Here's what we covered this week: Herdman before 2nd leg with Haiti: CanMNT ‘know they’re on the cusp of something important’ 7 Skills You Should Develop to Be an Effective Leader Your ONE COACHING THING today is: “Leadership” Friday Forward – History’s Victors Tactical Analysis: Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid Out of Possession 2021-22 MCAC volleyball and soccer champions to compete for CCAA national title DEADLINES SET FOR 2021-22 SEASON Have a great week! ...
This post is from the second straight year where the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually. The five days of meetings took place virtually on Zoom from June 7-11. The full post can be found on the CCAA website at: https://www.ccaa.ca/general/2021-22/releases/2021_agm Despite the ongoing pandemic, the CCAA is planning on hosting National Championships in 2021-22. The following deadlines have been set for the upcoming season: The CCAA’s six member conferences (PACWEST, ACAC, MCAC,...
The following story is from the MCAC website https://mcacathletics.ca/2021/06/15/2021-22-mcac-volleyball-and-soccer-champions-to-compete-for-ccaa-national-title/ posted on June 15, 2021. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association unanimously voted in favour of the MCAC champion competing in the CCAA soccer and volleyball national championships at their annual general meeting last week. “I would like to thank all of the Athletic Directors from our MCAC member schools, both present and past, who have worked towards this vision of being a member conference in the CCAA. I have been...
Excerpts of the following analysis by Jaime Fernandez Valencia is from Breaking The Lines.com https://breakingthelines.com/tactical-analysis/tactical-analysis-diego-simeones-atletico-madrid-in-possession/ from February 23, 2021. When you think of Atlético de Madrid’s playing style, you immediately think of a strictly defensive team that plays direct football and exploits counter-attacks. You get a flashback of the 2013/14 season where most of the games they would start winning and then defend in a low block 4-4-2 for the rest of the game. https://breakingthelines.com/tactical-analysis/the-secret-to-atletico-madrids-success-balance-and-adapting-to-luis-suarez/embed/#?secret=tWP2gtq1pp Well, that might be true...
The following is courtesy of Robert Glazer's Friday Forward post on June 18, 2021. When the history books chronicle the last two years, we will learn about many crucial decisions that were made. We’ll see how many lives were saved with heroic and bold actions, and how some were lost because of decisions scuttled by incorrect assumptions, politics, misinterpreted data or even just poor timing. As is often the case, these decisions will be evaluated with the benefit of hindsight,...
This post is courtesy of Karl Bryan from "Six Figure Coach Magazine and his daily post from June 16, 2021.https://thesixfigurecoach.com/karl-bryan/ Enjoy. Your ONE COACHING THING today is: ‘Leadership’ If I am honest with you the term leadership drives me crazy. So over done and improperly used. Many look to the loud ongoing charismatic types for “Leadership” when in reality… the quiet reserved types like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Mark Zuckerberg often create magic. Doesn’t matter is you like or hate...
The following post is from John Eades at LearnLoft from June 8, 2021. Skill development is a never-ending process. Not only do the great ones in any field recognize this, but they have a borderline obsession to develop and improve their skills daily. Merriam Webster defines a skill as “the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.” Skills are often divided into domain-general and domain-specific. For example, golf is a general skill; driving, putting,...
Courtesy of CANPL.ca Canada head coach John Herdman during a World Cup Qualifier against Suriname (Photo: Canada Soccer by Abel Arciniega) The following story by Benedict Rhodes, CANPL Contributor is courtesy of https://canpl.ca/article/herdman-before-2nd-leg-with-haiti-canmnt-know-theyre-on-the-cusp-of-something-important from June 15, 2021. The Canadian men’s national team takes on Haiti on Tuesday night (9pm ET/6pm PT on OneSoccer) in what is one of the biggest matches the men’s national team has played in quite some time. Needing at least a draw to qualify for the final...
Here's what we touched on this week of June 7, 2021 Atlético Madrid 20/21 Analysis: How Diego Simeone Beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to La Liga Atlantic University Sport announces return to sport in fall 2021 | Sport universitaire de l’Atlantique annonce le retour au sport à l’automne 2021 2021 CPL season: What you need to know before ‘The Kickoff’ Have a great week. ...
Photo Credit: Coutesy of www.canpl.ca HFX Wanderers players Andre Rampersad, Pierre Lamothe, Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, and Stefan Karajovanovic. (HFX Wanderers FC) Excerpts of the following story by are courtesy of the Canadian Premier League by Marty Thompson, Digital Content Editor (@MARTYTHOMPSON_) from June 10, 2021: https://canpl.ca/article/2021-cpl-season-what-you-need-to-know-before-the-kickoff With “The Kickoff” presented by Volkswagen, all eight CPL clubs set to travel to the heart of the continent – Winnipeg, Manitoba – for a four-week, 32-game single site start to the 2021 CPL...