Monthly Archives: June 2011

Invisible Insanity

Posted on June 26, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

The story goes that during the cold war, the CIA had built a supercomputer to translate between English and Russian. To test the machine, the programmers decided to have it translate a phrase into Russian and then translate the result … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Another photo from Brazil

Posted on June 24, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

this one from the Oscar Hotel, Soccer school and Eco-resort. In the background you can see the small parcel of undisturbed rain forest growth that borders the school On the pitch, the Viking Hammer players scrimmaging side-by-side with the U15 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“We don’t make soccer players, we make people who play soccer”

Posted on June 22, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

Is the rough quote from this ESPN video on Barcelona’s famous La Masía training facility, and it is shorthand for the Barcelona approach to youth development. I see a lot of similarities with what we saw at Santos. Also a … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged | Leave a comment

What we learned #1

Posted on June 21, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

Good Brazilian football is not about ball tricks. It’s about hard work and discipline. Ain’t that a bitch? Last week when we were in Brazil, I found it hard to be the coach and also photograph and take video. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The game of our life

Posted on June 17, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

Our last game in Brazil was Wednesday vs. the Aguas de Lindoia team in their municipal stadium. We were wondering whether fatigue would make us weaker, or would the stuff we were learning make us better in this last opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged | 1 Comment

Brazil Nuts

Posted on June 15, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

I’m finding it hard to keep up with our schedule and post very often, the days are full of futebol and other fun. We have played two out of our three tournament games, with the last one coming in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Morning in Monte Siao

Posted on June 14, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

Here we are at breakfast, Fazenda San Nicolas.

Posted in Football | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

More on Santos, Day Two

Posted on June 12, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

After a quiet arrival in Santos, we woke up Friday ready to undertake some serious futebol activity. We left the hotel at 815a to catch the warmup of the Santos U15s as they prepared for a match vs. the visiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Hammer wins 0-6 v Santos U13

Posted on June 11, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a start: I will write more after the bars close.

Posted in Football | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Dawn of the adventure

Posted on June 10, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

Today marks the first day of the S.F. Viking Hammer’s tour of São Paolo Brazil. There isn’t a lot to report because nothing went wrong; our flights were on time, we made our connection, everyone’s luggage got there and our … Continue reading →

Posted in Football | 8 Comments