The Sports Path Newsletter
Number 16
  April  2014 

 

  

Welcome to our Sixteenth  FREE monthly newsletter 

 

 We are dedicated to the idea of using the web to support the development of soccer players and coaches 

We are a bit earlier this month but if you missed any of our previous Newsletter please you can see them all in our archive here 

Another New Kindle -which you can get FREE as simple PDF

We  have launched another  new Kindle this week:
 
 Soccer Coaching and the Web: A Digital Guide to Support Player Development.
Kindle Series Part 2:

 

'Developing a Network of Trusted Colleagues Online' 

 

 

 

 
 

This Kindle Guide focuses on these aspects

 

  • Developing a network of trusted Colleagues
  • Developing an Online Profile
  • Collaborating Effectively with Colleagues
  • Online Note Taking
  • Using LinkedIn
  • '10 Ways Twitter Can Improve Your Coaching' 
   
The price of the Kindle is $2.59  (
£1.55)
-for details click here but you can obtain this Publication for FREE as a PDF if you complete this short 5 minute online survey here on which social media sites you use and how you use them e.g. Who do you follow on Twitter ?

 

 


Free:

  • The Northumberland Football Partnership - a great site and programme run by a someone who has made a magnificent contribution to the game - Mr Barney Jones- with whom I did my FA Full Badge with in 1971. There are currently over 500 Session Planners in the library and each month additional sessions planners and coaching articles are published.
    Register now for your free trial account that allows you to see a sample of the coaching topics available
  • The Coaching Manual :  get 25 coaching session videos completely FREE when you try it out.
  • A very simple explanation of the 10,000 hours of practice issue which is often quoted but rarely explained in full. Click here


Soccer Analytics  

 

View here for a Video webinar with Brian Prestidge, Head of Analytical Development at Bolton Wanderers.

 

 

We have a 20% discount promotion for March on the LMA School of Football Management Course - ' Evaluating Performance ' For details of the course click here. For details of the promotion click here. To see what coaches who have completed this course say about it click here.

If you purchase  this LMA School of Football Managment Course   before the end of  April 2014 you will receive a FREE copy ( postage paid )  of ' Soccer Coaching and the Web : A Guide to Player Development' This book retails on Amazon at $19.95. Details of the book here
 


Using the Internet to support Soccer Understanding  

 

MySoccerIQ is a new website which attempts to improve the understanding of young players.

MySoccerIQ is the new innovative and ground-breaking interactive e-learning system that teaches youth soccer players essential game concepts in an age-specific and developmentally-appropriate manner and sequence. It combines video, graphics and audio with lots of interactive tests for the players

It provides a welcome focus on the understanding aspects of the games rather than drills and practices to improve technique

There are also sections devoted to the Laws of the Game

This site has a value for players, parents and coaches. Check it out http://mysocceriq.com


Virtual Learning Environments (VLE's)

 

Those of you who have read our book ' Soccer Coaching and the Web : A Guide to Player Development' will have seen the increasing use of VLE's by coaches as they interact with players before and after both practice sessions and games.

 

A new product in this market promoted by Sir Clive Woodward is ' Captured '  We think this will be the first of many bespoke VLE's  for Coaches 

 


I hope you have found something useful in this month's newsletter.If so please pass on this email to your colleagues and ask them to sign up for future newsletters
We can promise you more material in our May  2014 newsletter to help you use the web to support coach and player development 
 
Hope you have an enjoyable Easter Holiday
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Robin Russell 
RRussell@sportspath.com