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Diary of a U10 Coach - Part I - 6:

Part I, First Scrimmage:"I guess I'm going to be my daughter's Coach!"
Part 2,First & Second League Game:"I am trying to appear carefree and nonchalant,but I am unsure how successful I am."
Part 3,Third & Fourth League Game:"Chaos ensues and in the confusion, the other team is shooting shot after shot at our goal. Yikes!"
Part 4, Fifth & Sixth League Game:"...on the field, our fastest player is learning to look up and pass the ball! That alone allows me to overlook my poor management of substitutions and feel good"
Part 5, Nineth & Tenth League Game:"The proud smiles of their parents make the efforts of training the team all worthwhile."
Part 6, Eleventh League Game and Final Practice:"This is not the result of some highly skilled trainer but of a regular guy who committed to the basics of soccer at the beginning of practice."

Questions from "Dave" & Responses from Koach Karl:

New! Coach Dave moved up to U12 #7 - read about his experiences!
Coach Dave #8 - Team Spirit - I took the opportunity of the game to emphasize team spirit - if you recall there has been some infighting -they handled this great. We all spent the game cheering our teammates on no matter what they did. Read More...
Coach Dave #9 - Encouragement is Best - you must be careful as to which players you chose to embarrass. What you did can be a devastating experience for a young player who lacks self-confidence
Coach Dave #10 - Building on Their Strengths - I simply asked them if they had a fancy move to use and asked them to use it in the one against one games and the short-side and regular scrimmages.
Coach Dave #11 - Repetition is the Key to Success - This time, we had much more time for the 1 v 1 games (also, for these more advanced, I encouraged them to follow the defensive “pattern” if they were going to receive the serve - this too worked pretty well).
Coach Dave #12 - The Dream Sequence - The one thing that I did differently (Thanks, Karl!!) was instead of trying to organize the small-sided games for the kids, I just told them who was playing where and let them set up their own fields and get things going themselves. It worked great.
Coach Dave #13 - Tired coach = Distracted players! -The girls are able to read body language and lack of enthusiasm and they will take advantage. Every normal child will test what your limits are and if you are tired then your limit will be extremely low. This may also set the precedent for future practice behavior
Coach Dave #14 - Throwing Mud - Bad Behavior Situations - If they are not busy then they will have time to ‘sling mud!’ Your goal is to keep the players active either: Laying out their fields or Moving after the ball.
Soccer Dad "I'm Stressed Out" I'm a volunteer coach (my son's team which is a U15 this year) for our competitive soccer club, having begun as a U11 coach as a complete rookie. While I've learned a lot and now hold a D license, I STILL feel like a newbie.

Coach TG : Laying out their Enviornment with "Follow Me, Ducks" - I can't get the boys to understand how to lay out their small fields in preparation for the 1 1, 1v1.

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