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Warning To All Soccer Coaches-If You Can’t Diagnose, Don’t Prescribe.
Lets paint the picture and build up the scenario first. Imagine you have been having trouble with some aspect of your game. You decide to confront your soccer coach and ask him for some advice and help. After briefly listening to you, he offers to help and gives you advice.
“You must train harder and run longer [...]
Kids Soccer: How To Build A Team.
A soccer team is like a game of chess. You have to plan it with patience, imagination and skill. The right players or should I say pieces should be utilised to their strengths to provide unity, harmony and effect. So how do you place players in their position?
All youngsters within a squad want to play and [...]
Kids Soccer- Stop Coaching And Let Your Players Develop.
When I was playing Soccer it seemed like the best players were always in the stands. It’s easy to sit in the stands and criticise and yell at players. Instructions and advice are easy to give but not always easy to follow. One of the greatest mistakes I see youth coaches and parents make today [...]
Soccer Coaching Tips- The Children Are Not Little Adults.
As I’ve stated before, coaching young children has little to do with winning. Coaching young players should be about organising the players for fun, learning and helping them to develop both as players and people. Do you think the children at a very young age care about winning? When they play in the streets and [...]
Soccer Coaching For Kids. What Makes A Good Soccer Coach?
Many people believe that if you have played Soccer, that you are instantly qualified to coach soccer. This couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s like saying all great actors make great directors and that all students will one day make great teachers. So the question still stands, “What makes a good Soccer Coach?”
A good [...]