youth Training by erica 0 Comments

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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...

04 Jun Youth Athletes: Good Old-Fashioned Hard Work Matters

Posted at 22:13h in Blog, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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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...

04 Jun An Ode To Recovery: Part 2 Collab with Coach Dave Gleason

Posted at 12:26h in Blog, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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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...

17 May An Open Letter To Soccer Parents

Posted at 21:45h in Blog, Uncategorized by erica 2 Comments

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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...

17 May Why Soccer Players Need Strong Hips (And How To Build Them)

Posted at 11:16h in Blog, Soccer, Strength Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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The hips are the foundation to high performance soccer. And as long as they are strong, injuries are reduced, and sport specific actions are improved. Shooting, cutting, passing, sprinting, decelerating and accelerating, and jumping all involve durable, powerful hips. And in order to optimize these, players must train...

12 May Why Kids Need Strength and Conditioning More Than Ever Before

Posted at 12:39h in Blog, Coaching, Total Youth Soccer Fitness, Uncategorized, Youth Training by erica 4 Comments

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Ask a group of youth athletes to show you how to make an Instagram story, and everyone volunteers with eagerness. Ask a group of youth athletes to explain the strategies of Fortnite, and everyone lights up with excitement. Ask a group of youth athletes to perform a...

01 May Maybe You Don’t Know What Player Development Means

Posted at 14:10h in Blog, Guest Post, Soccer, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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As much as you think you know player development, you don't. Did I just trigger you with my opening line? Good. Let's trigger some folks with the hopes they analyze their actions and grow. And chances are, you want to grow. Isn't that why you follow my blog in...

27 Apr Female Athletes: There’s Nothing Wrong With “Bulky”

Posted at 17:47h in Blog, Female Athletes, Uncategorized, Women's Fitness by erica 5 Comments

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I'm going to get right to the point: everyone needs to cut it out with the "I don't want to get too bulky" shenanigans. Female athletes, especially, utter these words upon entering my facility, and I'm quick to shoot it down. Why? I have a problem with it...

21 Apr How Soccer Goalkeepers Can Become Beasts: Written by a Striker

Posted at 12:32h in Blog, Soccer, Soccer Science, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Total Youth Soccer Fitness, Uncategorized, Youth Training by erica 5 Comments

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I wanted to avoid titling this post "Goalkeeper Specific Training." While I believe goalkeepers should have some degree of individualized programming, it becomes more about turning them into beasts. And by this I mean Hope Solo beasts. Briana Scurry beasts. Buffon beasts. Ochoa beasts. Casillas beasts. Van...