Here are few thoughts that our Directors of Coaching would like the parents of Hammer to think about. They spent jotting down their collective thoughts on what makes for a nurturing, player developing soccer parent.

As a Responsible Sports Parents it is important for you to be able to communicate positively with your child's coach. Working together will ensure a better sports experience for all parties. Here are 6 tools to help you communicate with your child's coach.

"Mom and Dad, I don’t want to play anymore!"

If you’re like most of us, you were taught the importance of warm-up exercises back in grade school, and you’ve likely continued with pretty much the same routine ever since. Science, however, has moved on. Researchers now believe that some of the more entrenched elements of many athletes’ warm-up regimens are not only a waste of time but actually bad for you.

As coaches and trainers we will perform anything from plyometrics to sprinting to reduce injury and increase performance.  The real question is whether the type of stretching we chose to perform before activity will have an affect on the performance and injury levels of our athletes. 

For many soccer coaches, both veterans and novices, coaching a futsal tournament is a new concept. Although the sport shares the same DNA as soccer, coaches should be aware of the unique benefits that the sport provides and the unique approach to coaching it allows.

 What makes the epidemic of sideline shouting particularly egregious is that the instructions are usually misguided. 

What better venue for an endless array of amusement and bemusement than the youth soccer field? Much is predictable, like the adult sideline behavior, but the unexpected never ceases.

Hammer FC supports the full implementation of small-sided games through U12. As an organization, we endeavor to develop the best soccer players in Cincinnati to their utmost potential.