Thoughtful Soccer - The Whole Package

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Thoughtful Tennis

Here are some other ways you'll be able to experience Thoughtful Soccer...and Thoughtful Tennis! For more information on a project, please contact me.

Thoughtful Soccer Video

The video will thoroughly demonstrate the Thoughtful Soccer practice. You'll see the skill games, the scrimmages, and the Bunch Ball cure in action. You'll observe the correct steps in the Coachable Moment teaching style. And through before-and-after footage of two different teams, you'll be convinced of Thoughtful Soccer's impact.

The Thoughtful Soccer Camp

Rather than the traditional "daily topic" approach—passing on one day, dribbling on the next, shooting on the next—each skill area will be strengthened daily. That will ensure greater player improvement from the first to last day of camp.

Rather than allowing each coach to pursue a different picture of what soccer should look like, the entire camp will pursue a thoughtful picture. Bunch Ball will be banned, and players will be conditioned to spread out, pass, and think. This will ensure a quality experience for all campers, regardless of the coach to whom they are assigned.

The camp will embrace competition in the following ways:

On the first day, players will try out for a camp-wide draft.
Players will be drafted by different leagues based on playing strength rather than age: World Cup, Premier, MLS, and A-League.
Each day, players will compete at skill games and scrimmages.
Teams will compete for the championships of their leagues.
Players may be traded from team to team, and be promoted to higher leagues, during the week.
League standings and player statistics will be distributed in a morning newspaper.

Could a soccer camp be more fun and lead to more improvement? No way! Will players want to return the next summer? Way!

Thoughtful Soccer Training Center

The Thoughtful Soccer Training Center will facilitate the development of players and coaches of all levels. The facility will include:

Regulation-size and small-sided fields for tournament play
A small-sided scrimmage area
Soccer Volley courts
High Impact Skill Activity setups
A shooting area with multiple goals and easy ball retrieval
An indoor soccer facility

The Center will offer events such as these:

Thoughtful Soccer Clinics for coaches and teams
After-school soccer for young players who want to reach the next level
Indoor soccer leagues
Soccer tournaments for all age groups
Thoughtscrim tournaments
Soccer Volley tournaments
Summer day camps

Thoughtful Tennis

The Thoughtful Soccer guy is equally capable as a tennis coach, having coached a Division III college team for four years. Thoughtful Tennis: the Think-First Approach to Playing and Coaching is in the planning stages. The book will include drills and practice games for strengthening tennis' skill side and thinking side. Doubles play, which requires even more thinking than singles, will be featured.