Coach's Corner
Taking on coaching a youth soccer team is no small task. Hopefully you can use this page as a resource for your coaching duties.
The Coach/Parent Relationship (from the US Youth Soccer on Positive Coaching)
As a Positive Coach, you want to help your players develop as athletes and as people. Likely your closest allies in that effort will be your players’ parents. Any well-meaning parents will want the best for their children, and they know a Positive Coach can provide a great deal on and off the field... ...Of course, there also may be challenges inherent in the coach-parent relationship. After all, each of your players’ parents may be concerned with only their own child, while your concerns must extend to all players on the team…and to the team as a whole. As in so many other aspects of Positive Coaching clear communication goes a long way toward accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative. First step is a pre-season parent meeting for all your players’ parents (This is an excerpt. Read more of the article here) |
Links/Resources
7 Traits of a Great Youth Soccer Coach
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