We recently caught up with Skyrocket's special guest coach for 2008, Greg Gidman. We asked the question, "What will you be training the players with regard to dribbling and heading the ball?" He answered, "I will teach and demo some of the Dutch Coerver techniques.  We'll train on these using relay races, gradually increasing the speed of execution. Fast foot skills will be critical for player development in this modern era of soccer and I will have them go through a series of techniques to help them with developing their fast twitch muscle fibers."

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"I will take time to develop heading and go through technique offensively and defensively.  I will have them develop accuracy and power and teach them about positioning which may end up being the most important component after timing.  In general, I believe heading is a noticeable deficiency among American players."

[Note: Skyrocket follows national guidelines to limit headers in an age-related way to decrease the chances of long-term risk of injury.]