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Blueprint For Success: How the Valencia CF Academy Arrived in Seattle
Since 2016, Valencia CF (VCF) – one of the premier clubs in Spain with a deep history of success that includes six La Liga titles and...
Joe Campos
May 13, 20227 min read
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Analyzing The Possession Compromise
There is nothing more sublime than watching a Positional Play side move with and without the ball and simply dominate an opponent. It...
Joe Campos
May 21, 202110 min read
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Positional Structure & Exercise Design
Photo courtesy of Alexy Kljatov "Over the last several decades science’s view of nature’s lack of structure— its...
Joe Campos
May 13, 202110 min read
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The Chip On Our Shoulder
"The perception in Europe, mostly, is that the American player is willing to run, willing to fight, has good mentality, but technically...
Joe Campos
Oct 28, 20206 min read
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Training The Defensive Cover Shadow
At Eagleclaw Football Club, we teach our players to concentrate more on positioning instead of positions (e.g. center back, right back,...
Joe Campos
Aug 28, 20206 min read
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X-Ray of the new Valencia CF Academy
By Carlos Bosch and Pacu Calabuig Translation by Joe Campos NOTE: This article was originally published by Super Deporte and appears...
Joe Campos
Aug 15, 202011 min read
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The Danger In Plain Sight
Recently, Eagleclaw Football Club experienced an attempted misappropriation of confidential information. This is difficult to write...
Joe Campos
Jul 28, 20209 min read
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The Corona Effect - Silver Linings
Silver linings, that’s what is on my mind today. Every cloud has a silver lining. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many problems...
Joe Campos
Jul 5, 20208 min read
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The Corona Effect - Exposing The Insanity of "Elite" Leagues
In this second installment of the Corona Effect, we continue to examine how the coronavirus crisis has exposed important issues affecting...
Joe Campos
Jun 11, 202012 min read
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The Corona Effect - Technology & Coaching
The current Corona Virus pandemic is a leveler, a brake and an exposer. The virus knows no borders and has stopped commerce and social...
Joe Campos
Apr 12, 202011 min read
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My Explanation of Positional Play
Positional Play - or Juego de Posición - can be difficult to explain and even harder to coach. As a playing philosophy or game model, it...
Joe Campos
Feb 20, 20208 min read
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What Is Your Mission?
Indulge me. Please. Earlier this month, Neil Peart, one of the truly great rock musicians and artists to ever live passed away from...
Joe Campos
Jan 21, 20207 min read
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Twin Tracking: The Fusion of Futsal & Football For Real Talent Development
Meet Max Kilman. As a boy, Max had the great fortune of being selected for Fulham's youth academy. That's the path to pro every boy...
Joe Campos
Jan 5, 202014 min read
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Winging It
Point zero one percent. .010% That was the success rate in the Champions League of crosses played into the box from wide areas,...
Joe Campos
Oct 25, 20197 min read
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It's Good To Be The King
It was 1982 and Spain were hosting the World Cup. I was just 15 years old and it was an amazing time to be living in Spain. Like...
Joe Campos
Aug 30, 20196 min read
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Smooth Operators
If you're reading this, you probably aren't a coach who blindly accepts US Soccer Federation's position on the use and value of rondos. ...
Joe Campos
Aug 19, 201910 min read
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Positional Play & The Third Man Concept
At Eagleclaw Football Club, we have ambitiously adopted the Spanish philosophy, playing style and game model known as Positional Play,...
Joe Campos
Jul 4, 201917 min read
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Dressing Room Values
The professional club dressing room is a place filled with deep meaning. For players it is a sanctuary where they prepare themselves...
Bram Verbruggen & Joe Campos
Apr 1, 201911 min read
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The Loneliness of Visionary Leadership
The penalty of leadership is loneliness. - H. Wheeler Robinson In 2013, Eagleclaw had a radical thought: Tryouts at young ages are the...
Joe Campos
Feb 23, 20198 min read
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The Rondo Requirements
Rondos are hard. Don't let the simplicity of the exercise fool you. I'm not referring to a circle rondo with one or two defenders in...
Joe Campos
Feb 9, 201911 min read
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