School Coaches

A high school soccer coach on the sideline under stadium lights at night, signaling a substitute into a tournament game

How School Soccer Coaches Can Handle Postseason Playing Time

by Matt McWilliams | Oct 7, 2026 | School Coaches

A fair postseason playing-time policy trades your season-long equal-minutes goal for a flat floor, set before the bracket starts, so a close game doesn't force you to invent the rule on the sideline.

A high school soccer coach with a clipboard on a misty, overcast morning practice field while players pass behind him

How School Soccer Coaches Can Keep Players Touching the Ball When Practice Time is Limited

by Matt McWilliams | Oct 2, 2026 | School Coaches

I coach an 11U homeschool club team, not a high school. This is the 15 to 30 minute ball mastery plan I use between practices, and where my experience stops.