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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

Right before that touchdown you see the entire huddle laughing at something right before the most important play of the game. I love sports.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

@brinkofill I’m still wondering why Obama turned it into a campaign rally.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

🇯🇵 Japanese youth soccer clubs: employ “dribbling coaches” that every player must work with each week. 🇺🇸 American youth soccer clubs: employ “strength and conditioning & sports performance coaches” that every player must work with each week.

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Jason Collinsworth

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For the “land on your shooting foot” coaches out there. 100 ways to skin a cat

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Jason Collinsworth

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3 years

@BreitbartNews If a white politician said they’d only be interviewed by white journalists it’s called racism right?

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Jason Collinsworth

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11 months

I teach striking a ball with laces by telling players to get the inside of their heel parallel to the ground or even touching the ground. Little did I know… It’s how Beckham hit long balls.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

Vlatko will get 100% of the blame but it’s the system in the country that’s causing this. There is no hunger anymore in this next generation. They’ve had $300 cleats since they were 12. Parents paid $10,000 per year to allow them to play soccer. No hunger in paradise.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

@_MLFootball @NFLRookieWatxh No different than Aaran Rodgers two decades ago.

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Jason Collinsworth

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7 months

@spurs_four I mean Gretzky went 7/7 in his first 7 years as MVP of the league. He doesn’t get talked about enough.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

@AndrewMarchand I like Cris and Al

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

Isn’t it sad that one of the most INFLUENTIAL people in the development of Japanese youth players is an American. And yet the American federation didn’t see the benefit in his system because it didn’t produce results quick enough.

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Jason Collinsworth

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6 years

@CharlesWoodson Live look in at Charles Woodson

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Jason Collinsworth

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7 months

@bnice19831 Haha. It’s like one of those Instagram memes. When a guy leaves a girl and all of a sudden does for the new girl what he wouldn’t for the old girl. “He’s not ever gonna be the man you want him to be, because you’re not the woman he wants to be with.”

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

I dream of a us soccer coaching culture that is more obsessed with how Japan develops technical players rather than slob all over Bielsa and Peps tactics.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

@CutonDime25 If Eric Bienemy was so great… don’t you think the Chiefs would have kept him on staff to be the Heir to Andy Reid??

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

Youth soccer is crazy. ECNL event in Texas. ID camp in Arizona. ODP event in Memphis. All competing leagues/organizations. And we wonder why soccer seems disjointed at times in the 🇺🇸.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

@kylegriffin1 Yep. Imagine a world where you got every penny of your check and got to do with it as you please. It’s also called a CONSUMPTION TAX. You only pay taxes on what you BUY. Not what you EARN. Way better system

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

@theStevenRuiz What the hell? In what world is Tannehill better than Goff.

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Jason Collinsworth

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6 months

If you’re a club that takes credit for a college commitment that’s been with you for less than a year… You should also take credit for the U13+ players on your C team that have been with the club for 5 years that still can’t consistently receive and pass.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

If you think your club is the best at developing players… why you recruiting 10 year olds that live 2 hours away?

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

@xCodeRed5 Oprah probably abused him. It’s all making sense now.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

@SteveRustad1 Why post about Atlanta PD and post a picture of the George Floyd murder. Those two cases aren’t related at all.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

Once heard a quote, “don’t mistake attendance for commitment.” For me... 3 club practices, a strength and conditioning session, and a session with a supplemental trainer (me) doesn’t automatically mean the kid works hard. “Don’t confuse a busy schedule for work ethic.”

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

Had an interesting discussion with some young players tonight. MOST did not watch the USA game. I have an issue with this. They all were glued to their televisions on Sunday from 1:00-4:00 tho watching the BILLS. Keep blaming youth soccer coaching. I’ll blame the culture.

