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Reflect on Personal Motivation (A Guide to Parental Projection)
How do we maintain ambition while cultivating calm? When to push, and when to sit back? Overall, the general consensus among sports...

Alexander S. Dent, PhD
May 223 min read


Why That Call Looked So Bad (and Probably Wasn’t)
All of this seems fairly obvious, but what is actually going on?
It turns out there's quite a bit of research in cognitive psychology to support a phenomenon that has a few names—partisan perception, ingroup bias, hostile attribution bias, naïve realism, self-serving bias, and motivated reasoning are all part of this broader family.

Alexander S. Dent, PhD
May 13 min read


DCXI Joins USL Y League This Summer
DC XI is thrilled to announce our participation in the USL Y League this summer! As part of this elite competition, DCXI will field four...

DCXI Project
Feb 261 min read


How to Get Recruited to Play College Soccer
Introduction For players aspiring to play soccer at the collegiate level, understanding the recruiting process is essential. One of the...

DCXI Project
Feb 64 min read


DC XI Football Club and The St. James Football Club Announce Strategic Partnership
Washington, D.C. – DC XI Football Club (“DCXI”) and The St. James Football Club (“TSJFC”) are proud to announce an exciting new...

DCXI Project
Feb 33 min read


Supporting Players' Decision-Making: A Gentle Reminder for Parents
As a coach, imagine spending the week at practice with your striker, fine-tuning their decision-making skills - when to turn and take on...

DCXI Project
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The Intro - Coach Pierre
Name: Pierre Hedji Title: The Tactitican Number of years playing: 32+ Number of years coaching: 15+ Favorite Player of all-time:...

DCXI Project
Sep 30, 20221 min read


The Intro - Coach Mike
Name: Mike Idiokitas Title: Architect Number of years playing: 35+ Number of years coaching: 18+ Favorite Player of all-time: Zidane and...

DCXI Project
Sep 30, 20221 min read


The Intro - Coach Keith
Name: Keith Tucker Title: Royal Magician Number of years as a player: 33+ Number of years as a coach: 15+ Favorite Player of all-time:...

DCXI Project
Sep 30, 20221 min read


The Intro - Coach Elvis
Name: Elvis Hedji Title: King Number of years as a player: 25+ Number of years as a coach: 10+ Favorite Player of all-time: Thierry Henry...

DCXI Project
Sep 30, 20221 min read


Go Play – The gift that is unstructured soccer
The way that I initially learned and fell in love with football was not from a great coach or following a fancy training program. I fell...
ehedji
Sep 26, 20222 min read


The problem is not Specialization
There’s a recently published ESPN article These kids are ticking time bombs that is making the rounds and has added more fuel to the...
ehedji
Sep 26, 20222 min read


Yes, Some Practices will be Hard
Every couple of months, a parent will either email me an article about a young athlete dying (like this WashingtonPost article) or chat...
Mike Idiokitas
Sep 26, 20222 min read



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DCXI Project
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