James Wagenschutz is an applied sports scientist and sports performance coach who has been in soccer for almost 25 years. 

He holds a USSF A license and has used it to coach in the college game, including notable stints as assistant men’s soccer coach at Colorado College and Regis University, and his daughter’s U5s team. 

He is now a coach educator for United Soccer Coaches and the USSF, and runs his own consultancy, W Sports Performance, working with MLS players and Olympians. 

SCW talked to James at the United Soccer Coaches’ convention about how players and coaches learn and develop…