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Sphero Mini Soccer Review – Soccer Robot Adventures

This Sphero mini soccer review comes after we took the robot on a road trip with us to my middle daughter's soccer tournament. Our kids had a blast driving the Sphero mini soccer robot up and down the hotel hallways in between games and her siblings had fun driving it around on the sideline during her tournament games. The soccer robot is a really interesting gadget because it merges our love of soccer and technology. We've introduced our young soccer players to things like the LittleBits [...]

By Ben Edwards|2020-02-16T19:23:08+00:00December 9th, 2019|

Zepp Soccer Tracker App Review

Do you ever feel lazy as you sit on the sideline sipping your coffee and watching your kid race up and down the soccer field? Often I’ll go for a run during their training session or game warmup but I know they’re still getting a far better workout than I am. No question about it, fitness is an important aspect of soccer. Just look at the stats from our Zepp Soccer dashboard, about 25 miles covered in a few weeks of games. One year we had [...]

By Ben Edwards|2019-05-07T23:54:33+00:00November 5th, 2017|

DribbleUp Makes Your Kids Want to Practice More?

If a professional soccer player told your kid to work on their weak foot, would they do it? One lucky Tuesday night in September a few years back we skipped out of practice a bit early for an autograph session with MLS defender Chance Myers. His tip to my son, "work on your weak foot". Myers went on to play in 27 games that season for Sporting Kansas City. He started and played all game for each of the five playoff matches and put away his PK in [...]

By Ben Edwards|2017-11-30T17:34:50+00:00September 29th, 2017|