Soccer-Coaches

Small-sided games are one of the most used tools in modern soccer coaching.
Yet many coaches experience the same problem: players perform well in training, but the behaviors disappear on matchday.

The reason is simple and well-documented in coaching research:
Not every small-sided game creates...

For amateur soccer coaches, time is the scarcest resource. Many operate in multiple roles at once: coach, team manager, organizer, communicator, and problem solver. Artificial intelligence can significantly reduce this administrative workload. Used correctly, AI does not replace coaching—it creates the space to actually coach.

Over the past few years, technological ...

The international coaching work of the Institute for Youth Soccer once again delivered strong impulses. During his five-day seminar tour through Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chongqing, Peter Schreiner presented key elements of modern development philosophy: FUNino, small-sided games, Skillshirtz, two-footed training, rondos, and positional play. These topics formed the foundation ...