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Jason Collinsworth

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3 years

@getnickwright Steph will have 37 in the second half alone

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Jason Collinsworth

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7 months

Let’s say a kid is at a club for 5 years and does all the things outside of club to really work hard to get better. Then, when the player is 14, 3 new kids from another club come in and push that player to the B team. The club is basically saying “we failed at developing you”

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Jason Collinsworth

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8 months

@_MLFootball I think Baker is actually way more cool of a guy then people think.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

Youth soccer is headed towards the can’t beat them join them mentality. Smaller clubs are tired of losing players to the ECNL, GA and MLSNext massive clubs (to their B and C teams) and depleting their numbers that they are just merging with those big clubs. It sucks.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

@Ahmarnie1 @Zencsss @marquel_113 It’s what it makes it so funny.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

10 months

Playing 9 minutes per half at a showcase when not committed yet is absurd. Sad state of affairs at some of these clubs.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

10 months

Why does the GA and ECNL host showcases on the same weekend and claim to be “player first.” PLAYER FIRST organizations would coordinate to make sure they don’t conflict with each other.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 months

@FitFounder No but the best player in the NFL does.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

Weah, Pulisic, Reyna were not developed by the USA. They weren’t developed by a league like the MLSNext or DA. Sure as hell wasn’t developed by a club. All were born into a culture built around soccer first. All are second/third generation players. Don’t credit a youth league

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

@cheetah

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

As a soccer tutor I get to work on things with players that a coach of a team doesn’t have time to focus on. Always enamored with what I call “the Iniesta.” I’ve always believed that the most important move in soccer is the transfer of the ball between their right and left feet

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 months

I am NOT A FAN of youth coaches up to U18 saying “do not talk to me about playing time” to young players. Part of development is developing players brave enough to talk to coaches. They’re going to be doing it in college guys. Get. Over. Yourselves.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

When the Girls Academy closed I think @ECNLgirls missed a golden opportunity to try and change 🇺🇸 youth soccer. If I were in charge I’d immediately accept every single GA club into the ECNL and made a second tier. ProRel. Soon I’d let every club in. Build it all on merit.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

I’m so sick of having different youth leagues. Every player in the United States needs to be under ONE system. Done with have 37 different national champions.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

10 months

At showcases there needs to be rule about playing time. Why bring players if they’re only going to play 15 minutes per game? Why bring 21 players when you’re only allowed to roster 18. @ECNLgirls @USYNT @MLSNEXT @USWNT @USMNT Soccer in the 🇺🇸 is a joke because of you.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

6 months

“If you don’t play at an MLS Academy, good luck if we ever care about you. Your MLSNext club doesn’t even matter.” -USYNT’s We are royally screwed if we are relying on 20-30 “clubs” to identify and “develop” all of the top players in soccer. I wish I could just coach golf.

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We keep building 💪 24 players are headed to Atlanta for the third training camp of the #U15MYNT cycle

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

If you’re a club that threatens players that are THINKING about trying out somewhere else even as just a backup plan, by telling them they are off the team… GET. A. LIFE. How many of you coaches have all hopped from one club to another?

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

If every coach in the United States had an A license… United States Soccer would look the EXACT SAME.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

@LuckyuckerF @BernieSanders Like the guy in the middle of the bottom picture!

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

@nworahhh You missed this...

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

ECNL and MLSNext people getting pissed about the European Super League is hilarious.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

Coaches: Beware of a youth player that can only score one way. The player that scores all their goals only on breakaways at 12 years old won’t score many at 15 years old. Develop players that can score multiple ways in different scenarios.

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Jason Collinsworth

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8 months

@KCSportsNetwork @PatrickMahomes It’s gonna be hilarious when Dawkins is crying during the national anthem and the last thing he hears is CHIEFS for the first time at his stadium.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

@DeionSanders You’d lose. Everyone else has 5 players and you only have 4.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

@rawsalerts @BeefSupreme1776 You’re literally just reporting what’s going on with ZERO opinion. Keep doing what you’re doing or else nobody would know of these stories at all.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

I get frustrated with youth players that write off playing DII, DIII and NAIA. Go out and watch it and it’s not any different from most D1 play.

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Jason Collinsworth

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2 years

Once you’re playing college soccer… they won’t care what club you played for, what league you played in, what championships you won. It’s what can YOU do for the program.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

I really wish rondos were taken more seriously, coached correctly, and not just used as a warm up before training. If coaches could commit 10 minutes a session to it for the next 30 sessions, they’d have a different looking team. Don’t believe me? Try it.

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Jason Collinsworth

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8 months

@jeana_1983 A bills fan pushed my 68 year old dad twice. My dad also thinks he actually went to the bathroom on him. Classy folks and I love most Bills fans.

