From winning only one game in its first three World Cup trips to beating Germany, Sweden, and the United States on its path to becoming World Cup Champions, the Japanese Women's National Team's improvement is nothing short of amazing!
A leading Japanese youth soccer trainer, Tom Byer, has lived in Japan for more than 25 years and has conducted more than 2,000 soccer events for more than 500,000 children. Here are a few excerpts from a recent article he wrote for the NY Times Blog:
"Soccer is a year-round sport where players play 365 days a year, men or women. You can not help but produce good, technically sound players if the content and emphasis is on technical skills."
"Still, not a lot of money or resources are put into the women's game. Compared with some of the world's powerhouse programs such as America or Germany, the difference is staggering."
"Over all the number of girls playing the game has remained flat. So the pool from which to select players is still very small. However, the organization for identifying and the emphasis on training technical skills at a very young age has been the difference."
The takeaway: Focus on being as technically sound as possible so you can execute at any level. You can produce incredible results without spending incredible amounts. Play as much as possible!
A leading Japanese youth soccer trainer, Tom Byer, has lived in Japan for more than 25 years and has conducted more than 2,000 soccer events for more than 500,000 children. Here are a few excerpts from a recent article he wrote for the NY Times Blog:
"Soccer is a year-round sport where players play 365 days a year, men or women. You can not help but produce good, technically sound players if the content and emphasis is on technical skills."
"Still, not a lot of money or resources are put into the women's game. Compared with some of the world's powerhouse programs such as America or Germany, the difference is staggering."
"Over all the number of girls playing the game has remained flat. So the pool from which to select players is still very small. However, the organization for identifying and the emphasis on training technical skills at a very young age has been the difference."
The takeaway: Focus on being as technically sound as possible so you can execute at any level. You can produce incredible results without spending incredible amounts. Play as much as possible!
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