Why SoccerU?

A Personal Message from Coach V...
(He is the midget between Mac, now with the New York Red Bulls,
 and Dan now with the Carolina RailHawks.

First I wanted to say thanks for taking the time to read this message.  Most of us hate to sit and read a bunch of “babble” but I think it is critical you understand a few important points.

1) There is no quick fix.

One thing I can’t stand is bunch of “Marketing Fluff” telling you there is a “Magic Pill” that will make you and your players superstars. (There isn’t) 

Often parents send their kids to 5 day soccer summer camps thinking they will return “superstars” when in fact they return the same as the were, just with a fun social experience in a soccer environment. (Which is what most camps are and should be.)

The same applies to many videos on the market today. Expectations are raised SO HIGH by the marketing, yet the actual product is a let down.

Soccer technical training is a long hard process that must be conducted step by step and repeated month after month, and year after year.  The SoccerU series is designed to educate the “trainer” so you know how to teach the skills.

2) Who should NOT buy this series?

The SoccerU series will greatly help 97% of the youth coaches, parents and players out there today.  Who are the 3%?  If you are an advanced, experienced soccer coach who has been coaching for many years, and you have attended many coaching sessions, certifications and training, and you have a “playing back ground” such as professional or collegiate playing, then don’t buy this series.

Yes, you will learn from it, but your learning experience will differ from others. If you have “all that experience” you will learn less than the average person.  You should be out training players and not trying to learn this knowledge again. 

3) How are the Blast The Ball and SoccerU series different?

Blast The Ball is 100% devoted to understanding everything about the soccer kick and ball flight.  It is the most in-depth look ever taken at kicking a soccer ball the right way, and explores every stage of development from the beginner to the highly advanced.  It is used by coaches, parents and players from beginning level up to the highest levels of competitive soccer. It has a 2 hour run time.   

The SoccerU series is different.  It is like sending your player to a technical skill camp for a week and sitting and watching the training.  This is how coaches and trainers learn.  Watch others being trained and you now know how to do the same.

SoccerU is NOT a “light look” at skills training.  You will sit through entire training sessions in the field and watch players learning and training. You will see 10 year olds learning as well as top level college players. You will quickly learn that even upper level collegiate players need refining and retraining of basic technical skills from time to time.

4) This is not an “Action Movie” and I am not “Tom Cruise”.

I warn people in advance. The Blast The Ball series is a series that EVERYONE enjoys watching.  I have received hundreds of emails from people saying they have watched it time and time again. Amazingly this includes young players who often hate watching such a series. 

The SoccerU series is a more of a “college course” of technical skill training.  Many times there is no way to make this training exciting or “fun” to learn.  My goal in this series was not to “entertain” but rather to teach.  It is over 8 hours long and at times you will need to take breaks.  However, you will be a better technical trainer after learning it.  It is designed to make you a better teacher and expose you to the real technical skills that are needed by developing soccer players.

5) Don’t think your “advancing” players don’t need basic training.

One of the biggest mistakes I see in youth development is the failure to “go back” and retrain players on key fundamental or core skills. 

I can’t tell you the number of advancing players I watch, all the way up to the collegiate level, that need to return to the basics and “relearn” and practice them. 

To put it in simple non-soccer terms, even the world’s top professional golfers spend countless hours on the “practice range” refining their basic skills.

You should keep an open mind when watching this series and understand that many of you will feel “overwhelmed” at the end.  It is to be used over several years teaching it step by step, little by little, and the overall improvement will eventually come.                     

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