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Jason Collinsworth

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6 months

Coaches.. stop comparing the players you work with the players that coaches at La Masia and other professional youth academies get to work with. They get to work with players that want to be pros. We work with Johnny who plays 3 different sports and hates all of them

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

@KevinMassare I was at Santoras on transit when Tuas head got body slammed to the turf. The bar celebrated. Every fan base does this.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

1 year

@DaveMyersBIB You’d rather have the NFL screw the jaguars and make them play in London in week 3 and then again later in the season? The NFL didn’t force the Bills to only have 29 yards rushing. The NFL didn’t force the Bills to give up 196 yards rushing.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

Player for France makes $30k a month. NWSL players are lucky to make that. USWNT stars don’t want to play in the NWSL... think of the $$$ they can make overseas full time. USSF makes them play NWSL or threaten call ups. Sad.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

@LeeDuffy7 Can we have more background? Age? Pre-existing conditions? City, State you live in? Most severe cases in NYC now are between the ages of 18-48. When originally it was just an older generation problem.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

Find a coach that wants you to succeed and takes zero credit for it.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

I’m starting to feel that the “end pay to play” advocates don’t understand economics. You simply can’t end pay to play without an open professional system that trickles down to investing in developing players through training compensation and solidarity payments. The ONLY WAY.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

I’m a soccer coach

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Ruin a first date in 4 words

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

@Julio_Rosas11 It’s what happens when you are LITERALLY the smartest person in the room.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 months

It is hilarious and almost sad how many “A license coaches” on here still think we can win a World Cup and are using Berhalter to blame. Beyond annoyed with our soccer “culture” here. We are an embarrassment. We trust a federation that can’t even get YOUTH soccer right.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

1 year

@NFCNorthNewss @_MLFootball @vikesinsider @VikesCentral @VikingNations @Yfz84 @DomClare @nacholeber @johnkriesel @DustBaker @jacobinfante24 @BookOfEli_NFL All that means is that he has to approve it. He can be traded.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

Dear tournament directors and league administrators: Please name your divisions and playoffs Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4. Nobody’s feelings will be that hurt. Love, Jason

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

@Andrew_MKE @ArrowheadTom They’ve only drafted one offensive player in the first round since 2012. Jordan Love. They’ve wasted Rodgers career. I’d want out too.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 month

Hear me out: HS soccer should be a three month sport. Start the first week of August. Two weeks of pre-season. First games mid-august. 18 regular season games max. Never 3 games in a week. Always two days off between games. State championships first weekend in November

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

If you’re on a team where you feel that there are cliques… or that some of the players bad mouth other players… I guarantee you that those players heard their parents say those words first. Been having a lot of these convos with parents and players lately. Sadly.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 months

If you’re a great coach… don’t hide what makes you great. Share it. You’ll impact a hell of a lot more players if you make coaches better. Too many egos in the sport that say “I’m not sharing my secrets.” We are literally all in this together.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

8 months

@Bateman_Szn7 Definition of an underdog.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

Wait. So the ECNL makes new clubs test out if they are good enough in the RL to see if they are worthy of ECNL?? Why not just implement ProRel full time??? You have a big opportunity ECNL. Let every club in. Play their way up to top league. Do it @theECNL

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

This is the best description of a team culture I’ve heard. When your best players feel responsible vs. entitled, that culture flourishes. It’s why I rate coaches on how they coach their best players. Do they give them responsibility? Or entitlement?

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

Parent of a new player: “he/she really needs work on her shooting/striking” Me after 10 minutes: “shooting/striking is the least of your worries, focus on literally everything else.” ie: First touch, dribbling, running with the ball, passing, comfort, confidence.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

6 months

Do coaches that run the same sessions over and over ever realize that their players are so bored that they fall out of love with the game because the coach doesn’t keep things fresh?

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

9 months

@TheBillsGuys I’m a Chiefs fan. I live in Buffalo. I’m so annoyed with Chiefs fans right now complaining about this move. The NFL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHANGE. It was our Governor making the RIGHT decision and not repeat last years mistakes.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

No curriculum can save the US Soccer system at the youth level all the way to the top. It must come from systematic change. Imagine a country the size of the USA with an open system. Imagine how many Ryan Reynolds and the other guy would buy into USA soccer clubs.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

@cukezkillacity I’ll add this guy.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

The role of a coach is to make sure all of your players LOVE THE GAME first and foremost. When you get your players back.. that needs to be the very FIRST focus. Not “what have you been doing?”

