Scott Pugh

Articles written by: Scott Pugh

Scott is a pediatrician and father of two active boys (who he is teaching to say "American football" for the pointy ball sport). His love affair with the Union began while stationed in Italy with the Navy where his first memories of the team invariably include streaming games at 3am or cursing a buffering icon. He is still active in local men's soccer and very happy to be recently promoted to the OVER 35 leagues! You can follow him @spugger77

Youth Soccer

Youth Soccer: We’re Doing it Wrong, Part 6

by Scott Pugh × on February 27, 2015 at 11:10 am × 24 comments

Scott Pugh looks at how ways of identifying talent and potential can focus too much on short-term success for the club rather than a player’s long term development.

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Youth Soccer: We’re Doing it Wrong, Part 5

by Scott Pugh × on February 19, 2015 at 11:17 am × 18 comments

Scott Pugh continues his look at youth soccer development. Topics include the pitfalls of identifying players with a particular position at too early an age and how adults’ desire for wins can negatively impact playing time.

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Youth Soccer: We’re Doing it Wrong, Part 4

by Scott Pugh × on February 12, 2015 at 10:30 am × 27 comments

We all want our kids to play smarter. How can we be smarter as teachers? Scott Pugh continues his look at what we’re doing wrong when it comes to youth soccer development.

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Youth Soccer: We’re Doing it Wrong, Part 3

by Scott Pugh × on February 5, 2015 at 11:00 am × 33 comments

Scott Pugh continues his look at youth soccer and says the overemphasis on winning can be detrimental to development.

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Youth soccer: We’re doing it wrong, Part 2

by Scott Pugh × on January 29, 2015 at 10:30 am × 51 comments

Scott Pugh describes how practice trumps talent — and the importance of fun when practicing — in the second part of his series on development in youth soccer.

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