Replies to post #50 on Soccer Coaching Tips (SCT)

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GGraessle. Welcome to the board! Some excellent advice there.
I agree with most of what you said.
But sometimes you need to tell the player while he's on the field during a game.
Take my goalie for instance. I found out with all 3 of my goalies they need to charge the offensive player when he is coming in to goal area. Not let him play the goalie.
I tell them if you get scored on I don't care.
Just don't let him control you.
When my goalies charge about 98% of the time they stop the shot on goal.
When they stay in the goal they get scored on.
So when they forget to charge I remind them from the sidelines as I really can't wait until half time.
I understand what you are saying.
But done in the correct way I think the other boys can learn from other boys mistakes.
I like to always remind my boys when I'm correcting you it isn't because I'm mad at you, it's because I know you have the talent to play the game in such a way that you will excel in the game of soccer.

The travel soccer along with select softball is really getting out of hand imo.

The cost eliminates a lot of players who have the skills, but can't afford the travel costs, and all the other costs that go with it.

I find that to be a continuing dividing factor.

If your child isn't able to play against the best once they are at highschool level the other players who have over the years been able to do so have an advantage over that player.

The case of the have and the have nots.

It has become a big problem up here. I have read letters in the papers here about certain highschool teams being completely made up of all the same select players because the coaches were going to the select games and activities like that and it turns into a seperate community of people.

BTW. I like your 8 week schedule. Ours is to long and my boys attention span really starts to lag in last few weeks.