Youth Coaches

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Youth Coaches

• Better Soccer More Fun
• How to get started
• Terry Michler
• CBC High School

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COACH

• C -- Comprehension
• O -- Observation
• A -- Attitude, Affection
• C -- Character
• H -- Humor

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Making Progress ??

• When the soccer coaches of today tend to teach
  and coach the way they were taught in the past,
  how can we expect progress
• When many coaches still coach as they were
  coached as players,
• progress in soccer does not take place

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Gary Lineker -- Former English International

• We could drastically improve the standard of
  English football immediately if we made small
  children play on small pitches with small goals,
  so that they can be in the vicinity of each other
  and learn to pass the ball to each other instead
  of having to hoof it.
• They should ban playing on big pitches until
  children get to 13 or 14.

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Let em Play

• We best learn to play soccer by playing
  simplified games
• A mainly technique oriented training cuts out a
  lot of fun and enjoyment which generally is
  generated by game playing.
• Too much drill is kill

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Small Sided Games

• In simplified, modified games, players learn to
  be aware and to improvise, to concentrate and to
  recognize the situation.
• Skills are important , but the value of skill is
  to be able to use them efficiently in a fraction
  of a second.
• Practices should be one quarter skill training
  and three quarters applying those skills in
  endless situations.
• --- Rinus Michels Former Dutch National Team
  Coach and the FIFA Coach of the Century

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No Shortcuts

• The expectation of the coach must be appropriate
  to the age and experience of his players.
• The road to success has very few travelers
  because the majority of them got lost along the
  way looking for shortcuts.
• Playing soccer without thinking is like shooting
  without aiming

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A Time for Winning A Time for Learning

• There is a huge over - emphasis on winning at the
  younger age levels
• Teams that are gung ho about winning at the U10,
  U11 age groups, may be nowhere to be seen at U16
  and U17
• When winning is the emphasis at the young age,
  the short cuts taken are the physical abilities,
  not skill and technique

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Winning vs Learning

• When the top priority of the young age team is
  winning, it fails in its most important role .
  .. player development .
• When winning becomes the focal point, it is hard
  to create a positive learning environment due to
  the stresses created from winning and losing
• The time for winning will come soon enough
  prepare the kids to win through ..
• . good skill development and
• . a positive learning environment

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Resources

• If you need help, find it, get it wherever you
  can
• Bookstores and Library (books, videos)
• Fellow coaches and Former players
• Older siblings and Relatives who played
• Internet web sites (Google coaching soccer)
• Soccer resource outlets
• www.reedswain.com ( books, videos)
• www.kwikgoal.com (equipment)
• Soccer Learning Systems (1-800-762-2376)