Keith Scarlett

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About the Author : My name is Keith Scarlett and I am an American-born soccer (football) coach who is now coaching as a Professional Assistant Womens Football Coach in Australia.

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Efficiency: The Perilous Price We Pay!

01 Jun 2013
by Keith Scarlett
It’s as if we’re deep-sea divers who all-of-a-sudden see an interesting wreck or coral formation just beyond the maximum limit of our dive tables [More]

Messi Isn’t Really THAT Good; He’s Just Really Lucky - Right?

01 May 2013
by Keith Scarlett
There’s no question that when pressure is intense, skilled performers are able to tap abilities that are otherwise kept in reserve. [More]

Coach Prep: Got Something Else to Do? Don’t Procrastinate!

08 Apr 2013
by Keith Scarlett
Preparation can make or break you as a coach. It’s as simple as that and there is no way around it! [More]

Of Course We Keep Going in Circles

15 Mar 2013
by Keith Scarlett
In other words, our entire American football culture has been built on delusion and fueled by insanity! [More]

How to Identify Great Players

18 Feb 2013
by Keith Scarlett
The ability of coaches to properly identify ‘great players’ is considered either a “widespread” strength or an “epidemic” of weakness... [More]

Are You Hungry? Here’s a Recipe for Scoring Some Goals!

31 Jan 2013
by Keith Scarlett
"The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the emeny tires, we attack; the emeny retreats, we pursue." - Chairman Mao [More]

How to Prevent or Hold Off the Growing Threat of Complacenc​y

21 Dec 2012
by Keith Scarlett
You Must be Willing to Wake Up Every day and Fight Your Player’s Instinct to be Complacent [More]

Compass: Are we lost or do we just need to find our way?

26 Nov 2012
by Keith Scarlett
We MUST have programs for and get as many kids as possible introduced to the game as early as we can. [More]

Football needs the Active Couch Potato

17 Nov 2012
by Keith Scarlett
The more a professional sport’s league can get their fans to ‘sit,’ the more successful they will become. [More]

Picasso & Rembrandt: two of the greatest finishers of all time?

03 Nov 2012
by Keith Scarlett
“Shooting” is a specialist skill which requires specialist coaching and specialized training in order to yield proper results. [More]

Coaches: Are you a victim of your own success?

14 Oct 2012
by Keith Scarlett
Is winning a game of football more important than a child's happiness? [More]

The Side Effects of Football’s Current Niche

04 Oct 2012
by Keith Scarlett
“Never take a medication that has more side effects than you have symptoms.” [More]

Is Zonal Defending A Waste Of Time?

21 Sep 2012
by Keith Scarlett
Until a player is accomplished at man marking they will never be as effective as they need to be in a zonal defensive scheme. [More]

Soccer Smart, Soccer Savvy - a Football Mind

11 Sep 2012
by Keith Scarlett
"Football is a game you play with your brain" - Johan Cruyff      Let’s repeat that quote from one of the greates... [More]

Starbucks: the Training Center you never knew you had!

31 Aug 2012
by Keith Scarlett
Like any other sport, proper nutrition for a football player is very important. [More]

Pre-season Brings the Best (and worst) Out of Footballers

23 Aug 2012
by Keith Scarlett
Greatness in anything takes tremendous amounts of hard work, persistence, patience, mental toughness and accountability. [More]

College Soccer: Make Sure the Kids Get it Too

14 Aug 2012
by Keith Scarlett
Playing in college only proves that someone has successfully passed a series of tests. [More]