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Ep 358: The Golden Rule to Player, Team, and Coach Development

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The Golden Rule of Soccer Development: Do Less, Not More

In this episode, the focus revolves around the principle of ‘doing less, not more’ in soccer coaching.

We emphasize that unlike common beliefs, effective team and player development doesn’t require an extensive range of activities but rather a focused and consistent approach.

We discuss technical and tactical training methods, such as implementing rondos for skill development and structured drills for building out from the back.

The conversation highlights the impact of parental pressure in a pay-to-play system and underscores the importance of winning games to mitigate such pressures. Issues related to player cutting and opportunities in lower socio-economic regions are also addressed. Finally, the hosts draw connections between promotion-relegation systems and optimal player development practices, arguing that an open system fosters the best methodologies.

00:00 Intro
04:05 The Importance of Focused Training
08:55 Parental Pressure Distracting from Focus
20:30 On Benchmarks for When to Do More in Training
23:19 On Cutting Players From Teams
25:24 Subtopic: The Broader Function of Youth Sports
30:34 Parental Politics in Club Soccer
34:42 What Activities to Do In Training?
35:15 Subtopic: Technical Development – The Power of Rondos
38:50 Subtopic: Tactical Training – Building Out from the Back
40:46 Subtopic: Incorporating the Midfield and Attacking Third
44:02 Challenges with Field Space and Time Constraints
49:03 The Controversy Around Rondos in U.S. Soccer
54:56 Promotion and Relegation: Impact on Development


Premium Education for either Coaches or Parents

If you are a coach or a parent of a player, we’ve also codified and made available the remarkable work of a coach who trained and shepherded many, many players from the age of 9 all the way to graduating them to being professionals.

The products that show you how this was done, is what sponsors this episode.

Get aboard a proven path, a legitimately proven path, not something copied or synthesized from elsewhere, or worse. No, but rather a first hand account and curriculum directly from the source, from the practitioners themselves, whose work is unprecedented in the American soccer environment.

For Coaches

Learn the methodology at 343coaching.com.
If you’re coaching 7v7, we’ve got you covered at 7v7coaching.com.

For Parents

You don’t have to be lost and confused.
Learn to properly guide and develop your kid through the maze and pitfalls that is American soccer (from the folks who have actually done it).
Gain access at 343masterclass.com.


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The Golden Rule of Soccer Development: Do Less, Not More

In this episode, the focus revolves around the principle of ‘doing less, not more’ in soccer coaching.

We emphasize that unlike common beliefs, effective team and player development doesn’t require an extensive range of activities but rather a focused and consistent approach.

We discuss technical and tactical training methods, such as implementing rondos for skill development and structured drills for building out from the back.

The conversation highlights the impact of parental pressure in a pay-to-play system and underscores the importance of winning games to mitigate such pressures. Issues related to player cutting and opportunities in lower socio-economic regions are also addressed. Finally, the hosts draw connections between promotion-relegation systems and optimal player development practices, arguing that an open system fosters the best methodologies.

00:00 Intro
04:05 The Importance of Focused Training
08:55 Parental Pressure Distracting from Focus
20:30 On Benchmarks for When to Do More in Training
23:19 On Cutting Players From Teams
25:24 Subtopic: The Broader Function of Youth Sports
30:34 Parental Politics in Club Soccer
34:42 What Activities to Do In Training?
35:15 Subtopic: Technical Development – The Power of Rondos
38:50 Subtopic: Tactical Training – Building Out from the Back
40:46 Subtopic: Incorporating the Midfield and Attacking Third
44:02 Challenges with Field Space and Time Constraints
49:03 The Controversy Around Rondos in U.S. Soccer
54:56 Promotion and Relegation: Impact on Development


Premium Education for either Coaches or Parents

If you are a coach or a parent of a player, we’ve also codified and made available the remarkable work of a coach who trained and shepherded many, many players from the age of 9 all the way to graduating them to being professionals.

The products that show you how this was done, is what sponsors this episode.

Get aboard a proven path, a legitimately proven path, not something copied or synthesized from elsewhere, or worse. No, but rather a first hand account and curriculum directly from the source, from the practitioners themselves, whose work is unprecedented in the American soccer environment.

For Coaches

Learn the methodology at 343coaching.com.
If you’re coaching 7v7, we’ve got you covered at 7v7coaching.com.

For Parents

You don’t have to be lost and confused.
Learn to properly guide and develop your kid through the maze and pitfalls that is American soccer (from the folks who have actually done it).
Gain access at 343masterclass.com.


Never miss new episodes:

Coaching Education Program

This is brought to you by the 3four3 coaching education program.

Learn more and join over 1000 coaches using our proven possession-based methodology.


Parent Education Program

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