Developing Soccer Intelligence in Players

by America Scores

Description

This course offers an overview of:

1. The Developing Brain

Soccer Brain
Understanding the Brain During the Game
Decision-Making

2. Game is unpredicatable, Fluid Always Changing

3. Constraints

Restricting Vision, Hearing, and Running Speed

4. Cognitive Soccer Training

5. Rapid Skill Acquisition Fundamentals

Lessons

The Soccer Brain

1 The Developing Brain 1:16 2 The Soccer Brain 1:50 3 Understanding the Brain During the Game 3:31 4 The Game is About Decision Making 1:35 5 Game is Unpredictable, Fluid, Always Changing 1:54 6 Isolated Technical Development 2:09

Constraints in the Game

7 Constraints 7:59 8 Restricting Vision, Hearing, and Running Speed 3:12

Training Methodology

9 Cognitive Soccer Training 7:10 10 2 Different Sports Ball Mastery at the Highest Level 0:41 11 Rapid Skill Acquisition Fundamentals 2:42 12 Team Training for Decision Making 1:54 13 The Brain is Not Made to Play Soccer 1:44

The Coach

America Scores

Marcus DiBernardo recently completed his 12th season with the Monroe Mustangs' men's soccer program in 2019, capturing his second national championship as a Monroe College soccer coach.

DiBernardo's men's soccer team ran the gauntlet in 2019, going a perfect 18-0 en route to the program's first-ever NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Over the past 12 years, Coach DiBernardo has led the Mustang men to an impressive record of 159-26-14 (.834). The Mustangs have won eight Region XV championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), five District Titles (2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019), and appeared in six NJCAA National Tournaments, including three National Finals, finally ending the team's championship woes with a National Championship victory in 2019.

He had a successful playing and coaching career at Central Connecticut State University, a member of NCAA Division I and the Northeast Conference. After his time at CCSU, Coach DiBernardo led numerous high school and club teams to earn titles throughout Connecticut and New York.