Bøger af Marcus Dibernardo

The Cognitive Soccer Instructors Course is a cutting edge five book series that will make you completely re-think the way soccer is coached. I have spent the last few years researching, applying and refining the methods. The instructors course is designed to take you outside box, giving you a direct look into how an athlete's brain processes information, problem solves, adapts and most efficiently learns. Neuroscience and Neuropsychology provide us all the proof we need to see that becoming a great athlete is more about developing the brain then the body. This is one of the rare series of books that focuses on the brain and not the body to improve soccer ability. Whether you are a complete novice coach or in the professional ranks, the information in the course will motivate, excite and stimulate your coaching mind. It covers in detail the science behind cognitive soccer development along with providing a comprehensive soccer curriculum that puts the cognitive theory into soccer specific exercises you can use immediately with your team. You will learn to teach the game in a way that the brain is naturally meant to learn, called "Brain Structured Learning". It will quickly become apparent that cognitive soccer development will encompass much more than just soccer, it involves living a cognitive healthy lifestyle that will benefit players well beyond the soccer field. This book is the second in a series of five that make up all the manuals for the "Cognitive Soccer Instructors Diploma Course". Please visit www.soccersmarttraining.com if you wish to become certified.

"Constraint Based Training" and "Restricted Sense Training" are unique and highly effective approaches to coaching soccer. Developing high level players is not best accomplished using one narrative or by following a single linear pathway, players are more likely to flourish when they experience multiple learning environments. There is no coach-centered curriculum that progresses from point A to point Z, which is well-rounded enough to develop players to their highest potential. Each individual player is different and learns in their own unique way, trainings that offer many different types of learning experiences, while providing player's the opportunity to come up with numerous solutions to exercises are ideal, as these types of trainings will show developmental benefits over-time. The idea is for the exercise/training environment to become the teacher, the coach will have the freedom to interject, provide feedback or adjust the constraints to keep the experience challenging and flowing but ultimately the player is benefiting from exploring the learning environment, looking for ways to be successful. These types of training experiences develop the player's ability to make decisions and problem solve, in-effect increasing the players overall game intelligence. I know this might sound simple but creating these types of player centered trainings takes skill and planning. Coaches who use constraints effectively are able to guide and gently mold the player's learning experiences, instead of making themselves (the coach) the center of the learning experience. When a player is confronted with a constraint in training, it forces them to develop specific skills in order to adapt and be successful. One of the benefits of constraint based training is that the skills which are needed to be successful in one environment, can be transferred over to another environment, increasing overall performance levels. A good example of this would be the development of a players first touch who grows up playing on a bumpy, hard and unpredictable field. When that player finally gets to play on a perfect turf field, it will seem easy to control the ball with the first touch. Even beyond the first touch, the player will able to access different touches on the ball that players who played only on perfect fields may not have. The reality is that the players who grew up playing only on perfect fields will not have the same skills as players who consistently played on bumpy fields, the constraints posed by the bumpy fields, assist in specific skill development. Constraints don't just come in the form of fields though, constraints can be classified as individual, environmental or task related constraints, with many of the constraints intersecting and overlapping in the larger picture of the developmental process. Restricted Sense Training certainly overlaps the ideas of constraint training, but restricted sense training focuses specifically on adapting to the loss of auditory and visual information. The performance benefits associated with overcoming the loss of auditory and visual information are immense. Restricted sense training increases game intelligence by forcing players to develop alternative solutions to problems they would normally solve with full auditory and visual functioning. The restricted sense training methods are not one time experiments, in order for them to be successful, a longer term adaption of the methods must be applied.

Welcome to the true story of my life. From a modest upbringing in a town never before exposed to soccer, to the playing fields of competitive NCAA Division I soccer. From the plush grass fields, coaching next to farms in the suburbs, to the concrete courts and metal fences that surrounded them in NYC. I would be left to find my own way in a world where anything could happen and often did. The tragedy, the violence, the assaults and the murders would all impact me. Soccer would expose me to a world many don't even know exists. I am forever grateful for all the great people the game has introduced me to, all the beautiful cultures that have been shown to me and most of all the lasting relationships I have been able to establish. This is a journey that doesn't require you to be a soccer junkie to appreciate. It is a real story about my life's journey so far - My life in concrete soccer cities.

Professional soccer restarts includes 20 free kicks that are proven to score goals. The difference between winning and losing often comes down to set plays. Give your team the advantage they deserve with set plays that will change games. These set plays were compiled from the top pro club and national teams in the world.

