Information For Coaches
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Parents Letter/Getting Started |
A few things to cover at your initial parents meeting/first practice:
- My primary focus for the season will be ...
We will strive to learn to ...
We will focus a lot on....
- Please cheer for your child,
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Winning is everything... There's no prize for coming second... If winning isn't important, why do we keep score?
Heard these cliches? Of course. But, in the context of youth development, how important is winning a game?
Clearly, if you are going to play a game,
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Everyone involved in soccer coaching needs to understand what children want from their 'ideal' soccer coach.
Most importantly, it is important to treat children with respect and not as if they were objects. They like you to listen and take notice of their feelings and opinions.
A recent
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Age Appropriate Guidelines |
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5-6 Year Olds - Five and Six year olds can't play competitive team sports. They lack the experience to understand cooperative play and the real meaning of winning and losing. Here soccer is a means to an end, a way to introduce social and motor skills to young children who are just beginning to experience the world outside of home and school.
Some of the children
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In your role as a soccer coach, you need to communicate effectively with a lot of different people: your players, parents, grandparents, officials, other coaches, etc...
All of them have different agendas and need communicating with in different ways.
The Players
Communication with
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Golden Rules of Team Discipline |
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Team discipline is crucial to the overall success of any team endeavor. Not only do disciplined teams perform well on the field, but, if teams are able to maintain good discipline both on and off the field, the overall soccer experience is far more positive for all involved; parents, players, coaches and administrators.
In fact, maintaining
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How To Manage Soccer Parents |
You can minimize the number of times you have to deal with an angry or upset parent by following these guidelines:
- Have a parent meeting before the first practice to discuss your plans and expectations for the season. Encourage questions from the parents and let them know that you have given a lot of thought to how you're going to coach their children.
- Express appreciation
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Coaches 4 Year Olds
Coaches 6-7 Year Olds
Coaches Minor Boys Senior Girls
Coaches 5 Year Olds
Coaches 8-11 Year Olds
Coaches Kicker Boys Minor Girls
Coaches Application
Coaches 3-3-4
Coaches 4-3-3
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Coaches Code
Teach the love for the game
Winning is desirable, but winning at any cost defeats the purpose of the game
Losing can be a triumph when the team has given its best
Officials and opponents should be treated and regarded with respect
Official decisions should be accepted no matter how unfair they may seem
The ideal is the greatest good to the greatest number
In soccer as in life, treat others as you would have them treat you
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Weather for Green Bay |
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54F
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Weather Policy
The decision to cancel a game due to weather rests solely with the referee and is made at the field at game time. In the case of 4 year olds and 5 to 6 year olds where no referees are on-site, the coaches will decide whether the game should be cancelled.
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