Help Offered for Soccer Coaches

Soon, many children across the country will take to the field and begin playing soccer. Along with the children, will be parents who have volunteered their time to coach. Many new coaches will be find that are unprepared and overwhelmed for the task. On the website CoachYouthSoccer.com, the following soccer coaching tips are offered.

(PRWEB) August 13, 2005 -- Soon, many children across the country will take to the field and begin playing soccer. Along with the children, will be the parents who have volunteered their time and effort to coach. This may be a childs first experience in organized sports. As well, for many parents/coaches, this season will be their first experience with coaching soccer. Many new coaches will be find that are unprepared and overwhelmed for the task at hand and soon will be asking themselves. "Why did I volunteer for this?"

Fortunately, there are a number of soccer coaching resources available for todays new coach. Unfortunately, many of these coaching guides are geared more towards older players and are not applicable to coaching younger soccer players. Drills and coaching methods for older players just dont work with younger players. Trying to explain a drill or simply convey a message to a large group of 4-8 year olds is very difficult.

On the website CoachYouthSoccer.com, the following soccer coaching tips are offered:

*When coaching young players, the coach should remember that all the Players and Coaches Should Have FUN! A coaches #1 goal as coach should be to have the players want to come back and play next season!

*Be Ready & Organized - Have your practices mapped out so you will be able to go right into the next drill without making it up on the fly.

*Have a Plan, but be flexible enough to change the Plan if it's not working. Some things will work some days, some will not. Have a few extra drills ready. They may be needed.

*Seek out Volunteers (Parents). The More the Better!

*If the Players do not understand, YOU are explaining it wrong! Try explaining it another way.

*Keep the Players and the Action Constantly Moving. When Young Players are standing around, they will get disinterested and lose their focus.

*Do not Overwhelm your Players with complicated Drills. Break Down concepts/drills into SMALL Manageable Portions. Young minds can only process so much information.

*Remember to Keep Your Sense of Humor.

*Remember to Keep Your Sanity - It's Only a Game!

Also offered on the CoachYouthSoccer.com website are books that will surely help any coach (new or old) coach more effectively.

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