All too often I have met teams with coaches, who only stands shouting at their players, because they are way to focused on winning and not developing.
I have an appeal to these coaches, please resign from youth football or get involved. I don’t think you are involved right now, because you prioritize winning over development. I also think that you behave as a bad role model for these youngsters, when you just stand there and shout at them.
If you really want to get involved then you could attend coaching courses in your country or be active in seeking knowledge elsewhere, that can improve you to be a better coach and a good role model for these youngsters.
I am very sad on behalf of these youngsters, who are struggling with this type of a coach, because the child properly see football and shouting as the same. He/she will properly stop playing in an young age, because he/she doesn’t think football is fun, but only a matter of winning or loosing.
I think the keywords in youth football are “FUN” and “development”. If you don’t have fun playing football, then I think you could get tired of it and properly switch to another sport. You must always remember to talk and listen to your players and not only talk to them. Maybe the child could have been a future player for our national team.
But if you are having fun playing football, I think that you will develop, because fun and development goes hand in hand. I have experienced it with my own players. They are developing much faster, when they are having fun and at the same time find the training sessions challenging.
You have to find a balance between fun and challenging in your training sessions. If you make them to fun, the kids will not be serious and if you make it to challenging, some players will find the drills too difficult and not fun. The result could be “not developing”!
Of course you also have to treat youth football as a competitive sport, because later on when playing as a senior it is about winning. It is also healthy to make drills competitive, because kids also love to win. I tell my players, that by developing their skills, they will win games.
So, what is developing the right way? That’s a good question and I think it is personal. I have my view on the game and youth development. I don’t say my view and methodology is the right way to do it, but I believe in it and I have happy players, who are enjoying the game 100%.
Please leave a comment on what you think is the right way, when talking about youth development in the age 5 to 16.
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It always interesting to get a perspective on youth football from coaches around the globe. I agree with the emphasis on fun for the younger players.
Other factors that I feel are also important are giving the players the opportunity to make their own decisions in game realistic training siituations that they are able to recall in matchs and decide to do the same again or try something different. Also I like to ALLOW players to make mistakes rather than constantly correcting them. How many times have we seem a “mistake” in a game turn into a positive?
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An inetillegnt point of view, well expressed! Thanks!
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