My brother, Jason Dennis, has developed a powerful program that has the potential to change a player’s season, and even their life….it’s called Walk the Fire. It’s Mind Body Mastery Training camps on the Big Island of Hawaii for high school competitive athletes. Jason was a professional baseball player for the Anaheim Angels organization, a [...]
Here is a little advice from an all-time great on the best training tool out there: Dennis Bergkamp, the great Dutch striker said that when he was a young player at Ajax, they had little three foot high walls. He would knock the ball against it for hours. Every time he hit the ball, he [...]
David Ferreira was injured last year in a game against Vancouver and missed the rest of the season. He’s been “healthy” physically and participating in drills, but hasn’t participated in scrimmages. Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said, “One of the problems he’s running into is the mind; he’s still worried about how strong he is, or [...]
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D., President, Sideline Sports Doc To recap: I don’t think there’s any better playing surface than a well-maintained grass field, but I’d prefer one of the newer varieties of turf fields over a poorly-maintained grass field any day. Some people have also suggested that the interaction between the athlete’s shoe and [...]
The below was taken from the CYSA May 2011 newsletter. Submitted by Philippe Blin, CYSA ODP Technical Director One of the difficulties that players face is realizing how coaches are assessing their talent and potential as a student-athlete. How you perform under game conditions sets the yardstick on how you will be measured. The game [...]
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. Here’s a revelation: eat the least processed food you can find. Right, that’s not a revelation. You’ve heard it before but it’s not an easy thing to do when feeding the typical American teenage athlete. But it can be done, especially if you try to stick to the 80/20 rule [...]
Dan Coyle is the bestselling author of “The Talent Code” a book that discusses and highlights the learning recipe he’s found necessary to create talent. Those things are: Deep Learning (10,000 hours) Immediate feedback Repetition Coaching to oversee and direct the learned behavior Here is a quick video of his presentation for U.S. Soccer. [...]
These five principles of defensive play are the key to good team and individual defending at all levels of the game. Pressure/delay – To prevent attackers from penetrating your defense, the first defender (the player nearest to the ball) should apply immediate pressure to the ball carrier. His objective is not to win the ball, [...]
I’ve been talking to parents recently, because tryouts are upon us, and I keep getting the “I thought competitive soccer’s goal is to win.” I love this because the point of playing any sport is to try to win, otherwise why bother playing a game. The difference is the perspective taken by the coaches and [...]
