Laura M posted this comment last week about how she coached her son’s soccer team. Even though Laura knew nothing about soccer, her team did much better this year than previously.
I’ve been busier than usual lately because I’ve been ‘coaching’ my son’s 6th grade soccer team. I didn’t want to coach the team, but so many guys signed up this season they had to split the team in half, and there was no one available to coach the extra team.
To make it easier on me (I really know nothing about soccer) they kept most of the guys who had played previous seasons on ‘my’ team. These boys had lost almost every game they’d played before I began ‘coaching’ them.
All I did was show up to practices with the equipment. At every practice I asked the guys what did they want to do, what did they think they needed to work on most, what positions did they want to play and practice?
I let them make almost all the decisions for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
12-11-2007 |
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