Minute with Merrick – EP03: Lesson Plans For Teachers

Foot Skills & Lesson Plans for Educators

Our school educators are masters at encouraging and teaching our 30+ million youth to learn.

Imagine 30 million youth mastering their soccer foot skills!

Alan Merrick & MOTI have put together interactive Lesson Plans with 3D Foot Skill Training, so youth are learning exactly how professional soccer trainers teach soccer foot skills. Skills are divided up among age groups appropriately. All the Coaching points are demonstrated, so the students are receiving the very best demonstration of the skill in 3D from the MOTI Soccer App. READ MORE

Disparos de 5 contra 5 contra 5 centros a la portería

Disparos de 5 contra 5 contra 5 centros a la portería

Aprende: Tiros de 5 contra 5 contra 5 centros a la portería. Juego pequeño Dinámico Comenzar el juego desde el centro y luego juegos combinados hacia la portería

MOTI de eneldo de fútbol 3D – Pases en forma de moño

OBTENER LA APLICACIÓN DE ANDROID OBTENGA LA APLICACIÓN iOS

Setting Your Match & Season Standards

Goal setting

Goal setting is an exciting topic. 

Athletes can set many good goals for themselves before and during the season. You want them to come up with them, not you set them so that they take ownership of them. You also want them to be measurable.

Soccer athletes want to improve on basic things, for example:

  • Increase speed.
  • Increase strength.
  • Better first touches.
  • Develop better balance and flexibility.
  • Increase agility.
  • Better nutrition.
  • Become more explosive.
  • Improved aerobic conditioning.

Notice what is not included. Things that they have no control over, like scoring 10 or more goals during the season, having 8 shutouts, never getting carded, etc.

I coached for over 40 years at the same High School, all but 6 of those years as an assistant. I coached for 5 different head coaches over those years. This medium-sized public high school is a frequent State Tournament participant and has won multiple State titles. Every year they are ranked in the Top 10. READ MORE

Character Development Series – Relationship Building

MOTI Sports – Character Development Series: Relationship Building

Watch Development Series: Responsibility

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Minute with Merrick: EP04: Let the Coaches Coach

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. Alan’s professional career began in English as he played for West Bromwich Albion as well as the English Junior National Team. He played for 10 years in England, before moving to the United States in 1976 where he played for the Minnesota Kicks. His career as a player also included playing for The LA Aztecs, San Jose Earthquakes, and Toronto Blizzards, before returning to Minnesota to play for the Minnesota Kicks once again, and Playing for the US National Team – Team America. He coached the in-door NASL Team, the Minnesota Strikers for 6 years, and the University of Minnesota Men’s Club Team for over 20 seasons. Alan helped start the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association with others and has been coaching youth players, and teaching coaches for over 40 years. Alan holds coaching licenses in England, the USSF A License, and the Canadian Coaching License. READ MORE

Beyond the Bench: Being a good Parent

This month’s podcast features Shannon Tanski Cornelius of the Duluth Heritage Foundation. Shannon shares best practices on how to be a good parent in youth sports!

Podcast – Beyond the Bench with Brandon Stemwedel

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Beyond the Bench is a MOTI Sports production that takes a deep dive into important youth sports topics each month. Each episode includes interviews with generous guests that share their perspectives on issues from a life “Beyond the Bench” as youth sports coaches, administrators, and more. READ MORE