How is it different from other soccer videos?

At the risk of sound arrogant, most soccer training videos are not great. In fact some are a waste of money.  We spent years watching soccer training videos and having soccer players, soccer coaches and parents watch them.  The end result?  They were simply disappointed and even shocked at how poor many of them were.  Some training videos produced even taught skills the wrong way. Many showed the skills but not how to learn them or teach them.

SoccerU ™ is one of those series that you will keep and cherish your entire soccer career. From being a soccer player, to being a soccer parent, to the highest levels of soccer coaching, it will last a lifetime.  It is EXACTLY what you asked for; a step by step training series that everyone can learn from. With over 8 hours of technical training and learning it is the most comprehensive soccer training series ever produced.

Why is it different?

SoccerU ™ understands that soccer people learn by watching HOW TO TEACH. Simply watching great players perform soccer skills does nothing for development. You need to watch all ages and skill levels being taught. Then you will learn how to teach these skills.

We use all age and skill levels. From beginning 10 years old all the way up to Division 1 college players. Each of these players has skills that need to be improved and skills they were never taught. You will see them perform them the right way and thew wrong way. The same thing that happens when you're training.

What age is it designed for?

What is amazing about the SoccerU series is that we understand that soccer players are not limited in skill by their age. 

FOLLOW CLOSELY ON THIS POINT.

Coach V is adamant about this.

If you have a 17 year old soccer player that has never been given a lesson on proper slide tackling, where do you begin your training with them?  The SAME place you would if you had a 12 year old player.  Age means nothing if the player has never been taught the skill or taught the skill properly. You will watch 10 year olds and college level players all learning and refining the same skills. They learn differently, comprehend differently and master them differently, but the skill is the skill and must be taught the same way.

The same applies in so many other things we do and in other sports. If you want to start playing golf and your 30 years old, where do you start? If you are 40 years old and want to start learning martial arts, where do you start? You start at the same point a 12 year old would, learning the basic skills that you have never learned.

 

The "Mistaken Assumption". 

Most parents assume that having their child play on an advanced or travel team and attending soccer camps during the summer means their player is getting all the skills needed to develop into a quality player when older. This assumption has been made by many but is simply not true. Ask any good soccer coach what he feels is missing from his program and the answer will almost always be TIME.  One to two hours a week for 8 - 12 weeks is simply not enough time to properly train young players in ALL the basic and essential skills.  Soccer players and soccer parents MUST work on individual skills outside of normal team sessions. However, most soccer parents and even many soccer coaches have never been properly trained in BASIC INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL SKILL TRAINING.  There is so much to do and so much to learn that this LONG and IN-DEPTH knowledge never gets learned or passed on. SoccerU is designed to help TRAIN THE TEACHER. If you are a soccer player, you must become your own teacher. If you are a soccer parent, it is time to learn to teach. If you are a soccer coach, it is time to learn the true, specific forms of individual skills

 

It is estimated to take about 10,000 hours of training and competition to reach a high level of proficiency in any sport. In soccer, this process will take a minimum of ten years. Talented and motivated young players must be given the opportunity to train more frequently under good coaches and with other talented and motivated players.

Therefore, outside of regular training sessions, a minimum of two optimal practice opportunities should be provided per week. (US Youth Soccer Player Development)See It Here

 

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