Way of Champions Podcast #8 Tony DiCicco Olympic and World Champion Soccer Coach: Catch Them Being Good
Tony DiCicco is the former Head Coach of the US Women's National and Olympic Soccer Teams and the Head Coach of the US U20 Women's National Team. In 2008, in his return to international soccer, he coached the US to the FIFA U20 World Cup Championship in Chile. He had previously lead the Full National Team to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Championship, the largest women's sporting event in history. And in 1996, he coached the US Women's Olympic Team to the first ever Gold Medal in Women's Soccer.
Tony DiCicco is also the President, Founder and Technical Director of SoccerPlus Goalkeeper School and SoccerPlus FieldPlayer Academy.
You can get his book, Catch Them Being Good, here - Buy it on Amazon
How to find Tony: His website: https://www.soccerplus.org His email: Tony@soccerplus.org His Twitter: @tonysocc
Show Notes:
5:30 How (and when) Tony got into coaching
9:15 Tony explains how to get athlete buy-in
16:15 What really makes Mia Hamm so special
20:00 Can you cut a player and help her career?
27:15 What must the US do to produce high quality players
32:15 Winning does not equal development
40:00 Every kid has a path
46:00 Did Tony coach his own children?
48:00 Tony's Rule of One Moments
54:30 Tonys Coaching Philosophy
Join us for the Way of Champions Coaching Conference June 2-4 2017