3D training for soccer coaches, players and clubs
Lesson Plans for the Teachers
Alan shares advice for youth soccer players, parents, coaches, and fans of soccer during these “Minute with Merrick” episodes.
Alan Merrick is MOTI’s Director of Soccer Content. As an international soccer legend both as a professional player and coach, Alan now dedicates his time to teaching the sport with MOTI Sports’ 3D Mobile Soccer Training Platform.
Most families that had “busy schedules” prior to the pandemic have slowed almost to a stop along with their physical activity levels.
Take the initiative playing “pickup soccer” as a family physical activity that is fun and rewarding.
Parents, children, grandparents, close family members all benefit from not only physical activity but also from the competitive social interaction.
A soccer ball and a little space outside provide all the resources necessary to enjoy a simple family game of “pickup soccer.”
U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION RELEASES COMPLETE RETURN TO PLAY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR “PLAY ON” CAMPAIGN DURING COVID-19
“PLAY ON” Phases Provide Guidance for Return to Full-Team Competitions;
Each Phase Should Be Implemented Only If and When Local Regulations Deem It Safe
U.S. Soccer has released the final phase of its five-phase PLAY ON campaign, providing coaches, players, parents, referees, and administrators with the complete return-to-play guidelines during COVID-19 to help ensure the safety of all participants.
Alan will share advice for elementary, middle school, and physical education teachers on how to integrate proper and effective soccer lesson plans into in-person, hybrid, or distance learning curriculum.
Alan Merrick is an international soccer legend both as a professional player and coach, Alan now dedicates his time to teaching the sport with MOTI Sports’ 3D Mobile Soccer Training Platform.
MOTI Mobile Camera Controls for Drills provides the user with dynamic options to review and study drills. From tracking a player on the field to viewing a drill from overhead to actually being the player, the camera controls provide a multitude of options.
The review of the camera modes will be divided into 4 different parts. Topics for the 4 parts are:
Motion Controls
The motion of the camera can be controlled by finger-gestures and by the on-screen joysticks.
Finger Gestures
Common finger gestures are used with the touchscreen. The effect of the finger gestures will change based on the camera mode that is selected. The individual effects will be outlined in the article that contains the camera mode. The following terms in these articles will be used to describe motion on the touchscreen. Currently, the finger gestures are:
Teachers Prepare: to teaching Soccer in three scenarios?
As August is here, so is the beginning of school, but now teachers need to prepare to be able to teach in three differing scenarios; traditional classroom (gym, or outside); remote learning, and or a combination.
This spring MOTI released our “OneTeacher: system of soccer skills instruction. Designed after articles published in Shape America (Society of Health and Physical Educators), we put the power of visual 3D learning affordably in the hands of educators like yourself. Plus, we provided you with daily lesson plans to help you do your role in making sure the instruction meets the Power Standards and can be turned in to your Curriculum Manager.
Who would have predicted the level of chaos that COVID 19 has brought to the World. The effect of this pandemic and the shutdown has been catastrophic in scope and size. For one minute let’s look at the devastation it has created for Youth Sports, soccer in particular. COVID 19 has forced youth soccer clubs to schedule, reschedule, stay at home, go on hold, completely shut down, to be on stand bye. Then a glimmer of hope with directions of how to return to play and the phase after phase of wait and see.
It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to enjoy the game we all love, and I know you’ve all missed it as much as we have here at U.S. Soccer.
As soccer starts up again in your community, we realize coaches like you may have questions about how to return-to-play safely, and keep the health & wellness of yourself, your players and your soccer families a top priority. While it’s a new, and at times uncertain, environment, we are going to navigate this together through knowledge, information and shared responsibility.
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