Blog for Parents of Young Athletes

Alberto Ruiz is the coach of the Atlético de Madrid (cadets) and has extensive experience as a soccer coach, mainly in Spain, although he has also worked three years in Puerto Rico. After working for the Guadalajara CD, he was hired by the Atleti, his beloved club, where he began his passion for soccer and has been coaching for a year and a half.…

At Ertheo we believe that education and sports are two fundamental pillars that a child must use in order to grow healthy, happy and prepared for the future. We are aware that unfortunately, not all children have access to education or the means in which to practice sports and that is something that concerns us. As we tried to improve the…

In our previous interviews, we have talked about many aspects of sports training with psychologists and coaches. Each role within the game brings a different perspective on training and coaching, and it is the combination of these viewpoints that has helped to create the modern coaching methods employed today. For our latest interview, we wanted to get the perspective of someone who has…

Carlos Barea is from Cadiz and has a degree in Psychology from the University of Malaga. He is an expert in Reciprocal Interaction Therapy, a model created by Roberto Aguado ( http://robertoaguado.com/ ). He is also a specialist in clinical hypnosis, in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), he’s a neurolinguistic programming ( http://www.nlpu.com/NewDesign/NLPU_WhatIsNLP.html )(NLP) practitioner as well as an expert in sports coaching. He practises in Malaga,…

In this article we present you with 20 soccer drills, suitable for players of any age, which serve to master the four basic aspects of soccer: passing, shooting, defending and dribbling. Any dream you pursue in life has its complications, its challenges, its difficulties. Without them, in fact, dreams would probably be a little less of a dream. Some are…

The largest stadiums in the world The largest stadium in the world is probably the one that few of you will know, since it is not in Europe, but in North Korea and it is the Pyongyang May Day Memorial Stadium. It has a capacity of 150,000 spectators and was inaugurated in 1989. The North Korean national team plays its…

Any young person with an intense passion for soccer and a burning desire to become a professional soccer player will have to make sacrifices to reach the top. This could mean giving up free time, spending time away from home, or having a less active social life. However, a player’s academic studies should not be compromised or neglected in the pursuit of…

would you like to reach your full potential as a soccer player? Then you will need much more than talent and ambition to achieve it. To become a great soccer player you need technique, intelligence, fitness and the right mentality to perform at the highest level. The problem is that it is not very easy to know for sure how…

In our recent case study, we examined the impact that football academies can have on young football players and their parents. But what about those that work inside the academies? How does the modern Coach perceive the role that football academies can play in the development of young children? And what advice would they give to fellow coaches and to the…

When you see that one of your children excels in a sport such as soccer, it is very possible that you are wondering how to help him to become a professional soccer player or at least to encourage him to try and bring out his full potential, not only in soccer but also in his motivational side. In many of…