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Soccer Coaching:Uncover The Philosophy
July 24, 2010 by drewloupsen · Leave a Comment
What follows is a simplistic way of bearing in mind the essential Soccer coaching factors ate determine the team philosophy and moving along with it. Using this philosophy for your youth team can be very practical; and simpler than you may think.
The elements which are essential for an effective youth coaching philosophy are 6; parents, coaches, excitement, selection, time, and success windows.
Consistent Parental Guidance: During soccer training parental influence is very important for the mental and physical progress of your players, mainly on the match day. “Parental responsibilities”, the brochure supplied when the term starts is not sufficient. Arrange for regular meetings with them so that the key points can be repeated and concerns shared.
New soccer coaches: An important part of the philosophy is that you should not only concentrate on development of the players, but also the coaches. You may try if one of your kid’s parents can become a soccer coach? They are the ideal candidates, not necessarily to start immediately, but may be in the future.
Selection: One of the biggest reasons why players with great soccer skills drop out is non-selection. Studies show that players would rather get selected for a bad team out of the fear of getting rejected for a good team. Therefore, with the help of a rational selection system all the player could be given equal game time.
Time: Start the session on time and tell the parents to be on time as well. Clearly established start times and finish times allow you to plan and deliver the session effectively.
Excitement: Is it necessary that every soccer coaching session should be fun? Try to make every session an enjoyable one but also remember that you cannot do it all the time. Therefore, go for a positive attitude as an alternative.
When training the kids, it is certain that the coach will have problems with ideas on how to make practice drills interesting. So, the biggest challenge in teaching soccer is to be creative enough and keep introducing new and innovative ideas so that the kid’s remain interested in the game.
In soccer drills, keep increasing the level of difficulty for the player’s to grow. A way of doing this is to begin a game, take note of a problem, and then remove it with the help of a soccer drill.
Success windows: Try and incorporate a “success window” for the season as a significant element in your training sessions. This necessitates for you to determine a lower limit and an upper limit of time with a view to measure the level of success that needs to be achieved.
For example; time frame of minimum four and maximum eight weeks. This can be achieved for both the team and individual members.
Do good and adopt a soccer coaching philosophy like this become a part of the development phase of your kid’s training once the basics have been covered. In order to be more resourceful, full of knowledge, and gain tips and techniques, enroll for our youth soccer coaching community.
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