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Youth Soccer

Union Pre-Academy gets it right — a parent’s view

by × on March 28, 2017 at 9:45 am × 40 comments

Tryouts for Philadelphia Union’s inaugural Junior Pre-Academy have begun. PSP contributor Scott Pugh shares his perspective as his young son goes out for the team.

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Continental FC’s Ethan Manzella at the FCBEscola International Tournament

by × on April 8, 2015 at 11:06 am × 7 comments

Young Ethan Manzella, who plays for Continental FC, was recently selected to represent the US at the FCBEscola International Tournament in Barcelona. His father Jeff reports on the tournament.

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Youth Soccer: We’re Doing it Wrong, the conclusion

by × on March 27, 2015 at 10:45 am × 16 comments

Scott Pugh concludes his series looking at some of the issues surrounding development in youth soccer.

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Youth Soccer: We’re doing it wrong, Part 7

by × on March 10, 2015 at 10:00 am × 37 comments

In the latest installment of his series on youth soccer, Scott Pugh looks at travel soccer.

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

by × 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 × 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 × 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 × 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 × 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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Youth soccer: We’re doing it wrong, Part 1

by × on January 22, 2015 at 10:30 am × 57 comments

Scott Pugh introduces a new series examining some of the issues surrounding youth soccer.

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