Between The Posts Podcast: Keepers | Coaches | Parents | Soccer

Today's episode covers a topic of stress for all soccer fans, especially parents, coaches, and players. With tryouts around the corner, we wanted to take some time to discuss the struggles players face and a few strategies we can all implement to get through the day with success! Going through tryouts in any sport is a time of true challenge for players, especially at the youth levels. With so many options out there for players, it at times can become somewhat overwhelming to put yourself in a position of potential failure. As we all seek to achieve greatness in the game of soccer we inevitably must endure many tryouts throughout our careers. Whether it's to make the next team up in your division, a school team, collegiate squad, or the pros. We all will face a tryout with many emotions, some of which can be hard to handle at times. For many of us, we know that tryouts are an opportunity to show what we've got to offer a new team. Many times though that mentality leads to a situation that in

In the opening episode of Between The Post your host Tyler Vaughan tackles one of the most impactful areas of coaching that often takes a backseat to other strategies. While it appears lower on the list of many coaches and organizations it is by far one of the most influential strategies we as coaches can leverage to impact the next generation of soccer players, especially goalkeepers! After today's episode, we hope you gain further insight into player motivation, and more importantly, strengthen strategies that most coaches likely already do. As all coaches, parents, be it of goalkeepers or not know, a player's attitude likely dictates their performance and at times success. As Tyler walks you through his 5 tips he will provide both background and examples of how you can immediately take this information back to your teams, and immediately implement the changes you feel are needed to encourage player success. Tyler offers a unique perspective fit for coaches of any level or player type to refle

In today's episode, we discuss the do's and don'ts of developing young goalkeepers. We always hear from coaches that they struggle with not only incorporating young players into the goalie role but also how best to develop young players. I will take you through some key things to do, and not do, as well as some issues I've faced when working with younger keepers during our training sessions. Check out the show notes below and we hope you enjoy this episode of Between The Posts! Episode Intro: Tyler describes his take on young goalkeepers and how it shaped him as a coach First, we must define the age group we’re discussing What to teach: Basic Rules of Goalkeeping Proper Catching Technique Diving...not so much at U9 and below U10 start to work on positioning U10 players: Stress the importance of protecting the near post Cutting Down the angles as the ball travels Getting off their line for free balls in the area Then spend time to work on what they should do after they get the bal