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How to be a Successful Youth Soccer Coach | Coaching Tips

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Youth Soccer Coaching Tips

Coaching requires more than just designing plays for free kicks or creating team formations. It involves a huge responsibility as parents entrust their kids with you. It's advised to coach your youth soccer team like a PROFESSIONAL.

Tips for the Soccer Coach

Have FUN! Positive interaction with the team will get the kids to respond more and it is vital that you make the game fun for the players.

Be FAIR. It's a coach’s primary job to ensure each player gets equal game time and they get to play each position.

Be POSITIVE. Being positive sets a strong wavelength for all players and sets a standard for the team.

Ask for Parent Involvement. Taking help from parents during practice will get them involved with their child’s play and will be especially helpful for younger players.

Focus on TEAMWORK. It is important to make individual strong players and to ensure that happens it's important to emphasize on teamwork.

Set GROUND RULES. Set ground rules with kids and parents before a season starts. Their sideline behavior, practice timings, notify the right person for absentee, etc.

Know what to practice. Take coaching courses and improve your skills and knowledge from other experienced coaches in the market. This will educate you and deliver strong results on the field.

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How to make training sessions more competitive

The most important party of making an effective soccer practice session is to make it more competitive by paying close attention to detail. Focus on each individual's role in the team and help them perform tasks that are challenging for them individually. Work your way towards the large group after you've focused on each individual player.

Listed down below are some ways you can make your practice sessions more competitive for the athletes:

  1. Prepare them for mental situations by setting up imaginary situations and assigning a specific role to each player.
  2. Present the players with new and advanced challenges.
  3. Set up 1 v 1 competitions where players will play head to head.
  4. Make the athletes play small sided games that focus on specific tactics that you want your team to improve on.
  5. Set up large group games where players are taught the importance of working in a  team.
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