With the way the game is going and the way players are being produced, as a coach it is vital to keep up to date with trends on the field, and in my eyes even off it with things such as social media.

After being named head coach of a National Premier Soccer League (NPS...

It was three years ago this month that one of my good friends introduced me to Raymond Verheijen and the training method of Football Periodisation. For those unfamiliar with Raymond, which I was at the time, reading his book on Football Periodisation: Always Play with...

Guest post by John Adams - Follow him on Twitter @coachjqa

I am thankful to have connected with Matt Danaher via Twitter (@mattdanaher).  We are both Connecticut guys, but don’t think we have ever met.  A few months ago he tweeted out information about his new app for s...

‘This is the Nike SPARQ version of the Yo-yo intermittent recovery test, level two.’

For most players (thankfully, not myself), this one line of dialogue is enough to cause cold sweats, shivers, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. It’s the kind of side effects that you usu...