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

@skywalkercinema I love how Oprah is trending but Tom Hanks, Ellen, and Joe Biden we’re also on the list.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 years

Where HS soccer has an advantage over the ECNL and MLSNext is legit local rivalries. Unless you have 2 in close proximity, there is barely any rivalry. The hatred of the other HS down the road runs deep. Hating a club 5 hours away… not so much.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

3 months

Alexi just nailed it. This crop of players has been given EVERYTHING in their development. Yet we blame it all on the manager? Please. This is not a golden generation folks. Time to wake up.

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Jason Collinsworth

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1 year

I’m noticing a trend here. Can’t put my finger on it. 🧐🤔

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

5 years

Coaches... when you get played off the field. Barely cross half in possession. Don’t have the ball for more than 2 passes at a time. Lose by 5 or more goals. The first correction to your team shouldn’t be about their fitness level.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 months

If there was ONE other recommended sport I’d want my soccer players to play it would be Basketball. I want players with court vision on the field. Also creativity in solving problems.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

I’ll say this again. Don’t rely on leagues to develop your player. If you believe that the CLUB you’re at was doing a good job at developing your son or daughter. Why would you leave just to go to another league, meanwhile that club and environment could be awful for you!!

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

7 months

@BuffaloJon1 @JoshAllenQB Mahomes won a Super Bowl while being the cover. It’s been broken.

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Jason Collinsworth

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6 months

@PatrickMoranTB Wait… so there shouldn’t be an investigation?

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

Had HS GK get suspended for playoffs because she played with another team during the season. That other team was the U17 USWNT. Don’t celebrate a player when they accomplish things in your jersey, and punish them when they accomplish things in another.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

A spin-off of an old Barcelona drill that you can add a zillion different variations to. You don’t actually have to add a defender to add pressure. The pressure of time is what kids on the ball struggle with most. They’re frantic with time. Be calmer than the defender.

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Jason Collinsworth

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11 months

Coaching soccer. Developing soccer players. There’s a difference.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

@themotleyfool List debts smallest to lowest. Pay the minimum amount on all debts. Pay extra amount on the smallest debt until it’s gone. Continue on to the next smallest debt until it’s gone. Dave Ramsey’s Debt Snowball. Haven’t had credit card debt in 10 years.

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Jason Collinsworth

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11 months

@KCkristin_d Can we talk about Toub? Why is he giving Mecole a green light to catch these punts inside the 10?

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

How many ECNL/MLSNext/GA players that go on to play in college: A) play more than 2 years of college soccer? 2) play more than 2 years at the school they played at their freshman year? iii) play all 4 years of eligibility? I’d love to see the percentages.

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

@TaylorTwellman Play the position then tweet this.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

4 years

It’s almost as if being versatile is a curse. When a player can play multiple positions, they play the position of need, not what they excel at. While a less dynamic, less skilled player, gets to play their #1 position because they can’t play anywhere else.

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Jason Collinsworth

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4 years

@CalebJHull How about “hypocrisy drug” while all the media claims it kills people and at the same time doesn’t do anything good or bad... YET... doctors around the world are taking it themselves as precaution.

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Jason Collinsworth

@jc_playmakerWNY

2 years

“Speed of play” or “playing faster” can’t ALWAYS be dictated by the player on the ball. If there are no runs, a ball can’t be played. If a player is jogging a run, the ball can’t be played properly. What’s going on OFF the ball dictates speed of play just as much as ON THE BALL

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Jason Collinsworth

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5 years

Try to talk about this all the time. Don’t pass the ball until the defender has engaged you. So much useless passing when you aren’t under pressure. Timing is everything. We teach passing just for the sake of passing and it’s easy to defend.

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Jason Collinsworth

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10 months

Youth players off the ball… rarely look to see where their teammates off the ball are. They’re only focused on their teammate on the ball. That’s why at the very young ages… players are making the same run as others, players are covering up other teammates.

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