Category Archives: Positive Criticism
COACH-SMARTER BLOG MOVED TO NEW SITE!
Please go to coach-smart.com/soccerblog to access our new and improved blog. As we grow as a resource for soccer coaches, we want to provide the best coaching advice available. Our new blog will continue to post helpful information, videos, articles, … Continue reading
Filed under BALL CONTROL AND MOVES, OR HOMEWORK, BEGINNER COACHING INFO, Brazil, Coach Interviews, Coaching Philosophy, Communication, Decision Making, Discipline, Flow of Practice, Free Kicks, FREE/STYLE!, Futsal, Game Days, Girls Soccer, Goalkeeping, Indoor Soccer, Mental Preparation, PARENTS INFO, Positive Criticism, Psychology, Small-Sided Games, Speed of Play, Tactical Games, team building, Technique, Tournaments, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18, U-6, U-8, Uncategorized, Urban Soccer, WARM UPS
DURING GAMES, LESS IS MORE
Why and How Coaches Should Leave Games to the Players Over-coaching, or over-instruction, plagues American Youth Soccer, not to mention many other sports. The intense atmosphere of games often causes coaches to try to control their players’ every movement. “I … Continue reading
Filed under BEGINNER COACHING INFO, Coaching Philosophy, Communication, Game Days, Positive Criticism, Tournaments, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18
POSITIVE INSTRUCTION
A Beginner’s Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer Gives Useful Tips on Staying Positive At Practice Today, Coach-Smart.com published a handy Beginner’s Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer. The guide aims to serve as a concise and informative instruction manual to help … Continue reading
Filed under BEGINNER COACHING INFO, Coaching Philosophy, Communication, Game Days, Positive Criticism, Psychology, U-10, U-6, U-8
CRITICISM SHOULD COMMUNICATE, NOT CRUSH
What Every Coach Should Know About Criticizing Players Coaches take vastly different approaches to criticizing their players. Some coaches nit-pick constantly during practices, some not at all. During games, some coaches “instruct” their players to tears from the sidelines. Some … Continue reading
Filed under BEGINNER COACHING INFO, Coaching Philosophy, Communication, Game Days, Girls Soccer, Positive Criticism, Psychology, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-18, U-6, U-8, Urban Soccer
