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The Game In Spain Is Mainly In The Brain - Part 1
Last Spring, I was in Spain watching a Valencia CF academy coach working with a team of 10 year olds. It was a fantastic, high-energy...
Joe Campos
Dec 20, 201810 min read
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Leading From The Front
"I always try to show that soccer isn’t just for boys. If you’re technically better, you can compensate for being perhaps physically...
Joe Campos
Sep 19, 20188 min read
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The Futsal Blueprint
Why play futsal? Why train futsal? Futsal develops excellent footballers. That's the bottom line. You can take it to the bank. At...
Joe Campos
Jul 28, 20188 min read
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Check Your 6
"If we win anything this season, it will be thanks to that decision to move Lahm. All the other pieces fell into place the moment we put...
Joe Campos
Jun 20, 20188 min read
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We Play. We Live. For Alyssa.
A SEASON DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF ALYSSA ALHADEFF On February 14th, 2018, a horrific school shooting occurred in Parkland, Florida, taking...
Joe Campos
Mar 4, 20184 min read
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Ally Goes To Valencia CF
Ally Radcliffe is a member of Eagleclaw Football Club's F03/4 Advanced Academy team. In the summer of 2017, Ally attended the Valencia...
Ally Radcliffe
Feb 7, 20184 min read
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The Futsal Education Gap
It's been a long time coming, but the futsal revolution is finally here. For years we've been looking around corners and telling you...
Joe Campos
Dec 20, 20173 min read
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The Meaning of Success
In 1937, Pablo Picasso unveiled his most famous painting, Guernica, at the World's Fair in Paris. It is probably the most famous painting...
Joe Campos
Dec 16, 201711 min read
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The Wall Is Already Built. You Paid For It
"US Club Soccer sanctioned Clubs and teams are unfortunately not allowed in the league." September 15, 2017, Washington There is a Wall...
Joe Campos
Oct 20, 201711 min read
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Developing Las Ganas
Ganas. It means desire, in Spanish. Ganar. To win. Ganas de ganar. The desire to win. No one wants this quality in their players...
Joe Campos
Oct 17, 201713 min read
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Half Truths & Half Spaces
In 2008, U.S. Youth Soccer stated definitively that U12 is the "Dawning of Tactical Awareness." Really? Were they really telling us that...
Joe Campos
Aug 27, 201712 min read
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The Price of Honor
"We encourage respect for our rivals. It was a unanimous decision. Considering the reaction to the result, we understood that the coach...
Joe Campos
Jun 21, 20178 min read
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The LaVolpiana Heist
The scene of the alleged crime is Puerto Nuevo, Mexico. Its December 2016 and Kali and Liz, both from Portland, Oregon had just arrived...
Joe Campos
May 26, 20177 min read
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Nothing Else Matters
It's easier to destroy than to create; it's a law of nature. And creating something new while simultaneously taking on a powerful,...
Joe Campos
May 4, 20177 min read
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The X-Ray Of Possession Soccer
On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen was hard at work in his laboratory in Würzburg. He was working with a Crooke's Tube, a glass tube...
Joe Campos
Apr 23, 20179 min read
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5 Things We've Learned
In 2010, Eagleclaw FC started with a simple mission: Create a training program that develops players who are technically sound and...
Joe Campos
Apr 3, 201713 min read
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THE BRIGHT HORIZON
"It's so much easier to produce a consistent level of high performance when you nourish youngsters, help them develop and provide a...
Joe Campos
Feb 26, 20177 min read
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All You Need Is Love.
"I love soccer. I want to be on the field." - Brandi Chastain Why does your kid play soccer? To be perfectly honest, I ask myself this...
Joe Campos
Dec 14, 20168 min read
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The Bully Coach
The scene is a summer soccer tournament on a sunny day in Washington state. Its halftime and the boys are heading back to their benches....
Joe Campos
Sep 28, 20166 min read
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Player Development Through Gaming
If you've got soccer-mad children, odds are they love playing FIFA. My two boys certainly do. Hands-down, its the most popular video...
Joe Campos
Aug 7, 20168 min read
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