The Lakota Sports Organization

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The Lakota Sports Organization

• Coaching Education

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Our Soccer Community

• Lakota Sports Organization
• Recreational Soccer
• West Chester SAY
• Recreational Soccer
• Lakota United
• U8 Academy (4v4)
• U9/U10 (6v6)
• U11/U14 (8v8 at U11/U12)
• U15/U18
• Cincinnati United Premier (U15-U18)
• Lakota East/West High School Soccer
• Olympic Development Program

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Video 1

• Player Management

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Video 2

• Perspective

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Video 3

• Vision of Success

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Winning (all age groups)

• Players win - - coaches have very little control
  over this.
• A coaches job is to create a positive learning
  environment - - coaches can control most of this.
• Accept your role.
• Your vision of success this season is smiles.
• Your vision of success for your players in the
  future are lifelong fans, players, coaches,
  and/or referees.

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Winning (all age groups)

• If your kids spent an entire season smiling...
• If your kids become lifelong fans, players,
  coaches, and/or referees
• then you won! - - Coach to win!

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The Instructional Player (U6)

• Physical Development (psychomotor)
• Mental Development (cognitive)
• Social Development (psychosocial)

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Physical Development (U6)

• Easily fatigued with quick recovery. They go from
  100 to 0 mph quickly
• Lots of water breaks!
• All different sizes and abilities
• Many of the activities should be with a ball
  challenging the individual player
• Moostys Slanty Line

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Physical Development (U6)

• Learning how to use their own body very
  uncoordinated
• Incorporate all types of body movements
• Movements while moving
• Walking, running, leaping, etc
• Movements while stationary
• Bending, stretching, twisting, etc
• Movements with a ball
• Throwing, catching, striking, kicking, dribbling

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Cognitive Development (U6)

• Short attention spans
• Limit guided discovery questions to one at a time
• Lots of playing!
• Constantly in motion
• Long speeches are bad!

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Cognitive Development (U6)

• They love using their imagination, using symbols
  to play pretend!
• Make soccer activities into imaginary games!
• i.e. pretend you are Lightning McQueen
• They learn through guided discovery
• Teach by asking questions that guide them to the
  correct answer NO COMMAND COACHING!

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Cognitive Development (U6)What to expect
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U6 Tactical SignWhat to expect
This Way or One Way
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Cognitive Development (U6)

• They want the ball all the time so let them
  have it!
• Their own ball is important. Do not scold them if
  they want to play with their ball in practice
• We want them to fall in love with the ball/ball
  manipulation Enjoy the ball!
• This requires patience during games because most
  of the time enjoying the ball is fun for them and
  can be frustrating to watch!

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Cognitive Development (U6)

• They have very little understanding of spacing.
• Do not have a vision of adult like soccer for
  your team
• It is hard to concentrate on more than one thing
  at a time, so make the rules simple.
• Structure activities that allow for them to be
  creative, as opposed to creative activities that
  are hard to understand

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Psychosocial Development (U6)

• Development of self-concept (esteem)
• They need generous praise
• They need to play without pressure
• May verbalize team, but does not understand group
  play
• Egos are easily bruised
• Find positives!
• Correction through pointing out only the good
• Post game snacks and celebration tunnels are good!

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Training Session Guidelines (U6)

• The goal of your training session - - lots of
  smiles!
• You are a play leader
• Practices are no more than one hour.

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Training Session Guidelines (U6)

• Every child needs a ball
• First 15-20 minutes should be games that require
  various body movements with the ball
• Second 15-20 minutes should be maze games with
  the ball

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Training Session Guidelines (U6)

• Final 20-25 minutes should be playing 3v3 or 4v4
  to small goals.
• Coaches - if what you are saying is not positive
  praise then SHUT UP!
• Most importantly, throughout the practice NO
  LAPS, NO LINES, NO LECTURES
• If you like laps, run them yourself for fun. If
  you like lines, go stand in line at the grocery
  store just for fun. If you like lectures, ask
  your boss at work to micromanage you because it
  is fun.

