Sat.Mar 23, 2019 - Fri.Mar 29, 2019

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Effects of Skills4Genius Sports Based Training Program in Creative Behaviour

Player Development Project

Sara Santos, Sergio Jiménez, Jaime Sampaio, Nuno Leite The Big Idea When you sit a spell and think over the major point of session planning in sports, you can’t avoid the big idea of transformation. Hence, such training programs are inherently designed around re-creation and hope. Faith in unknown possibilities is something like the observation of the American inventor, philosopher, and architect Buckminster Fuller (1895-1993) that, “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to

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How to Coach U12 Soccer: Tips, Session Plans, and U12 Soccer Drills

Player Development Project

U12 soccer encompasses the crucial final years of the Foundation Phase. As coaches, our priority remains technical development, individual ball mastery, and helping our players to acquire a love of soccer that will make them want to continue into the Youth Development Phase and beyond. As we progress to larger game formats and edge slightly closer to the adult game, a variety of U12 soccer drills and the approach to coaching itself remains significantly important in creating an environment where