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Wednesday, November 26, 2008


Soccer Motivation: Understanding The Philosophy Of Coaching

Soccer motivation is perhaps the most important component of an effective youth soccer coaching.

In order to ensure that your players are motivated enough to win matches for you, there are certain levels of coaching philosophy that is important for you to develop and follow the same religiously.

For example, you should plan everything, keeping in mind the well being of the young players. Let the players know that you care for them. This will generate respect in them for you.

In order to develop a string comfort level with them, you should try to be friendly with the players.

Again, it is also important for you to understand that if you want to earn respect from the players, you should also learn to respect their feelings.

Teach them that soccer is a serious game and in order to succeed as a soccer player, it is mandatory for them to respect each other and play as a team.

In order to inculcate soccer motivation into your young players, you should focus on honesty and good sportsmanship.

Tell them about these attributes in a way that they should take it as mandatory attributes of a passionate soccer player.

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Monday, November 3, 2008


Teaching Youth Soccer: Speed Work Sessions Can Be Merged In Warm Ups

If you are teaching youth soccer, but do not have much time for the job, you will have to have a very creative and prudent approach so that you could train your players regarding the various soccer skills in little time with more efficiency.


For example, in order to make the best use of the time that you have for coaching youth soccer, you can include the speed work in the warm up sessions.


You just have to design and develop the warm up drills in a way that should include lots of speed work. Such strategies will bring dual advantages for you.


You will save a lot of time while the players will have practiced the warm up as well as have achieved some soccer speed skills. However, it does not mean that you have to use only the speed drills in the warm up session.


No, instead, you have to use variations as creatively as possible. Speed work must be included towards the end of the warm up session. I


t means that when you are teaching youth soccer, you should include the speed work in warm up session just as a part and not as a whole of it.

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