UIL Soccer Texas – The Guiding Principle of Sportsmanship and Good Values
The UIL Soccer Texas team is under the University of Texas. The team is geared towards good values and excellent performance in sport. The UIL Soccer Texas team represents the league in sports competitions.
Who Will Win FIFA Player of the Year For 2008?From a fans’ point of view, it is usually a player who wins the Champions League or World Cup, so probably Ronaldo, so long as he has a decent Euro 2008. Unless, somebody who has already had a great season has a great Euro 2008, who else can beat Ronaldo to this tribute?
Do You Want Your Team to Score More Goals? Double Your Goal Scoring OpportunitiesAre you limiting your team’s goal scoring opportunities by the way you have them playing the game? I was looking at the English Premier League goal scoring results for last weekend and about 50 percent of the goals that were scored were scored from a central position and the other 50 percent were initiated from a wide position. There were a handful scored from corners and penalties, but I will leave that for another article. So what is your attacking strategy, and are you limiting your opportunities by only attacking through one area of the field?
Sport Specific Conditioning For Soccer – Train Like a ProSoccer (also known as “football”) is one of the most popular sports in the world, with a growing number of enthusiasts and players world-wide. Despite this fact, strength and conditioning programs for soccer are often neglected or outdated. Except at the professional level, many athletes and coaches still focus only on skill development and endurance training (ie- running), and ignore other important elements of fitness.
Manchester United Under Malcolm GlazerManchester United is a famous club. It is history has much of events which had affected the club progress. In recent years, Malcom Glazer bought the club and rise it again to the glory.
The Holy Goalie – Should He Be Punished?It would seem that the actions of our esteemed goalkeeper has stirred up the hearts of the scottish media once again. In a loving and warm gesture to the rangers fans at last weeks old firm, the holy goalie once again showed his affection for the rangers fans.
Perfect Ways to Shoot a Soccer BallThe world’s most popular game of soccer is all about shooting. A pulsating game of soccer in a jam-packed stadium comes alive and grips your senses as you watch the ball smash into the net. The thundering sound of the ball when it whizzes past the goalkeeper and hits the net makes you joyous as a fan or spectator. But what really makes the ball, beat the flying goalkeeper seems like a mystery to many. A thrilling goal excites your senses, but there is considerable science and technique involved behind it. The game of soccer is nothing but science and it takes years of practice to master the art of soccer shooting.
UEFA Champions LeagueHaving won last season’s edition, Manchester United FC lead the entries for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League, which will conclude on Wednesday 27 May 2009 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome; the question that rises is “can they repeat?” Last season Manchester United could say they questionable had their best season for an extensive, lengthy time.
Facts About Manchester UnitedManchester United was established in 1878 as Newton Heath, the works team for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway workers in the local area. In 1892 the Alliance was immersed into the Football League which was restructured into two divisions.
England is on the Mend!After England’s 4-1 win over Croatia on 11/09/08 it is easy to think that England is on the mend! Let’s hope we can do something special at the world cup!
Soccer Drills – Teach Your Young Soccer Players to Shoot Like the ProsWhat makes a great striker or centre forward? Surely it is the ability to score goals. Nobody remembers how hard a striker worked off the ball, or how they pressured the opposition defence. Everyone remembers the goals they scored, or the ones that they did not score. Traditionally as players grow towards senior ranks there will be fewer goal scoring opportunities for strikers, and so they must be able to take the ones that they get. Balance, speed, agility and power are the key characteristics that make a great young striker. The soccer drills that you use at training should develop these attributes in your young strikers.
Italy Series – A Biggest Money MakersToday La Gazzetta dello Sport published a list of the biggest moneymakers in the Italian Series A. I’m cutting this list to the Top 5 money makers.
