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Archives for April 2012

Warning!!! To All Our New Readers: This Blog is Probably Not for You

By Gary Kleiban 114 Comments

warning

I’m dead serious! The majority of you likely joined us after the U11 video. That means the chunk of posts you’ve seen since, have been about kids playing soccer and our trip to Spain. So cute youth soccer stuff. Well, you’re in for a big ass shock if you think that’s what this site’s about. […]

Filed Under: Problems, Soccer Education, Solutions Tagged With: Development, Education, Elite, Problems, Solutions

It’s Unbelievably Difficult to Capture What We Do! A Testimonial.

By Gary Kleiban 52 Comments

Coaching is an art! How do you capture this art? People have been asking me for ‘curriculum’ and things detailing what it is we do. How do we produce our end product they say. Here’s a quickie from our State Cup final: If you can’t see the video, click here. They seem to think there’s […]

Filed Under: Soccer Education Tagged With: Education

Don’t Let Your Club Miss This Unique Opportunity!

By Gary Kleiban 24 Comments

Update I no longer support or endorse this thing. In fact, I’m embarrassed to have been duped by it. The past couple weeks have been crazy! With the release of our U11 video showcasing unseen before soccer in the States, and the subsequent chronicling of our younger U10s and those U11s competing in Barcelona, I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, Soccer Education, Solutions Tagged With: Club Soccer, Development, Education, Solutions

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 13 Notes

By Brian Kleiban 35 Comments

Woke up nice and early to eat some breakfast and prepare the boys with a tactical walk through. We centered on how we wanted to attack in possession and defend against Soccer Stars USA’s 3-4-3 formation. Boys looked ready and anxious. Got them prepped in our locker room and around 10:15 we took to the […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer, Development, Education

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 12 Notes [Video]

By Brian Kleiban 3 Comments

U11 FC Barcelona size

After a good nights sleep it was breakfast with the team at 9am to kickstart an important day. Two more group-play matches awaited us at 1pm and 5pm. Danny and I had individual meetings with several players to show them some of the good and bad things we did in our first game. Matches are […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 11 Notes [Video]

By Brian Kleiban 3 Comments

U11 soccer speed of play video

By mandate the day began waaaaaay too early for us. We had arrived back in L’estartit at 2 am after our Champions League adventure and had to get up at 8 am, eat breakfast on the fly to depart to Palamos for the MIC Cup 2012 opening ceremony. Every team is present and it was […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer, Video

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 10 Notes

By Brian Kleiban 6 Comments

FCB versus UK Elite

Barca Day 10 Let the boys sleep in so they could acclimate as much as possible. Team breakfast was at 10am at at the Panorama Hotel (2 blocks from our apartment-like hotel). We then had a light recovery session at a dirt-like field a few blocks away. Light jogging and stretching to relax the muscles […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 9 Notes

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MIC Cup Location

Barca Day 9 Monday saw the entire U10 expedition depart in the early hours of the morning to return home. Danny and I had a free day to relax and recharge our batteries before meeting the U11 group that was arriving at 7:15 pm. A labor strike in France delayed them for over an hour […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 8 Notes

By Brian Kleiban 2 Comments

Paul Walker

Barca Day 8 Woke up to a pleasant surprise on Sunday morning. We were able to have photos taken with the replica of the Champions League trophy. After the Champs League photos, there was some last minute shopping, lunch, and then off to Almeda to play in our final game. Almeda has a beautiful facility […]

Filed Under: Club Soccer, News Tagged With: Barcelona, Club Soccer, Development

FC Barcelona Trip: Day 7 Notes

By Brian Kleiban 4 Comments

Barca Day 7 No need or urgency to wake up early as there were no planned activities in the morning. Ben Lederman First thing on the agenda was attending Cuitat Esportiva to watch Academy games. We arrived at 4pm to watch the FC Barcelona Alevin A (2000’s) team vs Sant Andreu. The highlight for our […]

Filed Under: News, Pro Soccer - La Liga Tagged With: Barcelona, Elite

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