Try asking 'why'
I've written before about the 5 elements of a training activity. Once you are familiar with them, they're easy to keep as guidelines. If...
Lee Dunne
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Connecting with Players
Connecting with every player is so important. You see college coaches (in any sport) focusing on team building as much as they focus on...
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Lee Dunne
- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
Pay Your Staff More
Coaching 3-5 teams is not good for anyone. Coaches and their families are stretched thin. Clubs are asking players to pay $k's and they...
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Lee Dunne
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Season Plan
Do you plan your season? Down to each session or micro/macro-cycle? How much flexibility do you have? I've been coaching a group of mixed...
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Lee Dunne
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Laps for Mental Toughness
Someone told me that running laps develops mental toughness. Much like, I assume, passing around cones develops soccer players who can...
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
The Formation Game #1
Coventry (red) were attacking in a 1-4-3-3. Birmingham (blue) were defending in a 1-4-2-3-1. Coventry opted to play long often, without...
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Lee Dunne
- Jan 19, 2021
- 4 min
Don't talk to me for 48 hours
Please note, that you owe the $3,000+ for your child to play in this team, and you may not ask me any questions for 48 hours after a game...
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Lee Dunne
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
When Practice is Canceled...
Make the most of any canceled team trainings.
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Lee Dunne
- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
Helping them get 'unstuck'
If we train players to play positions with the whole game in mind, I think we will see more rounded players that have the confidence to get
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Lee Dunne
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
It has to be exciting.
Check out how I recently trained two young Soccer players online.
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Lee Dunne
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
#returntoplay 4v4
Watch a #returntoplay 4v4 with some pretty awesome rules...
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Lee Dunne
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
#returntoplay
With sense. Activity isn't far away. Some clubs within San Francisco and the Bay Area are returning to play in different ways, but we...
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Lee Dunne
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Game Model. Why?
"Why have a game model and why is it important to share with the players?"
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Lee Dunne
- May 31, 2020
- 2 min
Positional Profiles - Player Review
During this quarantine period, I challenged the players to identify clips of themselves performing to their positional profiles, and...
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Lee Dunne
- May 6, 2020
- 6 min
5 Elements of Training Activity
Do you consider these 5 elements when planning and executing your training sessions?
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Soccer Training at Home - The Essentials
I have been conducting online training for my competitive teams and the recreational teams from SF Youth Soccer. Sadly, we're faced with...
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 28, 2020
- 4 min
The 5 W's and You
Use the 5 W's for success in planning and executing your soccer sessions.
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Let Them Show You
So, I spoke during the #SoccerCoachesSummit for SCORES on Tuesday and talked about Redefining Success. This is something I am incredibly...
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
From Goal, with Different Challenges.
Welcome to the second part of this mini series on the set up and consequences of your practice environment. The first series was set up...
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
End Zone, Target, or Goals
I recently shared a mini series that reflects on the decisions we make, as coaches, that have consequences and often unintended...
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Position Profiles
What do your players think when you ask them 'what are the key attributes required for playing your position?'
Have you ever asked them?
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 15, 2020
- 3 min
A Resume Full of Pros
How many pros have you 'made'? What if the majority you work with will never go pro, are you a bad coach?
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
The important of 'Power Questions'
In wrapping up a clinic with these young players. I challenge them. Next week I will ask them to 'tell me' their answers. THEN They will...
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Lee Dunne
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
The power of NO.
This winter I was approached for a high school head coaching role in SF. I interviewed, accepted and was all set. However, I begun to...
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Lee Dunne
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough
With the international break behind the Sky Blues, 3 games in 7 days is a welcome return for the fans, but with such a strong and mature...
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Lee Dunne
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Blackpool 0-1 Coventry City
Coventry's struggles in front of goal continued versus Blackpool, but they still looked very good going forward and made the game far...
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Coventry City 3-1 Bristol City
It was a desperate performance for Coventry City. After the performance versus QPR, a reboot and win were essential for this game....
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Lee Dunne
- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
QPR 2-0 Coventry City
The cover image, kick-off, presents the only parity in this game. This is all in reflection, but in-game you might have seen some of the...
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
Coventry City 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
There were concerns initially around the line-up and only playing one up top. I'll show you why I think it worked in the first half. Only...
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 18, 2021
- 5 min
Luton Town 2-0 Coventry City
That was a long 10 days, wasn't it? As is said often, it's the hope that kills you. Not to be too downtrodden, but this felt like another...
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 6, 2021
- 4 min
Coventry City 1-0 Derby County
A gift of a goal settled this game early on for Coventry. Positive shape and control. Finally, we got Hamer on the ball and enabled him...
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Lee Dunne
- Mar 3, 2021
- 5 min
Coventry City 1-2 Middlesborough
Why not start the post off with a theme. Warnock. He outsmarted Robins. Why do I think that? 1 - Game plan. Coventry have been using that...
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City
Whatever we do, don't go down to 10-men after 14 minutes and we should be able to compete with, and beat, Blackburn. This mentality...
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
Swansea City 1-0 Coventry City
Before the game there was talk of the same line-up and the concern would be Coventry's ability to get forward given Swansea's use of...
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
Coventry City 2-0 Brentford FC
Note. Brentford didn't take a knee before kick-off. Some adjustment to the line-up and a consideration for how we can be successful...
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Lee Dunne
- Feb 17, 2021
- 5 min