COACHING KIDS TO PLAY SOCCER
Excerpt
Chapter 1
IT'S ALL YOURS, COACH
A simple, important, sobering fact needs to be stated at the outset: as a youth soccer coach you have a huge responsibility to everyone on the team. Not only do these youngsters want to learn soccer from you, but they also want to win, want to score some goals - and they don't want to be yelled at. Your impact is rivaled only by that of the parent, and in certain circumstances, it surpasses that influence. You will find that your kids want to please you more than anyone else, and this simple fact can place tremendous pressure on you. It should guide your every action.
We believe that your responsibilities as a youth soccer coach are easily stated:
Fun
Learning
Individual development
Winning
...in that order! Let's look at each one in turn:
Fun: It may come as a surprise to some of the parents of the players, but 99 percent of the kids are playing soccer because they want to have fun playing it. Those kids in your charge, Coach, have joined the league and your team to enjoy themselves. The minute you lose sight of that as your principal motivating factor, ... read full excerpt from Coaching Kids to Play Soccer: Everything You Need to Know to Coach Kids from 6 to 16 ebook
