Soccer Coaching
Links:
Here are some suggested coaching sites.
Coaches are requested to contribute other lessons
they have learned from their own players, this way we coaches can share ideas.
Updated for yearend 2009 season with several new
ideas....
What I Have Learned From You
I've coached for 16 years and players have taught
me many things
These are a few things that you taught
me...
1... A kind phrase of praise gives a better boost of
energy or relief
of pain than any drug that you may be tempted to
take
2... When you are hurting inside or outside... sooner or
later you will get over it............choose sooner
3... A true teammate will give extra effort to make you
look good,
knowing that someday you will do the same for
them
4... It's ok to make what you think at that time is a
mistake ...
later you will learn it was just a stumbled step on the
path to
improvement
5... A team is only as good as its weakest
player... try to help that
teammate improve and you will also get better
while you help them
6... If you are not as skilled as another player, you can
still be as
good with verbal support and good
positioning.
7...Watching any other good player or coach will help to
give you ideas to improve your own skills. Practice imitating their moves and
soon you will be just as good.
8 ... A true leader leads by example and a great
player tries just as hard in practice as in a game.
9... Anger is natural in sports & life but it will
drain you ....so
as soon as possible replace it with positive thoughts and
actions to improve the situation.
10... To remember something important, make it
into a funny phrase... If you forget how to do this, just ask someone smart like
the wise Chinese soccer players Look Say Do and Far Side Low
11... Accept, with enthusiasm, assignments that you are
given. Perform well and eventually you will be rewarded with even more
appropriate positions.
12...When you step onto the soccer field you can forget
about any other problems in your life and enjoy the game with the opportunity
for fun , excitement , new achievements to share personal and team
bests.
13... The score is the least important part of the
game... being able
to play and improve your personal and team skills are far
more important as well as the feeling that you have done the best you can
do.
14... On the field and off, be more than a spectator, get
involved by watching ahead of you, to the side and behind you. Be like Mr.
Swivelhead and he will show you the present, your past and possibilities for
your future. Otherwise your life will go by with many missed
opportunities.
15... Not everyone in your life, including
opponents/parents/coaches will let you do what you want to do at that time.
There may be an appropriate reason that is not obvious or cannot be explained at
that time.
16..."You meet the people in your life that you are
supposed to meet when you are supposed to meet them." "When the student is
ready, the teacher will appear."
17.... You will have your parents/ teachers/
coaches / teammates/ opponents in your life for exactly when and for the right
amount of time to gain the knowledge that you need to know from them. Respect
them and they are more likely to respect you.
I hope and believe that I was the right coach/ teacher
for you this season for you to learn what you need to know. You were definitely
the appropriate team for me to have this year.
Thank you for making me be the best I can be
too!.......Your friend
and coach.... Cam
Submitted by Cameron Lindsey clindsey@sympatico.ca
