Joe Campos
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...
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Joe Campos
- Sep 19, 2018
- 8 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Jul 29, 2018
- 8 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Jun 21, 2018
- 8 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Mar 5, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Ally Radcliffe
- Feb 7, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Dec 20, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Dec 16, 2017
- 11 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Oct 21, 2017
- 11 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Oct 17, 2017
- 13 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Aug 27, 2017
- 12 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Jun 21, 2017
- 8 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- May 26, 2017
- 7 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- May 4, 2017
- 7 min
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,...
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Joe Campos
- Apr 24, 2017
- 9 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Apr 3, 2017
- 13 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Feb 26, 2017
- 7 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Dec 15, 2016
- 8 min
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...
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Joe Campos
- Sep 28, 2016
- 6 min
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....
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Joe Campos
- Aug 8, 2016
- 8 min
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...
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