| Being a success as a soccer coach is a combination | | | | soccer. Teaching skills, techniques, and strategies are |
| of different things that make up who you are as a | | | | where your focus should be. If you lean to do that |
| coach. It means learning how to coach soccer by | | | | effectively, the wins will come. |
| developing small sided games and kids soccer drills to | | | | As a youth soccer coach you have the opportunity |
| develop your players skills and abilities, but it also | | | | to become a mentor to a group of young people. |
| includes your attitude toward the game and your | | | | You can teach them how to win and how to lose |
| players. | | | | gracefully. You can teach them what it means to be |
| As the soccer coach, you are the authority about | | | | a member of a team. You also have the chance to |
| the game to your players. They will look to you for | | | | teach them the importance of working for something |
| guidance about what they are supposed to do, and | | | | they want. |
| how they are supposed to do different things. They | | | | As your team progresses with their training, you will |
| will rely on you to be able to teach them how to | | | | be able to point out the areas where they are |
| properly perform a throw-in. they will expect you to | | | | starting to show success. It is your job to motivate |
| be able to teach them the offside rule. For that | | | | them, and to lift them up so they continue trying to |
| reason your quest to learn how to coach soccer will | | | | improve. While it is your job to point out and try to |
| never end. There are always new drills that can be | | | | correct mistakes, it is also your job to praise good |
| learned, and new techniques that need to be taught. | | | | effort, even when that effort does not achieve the |
| There is also the human element of coaching youth | | | | desired result. |
| soccer players. | | | | Learning how to coach soccer gives you a chance to |
| Too often coaches start to lose sight of what is | | | | be involved in kids lives. It is much more than |
| really important for a coach. Yes, wins are nice, but | | | | teaching them to play a game. There are important |
| there are more important lessons that can be taught | | | | lessons that can be learned on and off the soccer |
| than how to win. As a kids soccer coach it is your | | | | field. |
| job to teach your players how to play the game of | | | | |