News - Aug 2013

Recent Stories

• Join us at Soccer’s Biggest Party: Registration open for 2014 NSCAA Convention | Aug 29, 2013
  posted on: 8/29/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  Over the years, the NSCAA Convention has been described as the “World’s Largest Annual Gathering of Soccer Coaches...+ More

• Have you Decided your Team KPIs for the Upcoming Season? | Aug 28, 2013
  posted on: 8/28/13 | author: Robin Russell, SportsPath
  

  As a coach you have probably decided on a certain playing style and would like your team to adopt...+ More

• Abrahams: Expanding your Definition of Player Talent | Aug 26, 2013
  posted on: 8/26/13 | author: Dan Abahams
  

  “Talent runs deeper than the physical. It’s more than what you see on the outside” This is one of the statements I make in chapter two of Soccer Brain...+ More

Older Stories

• In the Spotlight: Troy Lesesne | Aug 21, 2013
  posted on: 8/21/13 | author: Dean Linke
  

  College of Charleston assistant men’s soccer coach Troy Lesesne considers himself a "blue collar" coach...+ More

• Coaching Points from Watching the ESPN Nine for IX Feature “The 99ers” | Aug 21, 2013
  posted on: 8/21/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  In late August, ESPN premiered the latest Nine for IX feature, "The 99ers" produced by retired U.S. Women's National Team member Julie Foudy...+ More

• The Missouri Athletic Club and the NSCAA Name 66 NCAA Division I Athletes to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List | Aug 20, 2013
  posted on: 8/20/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  Thirty-four men and 32 women have been identified as potential candidates for the 2013 Missouri Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy. The MAC Hermann Trophy is the highest individual award in college soccer presented annually to one male and one female athlete...+ More

• In the Spotlight: Brian Barnett | Aug 20, 2013
  posted on: 8/20/13 | author: Dean Linke
  

  Bradley University men’s soccer assistant coach Brian Barnett won a state championship in 2004 as a high school soccer player at Peoria Notre Dame High School, just down the road from Bradley U...+ More

• In the Spotlight: Jessica Smith | Aug 20, 2013
  posted on: 8/20/13 | author: Dean Linke
  

  University of Kansas women's soccer assistant coach Jessica Smith is a former NSCAA High School All-American who helped guide the Jayhawks as a player to great success, leading them to the soccer Sweet 16 in 2003 and a Big 12 championship in 2004...+ More

• In the Spotlight: Casey Brown | Aug 20, 2013
  posted on: 8/20/13 | author: Dean Linke
  

  “I didn’t want to let Casey down.” Those were the words Boston University women’s soccer coach Nancy Feldman would hear time and time again when she would do end-of-season interviews with her entire team...+ More

• Invest in Yourself: Check out What an NSCAA Membership Gets You | Aug 19, 2013
  posted on: 8/19/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  Throughout life, you could hold a number of memberships. Gym memberships, golf course memberships, Costco or Sam’s Club memberships are just a few available out there...+ More

• Beyond X's and O's: Team Building for 2013 Success | Aug 15, 2013
  posted on: 8/15/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  Preseason is more than making sure your athletes are in shape and teaching them the X's and O's before the first contest. It is also a time to get the team on one accord and working as a unit. Take it from Dr...+ More

• July's Top Resource Library Articles Can Help with August's Preseason Prep | Aug 12, 2013
  posted on: 8/12/13 | author: NSCAA
  

  Each month, NSCAA.com provides a countdown of the most popular articles viewed in and downloaded from the Online Resource Library, and make a few available. Hundreds of soccer-specific articles are available in the Resource Library and more uploaded daily...+ More

• Abrahams: Building World-Class Player Mindsets and a Winning Team | Aug 8, 2013
  posted on: 8/8/13 | author: Dan Abahams
  

  To my mind, soccer coaching (and coaching any team sport for that matter) is one of the toughest professions (or hobbies) in the world...+ More

• Another Piece to the Soccer Nutrition Puzzle and its Effects Beyond the Field | Aug 6, 2013
  posted on: 8/6/13 | author: Dr. Jay Williams, Virginia Tech
  

  As teams begin preseason training for the fall season, they are likely to encounter hot, humid days. Exercise in the heat can cause excessive sweat and considerable fluid loss. If fluids are not replaced, dehydration occurs and performance can be negatively affected...+ More

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