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The Passer Player (U8)

• Physical Development (psychomotor)
• Mental Development (cognitive)
• Social Development (psychosocial)

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Physical Development (U8)

• They overheat easily
• Lots of water breaks!
• Some improvement of coordination from U6
• They still may trip over their own feet
• Cardiovascular system is less efficient than
  adults
• Fitness at this age is a cuss word

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Physical Development (U8)

• They will chase the ball until they drop
• Keep them hydrated
• Skeletal system is still growing
• There is a risk of growth plate injuries
• Most kids are still uncoordinated with very
  little line of sight
• Do not expect them to do well with balls that are
  in the air

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Psychosocial Development (U8)

• Children begin to take pride in Team Identity.
  ie. I play for the Bobcats. There is little
  understanding of Club
• Build on that! Team spirit is a great life
  lesson!
• Strong desire for social acceptance
• Never let the kids pick their own teams!
• Post game snacks and celebration tunnels are
  good!
• Assign someone to manage the team snacks

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Psychosocial Development (U8)

• Very sensitive
• Fear of failure in front of peers
• Never put a child down in front of his friends
• Ridicule and sometimes correction by the coach in
  front of their peers can be destructive
• Avoid knockout games
• Peer and parent/coach approval very important.
  They like to show their skills!
• Encourage your parents to reinforce a good move
  with praise!

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Cognitive Development (U8)

• Very little ability for managing one task at a
  time.
• Tactics are a challenge
• Prioritize where you want their concentration
  (technique and creativity with the ball)
• Generally speaking Effort Performance
• Can begin working and understanding small group
  play
• Working in pairs

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Training Session Guidelines (U8)

• Every child needs a ball
• First 15-20 minutes should be games that require
  various body movements with the ball
• Second 15-20 minutes should be games with that
  involve players working in small groups, mainly
  pairs

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Training Session Guidelines (U8)

• Final 20-25 minutes should be playing 3v3 or 4v4
  to small goals.
• Coaches - if what you are saying is not positive
  praise then SHUT UP!
• Most importantly, throughout the practice NO
  LAPS, NO LINES, NO LECTURES
• If you like laps, run them yourself for fun. If
  you like lines, go stand in line at the grocery
  store just for fun. If you like lectures, ask
  your boss to micromanage you because it is fun.

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U8 Tactical Sign
Change of Direction
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Soccer is a leisure activity for the coach and
the player!

• Dr. Marianne Torbert
• Play, well planned, can become a pleasurable
  means (tool) by which children can build a strong
  I can feeling while gaining many of the
  foundation skills that make the process of
  gradually reaching our existing potential, not
  only one of survival, but one of expansion to
  deal effectively with an increasingly complex and
  stressful world.

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Physical Development (U10)

• Boys and girls begin to develop separately
• More prone than adults to heat injury
• Give them lots of water breaks!
• They begin develop greater coordination
• Increase their challenges technically

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The Wings Player (U10)

• Physical Development (psychomotor)
• Mental Development (cognitive)
• Social Development (psychosocial)

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Physical Development (U10)

• Greater diversity in playing ability
• Select soccer (ability grouped environment)
  should be encouraged for players with strong
  abilities and desires
• For players with strong abilities who choose to
  play recreationally.
• Make the players around them better
• Demonstration of more challenging ball skill and
  dribbling tricks

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Physical Development (U10)

• Greater diversity in playing ability continued
• Avoid knock-out games
• Strive to find moments of praise for every player
• Never compare one player to another

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Cognitive Development (U10)

• Lengthened attention span
• Can participate in activities for a longer period
  of time
• Can have longer (but still brief) learning
  discussions with the Play leader (Coach)
• Begin to think ahead
• Can begin to anticipate passes
• Can begin to understand the benefit of passing
• Intrinsically motivated
• Beginning to seek self-improvement without cues
  from the parent (s) or coach.

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Cognitive Development (U10)

• Can manage more responsibility
• They (not their parents) should be responsible
  for bringing their own ball and water
• They should carry their own stuff
• They should wait their turn to talk
• Can begin to see the benefit of changing the
  direction of the ball (dribbling/passing) from
  one side of the field to the other
• Use counter goals when playing 4v4 in practice

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Psychosocial Development (U10)

• Continued positive reinforcement needed
• Becoming more serious about their play
• It is becoming important to them to win games
  without adult ideas such as State Champions or
  league standings
• Peer pressure is significant
• Do not let them pick their own teams

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Training Session Guidelines (U10)

• Every child needs a ball
• First 15-20 minutes should be games that require
  various body movements with the ball.
• Second 15-20 minutes should be games with that
  involve players working in small groups.

