Coaching Youth Soccer-Guides, Tips 

Coaching soccer requires many different attributes.  To coach soccer successfully you need patience, determination, humility, desire to learn more, the ability to lead your team and much much more.  You will also need to learn about the best ways to coach your players and how to progress them from one training stage to the next.  Being a soccer coach means being a leader.  In this section you will learn about some of the key concepts involved that are not covered in other places in this website. 

Good coaching in the opinion of this website does not mean training your youth soccer players like the pros.  It means coaching the players according to their age.  Creating an over all feeling of success above sportsmanship is not what this site is about.  We are about long term success both on and off the field, but doing it the right way.

In this section you will find tips and guides to help you coach your soccer team right. 

The definition of a coach is someone in charged of an athlete or team.  Good coaching means more than just winning. Don't think that just because someone wins all the time that that person is a good soccer coach.  Your team could be filled with a bunch of all stars that win every game because you have good talent.  This team could be winning despite your coaching.  another example of a bad soccer coach is one that has the talent but can never quite maximize the talent of his team. 

Here is a list of criteria that are important to soccer coaching.  This list is by no means all inclusive.  If you have other ideas please email me.

What makes and does not make a good soccer coach?

• Just because you have knowledge does not mean you have greater  ability than someone else.  It makes you a good soccer technician.

• The opposite of the one above is that you do need knowledge to be a great soccer coach.  You can't teach your athlete's the game of soccer or make the required adjustments if you don't know the game.

• The ability to teach is a key attribute.  If you have the knowledge but cannot translate that knowledge into action for your soccer players it is useless. From teaching how to kick a soccer ball to the proper 4-4-2 tactics, teaching the game of soccer is key.

• Patience! Sometimes there is nothing you can do to win games.  You simply will not have the talent.  That is not always your fault.  Through your knowledge of the game,  your ability to teach and your patience, the soccer team that you inherited will get better.  Remember soccer is a game. Yes, we all like to win.  But if you are patience, your team will grow, and players will get better.  Learn to instill discipline without being a jerk. 

• For you to be good at coaching soccer the ability to motivate will be required from time to time.  I like to look at sports this way.  To be good at sports you require good soccer abilities,  physical attributes and good mental faculties.  If one of these is out of tune for your whole team, your ability to win the game will diminish.  Occasionally your team will not have the mental focus required to practice well or play well.  In order for the equation to be complete and for you to be an even better soccer coach, you will need to motive the team to perform well.

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