Let me show you a neat way to remember a few vital Soccer coaching factors that are instrumental in ascertaining your team’s philosophy and fulfilling it. Using this philosophy for your youth team can be very practical; and simpler than you may think.
The 6 essential factors which are required for an effective youth coaching philosophy are; 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. It’s not enough just to provide the parents with the brochure, “parental responsibilities” at the beginning of the term. Meetings with the parents should be set to discuss the concerns and reminding them the important points.
Upcoming soccer coaches: Your philosophy should emphasize the importance of development of the coaches along with the players. Assess and see if you can turn one of your kid’s parents into a soccer coach? They would be the best candidates, not required in the beginning, but might be an option for the future.
Selection: The greatest reason for players with great soccer skills to lose interest 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. Thus a logical system which provides the players equal game time should be used.
Time: Start the session on time and tell the parents to be on time as well. When you define the start times and finish times clearly, it helps you deliver the session effectively.
Excitement: Is it necessary that every soccer coaching session should be fun? Make an effort to make each session an enjoyable one but do not forget that it is not possible to each session like that. So adopt “excitement” as a substitute for this.
At the time of training the kids, it is valid that coaches face problems with ideas on how to make training 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.
With soccer drills, it is necessary that you increase the challenges for the kids so that they grow. A method of doing this is to start a game, introduce a problem, and then find a solution of it in a drill.
Success windows: Make an effort to create a success window for the season as an important part of your training. This means that you must 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 instance, time frame of minimum four and maximum eight weeks. This can be worked out for both the team and individual members.
Favor yourself and have a soccer coaching philosophy like this become a part of the development phase of your kid’s training once the basics have been covered. If you would like more such knowledge and resources, subscribe to our youth soccer coaching community.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Andre Botelho is the author of “The Expert Youth Soccer Coaching Guide” and he’s a recognized expert in the subject of youth soccer coaching. Learn how to explode your players’ skills and make training fun in less than 29 days! Download your free pdf guide at: Soccer Drills
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