Monday, June 7th, 2010 at
8:32 am
Well we came to a realization. Training isn’t everything. I have always said been of the opinion that a high level of quality training is the most important thing for a child athlete. And I still feel that way. But where does that end? There has to be a time when the team becomes the focus. I think Johnny is at that point. He has the skills now. He’s very technical but based on the…
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at
9:52 pm
So we moved Johnny to a new club a few months back. The main reason was for better training. We have always been about the training. Better training better player right? Well we are coming to realize that’s true to a point. Child athletes need to learn the techniques and skills that make them a “skillful” player. That’s kind of phase one of the player development process. There comes a time when the skills have…
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at
12:41 pm
In a previous post I talked about little Johnny being selected to the ODP team for the second time. Well we just returned from the first tournament for the year. And it was great. There were four or five states represented in this round robin tournament. Lots of talent everywhere you looked. We got settled into the hotel for the night anticipating the game the next morning. Johnny was clearly excited. He was on Facebook…
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