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Coaches Corner
AYSO Coaching Philosophy
AYSO philosophy:
Everybody plays - Open registration - Balanced teams - Positive
coaching - Good sportsmanship.
All that follows is an expansion on these ideas.
1. The coach is the most important AYSO
person for the kids:
- You have the most contact.
- You make it or break it for the
kids.
- The kids will have lasting
memories about how you treat them.
2.
Control the sidelines.
You are responsible for your own conduct, the conduct of
assistant coaches, players and parents. Most of them take their
cues from you. If you are yelling at the refs and players, they
will feel that it is ok to do so. You need to set the example
that all of the others will follow. Referees don't point out
your coaching mistakes. So, do not vocalize referee errors.
3. How invested are you in the team
winning?
It is not about you winning. It is about the kids having fun and
developing their skills. When you see a coach screaming at the
players, look to see if the kids being yelled at are having any
fun.
4. How to coach a game.
- Stay in the designated
coaching area. As hard as it is, remain relatively quiet.
- Don't choreograph the play.
Let them play the game.
- Do 80% of your coaching at
practice.
- Your conduct, mandated by
AYSO, is to be: positive, instructional, encouraging.
- Don't shout, "SHOOT!,
SHOOT!" or "KICK IT, KICK IT!" or "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!"
Offer minimal instruction to players who are away from the
ball.
Playing soccer is FUN.
Children love free-play. It enhances the development of
individual and cooperative DECISION MAKING, crucial to the
flow of the game. Adults can help this development by not
shouting negatively from the sideline. Shouting divides the
player's attention away from the action on the field. Allow
the children to make their own on-the-field decisions.
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