By: Nicholas Spiller on November 5th, 2012 |
To soccer purists around the globe such a statement is taken with in same vein as heresy, but indoor soccer is in many ways a more preferred experience than the outdoor version of the beautiful game, especially for soccer players. People may criticize the lack of real grass and the …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 31st, 2012 |
Competitive sports are a very strange phenomenon in the modern world. We love sports, especially soccer. Here is a game where people of all ages can take the field, kick a ball around, and enjoy themselves. But too often in sports, a massive emphasis is placed on winning, and soccer …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 29th, 2012 |
As the MLS dwindles to a close of their regular season and looks ahead to the playoffs, another American soccer league is bracing for kick-off, except this is for indoor soccer, a variant of the beautiful game. The MISL was founded in 2008 and is gearing up for its 5th …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 24th, 2012 |
Injuries are a sad aspect of soccer and seemingly cannot be prevented. However, there are several things that coaches can do to help reduce the chances of injuries and sometimes prevent them altogether. As a coach, it is your responsibility to unsure that players are able to be relatively safe …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 23rd, 2012 |
The goalie position is often thought of as rather boring in soccer. Young players often fight over who will represent the back end of your team and few teams have the luxury of a player that actually wants to play the position. But this changes during indoor soccer. When the …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 17th, 2012 |
The USA Men’s National Team was harshly criticized during the past few weeks due to several poor showings in their second round matches of qualification in the CONCACAF region, most alarmingly their shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of Jamaica. Coming into the final match against Guatemala, the United States …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 15th, 2012 |
Indoor Soccer is not only a fun way to keep playing the beautiful game during cold winter months, it also enables great improvements on two of the sport’s most vital skill areas: Scoring goals and saving goals. Because of the quickness of the game and the limited size of the …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 11th, 2012 |
Coaches have one of the most difficult jobs in all of sports. They feel as though they are part of the team, though they perform none of the actual game. That task is left for the players and as such, coaches often become extremely frustrated when their soccer teams fail …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 9th, 2012 |
Indoor soccer is nearly the same sport as outdoor soccer but there are quite a few key differences that present an entirely new challenge for coaches of indoor soccer teams. Beyond simply avoiding key differences in weather conditions and a smaller team and field size, the game takes an entirely …
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By: Nicholas Spiller on October 2nd, 2012 |
It happens at every level of the sport: A player loses interest and completely fades away from the game. Although at the youth soccer level it typically happens to players when they realize that their dreams of glory are likely to remain just dreams, it can often happen to professional …
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