Today's modern soccer player must be able to make ultra-fast intelligent decisions under pressure, while possessing the ability to successfully execute on those decisions with high-level technical skill. Top players are able to sort through, instantly organize and chunk essential information together, while discarding all non-essential information. The high-level player rarely gets stuck in the decision making process, while the lower level player will frequently get stuck. Often the lower level player will fail because somewhere in the decision making process, they fail to process data quickly enough, focus on the wrong cues or they simply do not have the technique to execute the required skill, even if they made the right decision. It is no coincidence that top-level players possess higher intelligence levels and are better problem solvers on and off the field then lower-level players. Today's scientific data is making a convincing case that becoming a high level elite athlete has far more to do with your brain than your body. "Developing Soccer Intelligence" Part I & II, delve into the science and theory behind the development of soccer intelligence. These books are intended to provide unique insight into the development of the soccer brain, increasing the potential for maximizing performance. Coaches who understand the science behind game intelligence, will be better equipped to provide their players with more meaningful experiences in training. This is not your typical soccer book, if you are looking for purely a drill book, this will not be for you. If you have read my cognitive modules already, much of this material will have been covered.

Soccer Smart is a ground breaking book in the area of soccer cognitive development and performance. The book investigates the notion of "game intelligence" as a combination of cognitive ability (IQ) and a player's experience through training. It discusses recent theories in elite player performance and provides training sessions and tools grounded in these new scientific findings geared towards developing players to their maximum potential. The exercises in this book will challenge your players as they will be forced to think, process and problem solve quickly in order to be successful. In essence, the training will help players strengthen their cognitive ability and develop a higher soccer IQ resulting in a better performance on the field.

Training Programs are often designed around ideas, that a coach wants to transfer to players. The ideas are normally related to the game model, and tactical principles of play, which the coach has chosen for the teams identity. This is an example of a global-to-local approach, where the coach is influencing the actions of the players, by providing guidelines from the game model to the tactical principles of play. As a result the players will organize under the global-to-local environment, created by the coach. It is my opinion that the global-to-local or coach to team approach, lacks the flexibility that allows players to take advantage of opportunities, that fall outside of the teams principles of play and game model. The opposite approach of global-to-local is local-to-global, local-to-global is where the player or players are able to self-organized, quickly adapting to take advantage of the unpredictable situations that happen in the real game. When I think of local-to-global, I think of intelligent players with unique skills sets, capable of creating many different solutions, inside and outside of the teams principles of play. Since the game of soccer is fluid, unpredictable and rapidly changing, teams that can adapt and adjust, finding new solutions to problems, even outside of their typical principles of play, will gain an advantage. In reality, there will be a constant interplay between global-to-local and local-to-global organization in the team. Let's now take a look at what a tactical principle of play is; I would define it as team goal, that shapes the actions of individuals and the collective team unit, guiding them to find tactical solutions in the game. The ultimate goal of tactics, is to find a way to achieve an end goal; the tactical principles of play should support, and influence the game model. Within the principles of play, each player will have certain affordances available to them, which support the team objectives. However, since every player is different, each player has their own unique skill sets, it is this uniqueness that creates individualized affordances. This is why a flexible game model, combined with flexible principles of play, gives players and teams the freedom to adapt, and find solutions, outside the standard ideas presented by the coach, in the global-to-local format. Perhaps the best teams find a special balance, allowing players to recognize the affordances, while stepping in and out of the principles of play. For example, if Messi has the chance to play a ball wide to the winger in space, but instead he beats two defenders in the middle of the field, and hits a through-ball for the striker to finish, this is an example of the principle of play called penetration, but normally the player would have played the ball wide to the winger into space, using the principle of play called width. The fact that Messi bent the rules, stepped outside the guidelines, and found another solution, which created a new affordance, resulting in the penetrating through-ball and goal. This example is a clear illustration of why it is important to remain flexible, allowing players to self-organize from a local-to-global perspective. Moments like this in a soccer game, can't be part of some pre-planned game model, or set of principles of play. The Brazilian National Team is an excellent example of local-to-global and global-to-local flexibility within a team. This approach can be seen in everything thing do, including the culture.

Over the years the number one question I get from the parents of young players is "how can my child improve in the sport"? It is certainly a good question, but it is usually asked when I am walking off the field after training or a game. The reality is for me to answer that question in detail, it could take hours. I decided to write this guidebook in order to help educate parents who really want their child to improve and excel in sports and beyond. Over the past fifteen years there has been a lot of research into how certain people are able to become experts and highly skilled in their particular fields. That research clearly shows there is a formula for success that can be applied to any area in which a person wishes to become skilled. The trick is constructing an age appropriate formula that is fun and uses the most effective coaching & teaching methods. In this book I give you the framework of what it will take in order for your child to become highly skilled and accomplished in the area they choose. The book is also intended to educate parents about what a healthy sports development plan should look like for their child. Parents must be willing to take an active and educated role in their child's development. If you are serious about your child being able to excel and reach their potential, while keeping a healthy balanced lifestyle - this book is for you!