An excerpt from Coaching Psychological Skills in Youth Football: Developing The 5Cs The psychological influence of the coach Reflecting back on the training sessions from the Under-10 and Under-11 age groups, coaches may be able to contrast the psychological and social qualities that are apparent in one group compared to…
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus Who better to discuss Bob Dylan and the Band's legendary 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with than Robyn Hitchcock? Who better to analyze why a bunch of half-baked songs by a room full of fully-baked musicians would have…
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus Betsy Siggins' Boston University freshman roommate was Joan Baez. Her first husband was a member of the Charles River Valley Boys. She hung out with Bob Dylan in Cambridge and New York, had the Rev. Gary Davis…
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus: Bob Dylan and Neil Young are friends and mutual admirers. They have appeared on stage together numerous times, and have even referred to each other in their songs. Thrasher's Wheat is the premier Neil Young fan site.…
By Michael Smith, Bennion Kearny author and Vice President of Global Marketing at Align Technology. The Touch System To win time with customers, we need to find a way to stand out from the competition. Rather than asking for an appointment or meeting, the key is to give something instead;…
Ray Power - author of Making The Ball Roll, The Deliberate Soccer Practice series, and Coaching Youth Football - and Bennion Kearny are pleased to offer readers a free copy of Ray's superb book Soccer Tactics 2014: What The World Cup Taught Us Although it has been out a few…
An excerpt from Coaching Youth Football by Ray Power The Power of ‘We’ Football fans the world over refer to ‘their’ team with a “we”. “We won,” “We lost,” “We played well,” etc. This is not just supporters that go to the stadium and watch the games live, or who…
An extract from the new book by Ray Power Soccer Intelligence Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. Dennis Bergkamp We all know what an ‘intelligent’ player looks like, don’t we? We use the term frequently to describe players with high levels of game understanding,…
An excerpt from Let's Talk Soccer What are game-calls? Game-calls is a term used to describe the type of game-specific communication or ‘words’ players can shout to one another on the pitch during the game, to inform a player on what to do next. Game-calls are used in everyday training…
By Caroline Buchanan, the best-selling author of the book Forgiveness & Divorce It’s a sad but inevitable fact that divorce is accompanied by pain. Sometimes, awful pain that you fear you might never recover from. But if you could forgive anyone, or everyone (including yourself) who has caused you real…