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Welcome To Ziemer Soccer
Welcome to our new website!
Ziemer Soccer is owned and operated by Andrew Ziemer. Since 1975, the Ziemer Brothers have worked to provide the highest level of soccer instruction available in a safe and fun environment. Ziemer Soccer organizes training camps and sessions, consults with and creates curriculum for teams, coaches, and clubs/leagues. We live and breathe soccer.
Check our calendar or camps pages to find out about upcoming camps and other events!
2012 European Coaches Education Tour Nov 29-Dec 11
Spain • Holland • Germany
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!
Come see the #1 team and youth development program in the world - FC Barcelona!
This exclusive tour is aimed at Coaching Directors, Board Members; Top Level Professional, College and Youth Coaches.
To secure one of the 18 spots, send a $1,000 deposit to Z Soccer.
PRICING AND MORE INFORMATION TO COME SOON.
Dutch Residential Camp at CSU East Bay: June 24-28, 2012
Stay at the CSU East Bay campus! Practice and play in the stadium!
The Aim of the Dutch Soccer Camp is to bring the best parts of European Youth Soccer Education and Training to the United States. The Hoek Vision and Method is a comprehensive program based on the best aspects of the Dutch (Ajax-PSV-etc. and the National team) and FC Barcelona and adapted to best fit the needs of the U.S. game.
Messi's Dad: 'Lionel always played for fun'
BP: What advice can you give parents so that their kids may be as important as yours?
JORGE MESSI: In reality I don't know if what I have to say is advice. I always say that the kids, at one point in their life, have to decide what they want to do. You can help them in choosing a decision but ultimately it's up to them.
In terms of advice, let kids play and have fun: don't put pressure on them. If the child is ready then they'll make their own decision.
No, England Did NOT Invent Football (Soccer) As We Know It
Even the current Barca game so dominant in Europe and at the World Cup is not entirely indigenous. It is a product, in fact, of the influence of the Dutch "Total Football" of the early 1970s — the emphasis on quick one-touch passing, movement and positional flexibility that made the Netherlands the outstanding team of both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, even though they won neither. (Curiously, the "Magnificent Magyars" had also been by far the outstanding team of the 1954 World Cup, but lost the final to a fitter and better-drilled German side.)