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Training Session Guidelines (U10)

• Small group games to targets or zones (15-20
  minutes)
• 6v6 to goal (with GKs) (15-20 minutes)

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U10 Tactical Sign

• Awareness of Width Direction

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The Strikers Player (U12)

• Physical Development (psychomotor)
• Mental Development (cognitive)
• Social Development (psychosocial)

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Physical Development (U12)

• There is a larger gap in physical capabilities
• Growing Pains
• Osgood Slaughter
• Seavers Disease

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Physical Development (U12)

• Dynamic stretching should be applied before games
  and training
• Two/three minutes of running to warm the body up
• Followed by stretching while moving (dynamic
  stretching)
• Static stretching should be applied after games
  and training
• Light jogging and walking to cool the body down
• Followed by stretching while standing still
  (static stretching)

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Cognitive Development (U12)

• Most think abstractly and therefore better
  understand team concepts
• When we have the ball
• Groups of four
• When they have the ball
• Groups of four

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Cognitive Development (U12)

• Use guided discovery - no command coaching
• Command Coaching example Do this.
• Guided Discovery How can you do this?

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Psychosocial Development (U12)

• Beginning to develop a sense of confidence and
  values
• Incorporate life lessons into team activities
• Tend to be highly self-critical
• Continue to be positive.
• A more developed and complex sense of humor

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Training Session Guidelines (U12)

• Every child needs a ball
• Select a theme for training and progression
  through that theme
• Training should be no more than 90 minutes

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Training Session Guidelines (U12)

• Themes for training
• Dribbling for penetration
• Dribbling for possession
• Shooting
• Shielding
• Tackling
• Passing
• Receiving
• Show them when and where to apply your technical
  theme

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Training Session Guidelines (U12)

• Warm-up 10 minutes
• Fundamental stage 15/20 minutes
• Match-Related stage 20/30 minutes
• Match-Condition stage 30 minutes
• Cool Down 5 minutes

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Coaching Games (U6-U12)

• Wrong
• Frowns and fear (you and them)
• Nintendo Coaching
• Making players stay in their positions
• Screaming
• Implementation of goals to win at all costs
• Showing frustration or punishing creativity and
  attempts of skill

• Right
• Smiling faces (yours and theirs)
• Kids make the choices
• Players feel they can play freely
• Instructing is done through only positive
  reinforcement and praise
• Praising attempts to be creative and apply skill

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Coaches attitude during practice (U6-U12)

• Wrong
• No enthusiasm
• Negative
• No energy
• Frustrated
• Bobby Knight

• Right
• Enthusiastic
• Positive
• Lots of energy
• Patient
• Active
• Play leader

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Necessary Equipment

• Cones (30)
• Pennies (Enough in one color for one team and a
  few others in a different color)
• Spare balls
• Medical Kit

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Referees

• What would happen if you started to scream at a
  twelve year old stranger in the park?
• Just because they have a whistle does it make it
  right?
• Referees are giving back to the game without
  them, there is no game

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Safety

• Always have a basic med-kit. These kits can be
  purchased at Target.
• Ice packs
• Tape
• Band-aids
• Cellular phone (in case you need to call 911)
• Always have another adult with you

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Safety Nose bleed treatment

• Place the player in a sitting position with the
  head forward
• Apply pressure just below the bridge of the nose
• No sniffing
• Apply ice

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Safety Sprains and strains

• Rest
• Ice
• Compression
• Elevation

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Safety Heat Illness

• Heat cramps severe cramps in the muscles or
  abdomen
• Treatment A cool place, rest, fluids
• Heat Exhaustion the body cannot keep itself
  cool. Players are sick and/or dizzy. The player
  is sweating but the hands are cold and clammy
• Treatment Call 911, cool place, loosen clothing,
  rest and drink fluids

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Safety Heat Illness

• Heat Stroke the most severe form of heat
  illness, a life threatening emergency that
  requires medical attention.
• The bodys temperature is very high, sweating
  stops, their skin is hot and dry and the child
  may become confused or unconscious.
• Treatment Immediately call 911, get into a cool
  area, cool the player by dousing with water,
  loosen clothing, fan the player.

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Safety - Concussions

• Possible dizziness, headache, disorientation,
  ringing in the ears and vomiting
• Ask a question about
• The past
• The present
• The future
• Treatment seek medical care

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Safety

• Take CPR for your children, and for yourself

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Safety - Lightning

• Get off the field - - this is an order!
• Wait 30 minutes from the last roll of thunder.
• Lightning can strike up to twenty miles.

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You are important!

• You are role model for young children
• You control a portion of their time to play
  away from school make it feel like play time
  for the kids and for yourself
• You are keeping them safe
• You can make a lasting impression on their lives

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You are appreciated

• Thank you for all that you do, and all that you
  are going to do!