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Watching the last game of the season a couple of Saturdays ago I realised there were things that coaches did that annoyed me and that with a few words of advice i could change.
The coach in question got his under 12 players to turn up half an hour before kick off, as he should. His warm up however I realised had always irritated me because he had three lines of five players and he scuttled around passing to each in turn who shot at goal. Over the course of about 20 minutes the coach had around 50 touches of the ball and was well and truly warmed up while the players had a few touches each and were standing around with the cuffs of their shirts pulled tight over their hands talking about TV or school, anything but focus on the game.
I also realised why it wasnt until the team had played for 10minutes or so that they got into the game. I talked to him about it, he was surprised by my thoughts but promised to change. So why didnt I do this earlier in the season??
What annoys you watching from the touchlines? Are there things you would and could change?
Dave Clarke, Editor of Better Soccer Coaching Head Coach of Soccer Coach Weekly blogging at Soccer Coach blog
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| I suppose what annoys me is what annoys most coaches and spectators - and probably players too. Loud mouthed parents "coaching" their children. By all means praise and support, but don't they realise I've just spent months trying to get little Johnnie to play a certain way?
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I know what you mean. Little Johnnie receives the ball in defence and the parents chant as one "clear it" when in fact you would rather he took his time and didn't just give it away again. You can't win a game if you don't have the ball.
Dwyer
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| I know that this isn't what you are asking for but I have found that my most effective 1st warm-up for my team are a few small games of keep away. I limit their touches to 2 or 3, keeping the group to a max of 5. They all get a lot of touches, they start talking, they act and re-act under pressure and they learn how to defensively apply pressure without over committing. We do this for about 10 minutes before we break up into either a three person weave or some more passing exercises. As far as sideline behaviour, my parents have all signed a behavioural contract that I got from PCA. It details what is acceptable language and behaviour by those on the sidelines. I really appreciate it because it allows me to focus on the game not on the parents watching the game.
Coach Andy CV Wanderers, U-11G Class III
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| Codes of conduct aside, I have found if you speak to the parent and point out that in training Johnny was asked to play in a particular way and practiced it well, and now there is a danger that Johnny will get mixed messages BUT if the parent encourages him solely by encouraging/praising 'relaxing on the ball' or 'head up and look for the pass' (whatever you rehearsed) then this will benefit the team as a whole - it always works, they either shut up or get onside with you.
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| Codes of Conduct definitely get my vote. Feel free to check ours out at www.calgaryrangers.com, under Club Info. Full credit to a soccer association in Saskatchewan, who gave us permission to adapt theirs. It definitely spells out what we can expect from our players, parents, coaches, age group coordinators, etc. With respect to pet peeves from the sidelines, I hate loud-mouthed coaches and parents who yell mostly negative stuff. To be sure, sometimes there are occasions when you need to tune your kids in to what they're doing wrong on the pitch, but like everything else in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do that. On the pitch, my biggest pet peeve is poor sportsmanship, such as when kids refuse to fetch a ball that's gone out, even though they're much closer to it, instead leaving it for the opposing team that's won the restart. As a variation, I've even seen kids who do fetch the ball, only to see their opponents throw it in or take the kick before they've returned to the field. As an O45 player and a goalkeeper, there were two occasions last season when I ran a considerable distance to retrieve a ball behind my net that was to be a corner kick, threw the ball to my opponent, only to watch him take the kick before I was back between the posts. Unbelievable!! Where has the sportsmanship gone?? Now, if I have any doubts, I'll yell to my opponent as I toss or kick him the ball that I expect him to wait until I'm in position. How sad is that?
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| Wanderers Coach's keep away game works well for me too. As he says keep the group small and they get plenty of touches and good communications going. We'll look at publishing a parents code of conduct in the very near future.
Dwyer
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| pet hates that could be changed, kids getting their parents to pay crazy money for their boots.
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Tricky that one. All the boys in my team are wearing these very expensive boots. By the time i've bought my sons boots i'm left looking in the bargain bucket for my own. Not only that I got my eldest some Adidas boots that cost £150, he got a niggly calf injury that wouldnt clear up and the doctor said it was his boots and he had to cut a bit out of each heel!
Whatever happened to plain black moulded studded boots from Woolies?
Dave Clarke, Editor of Better Soccer Coaching Head Coach of Soccer Coach Weekly blogging at Soccer Coach blog
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| On that point, does anyone have information on what kind of boots kids should be wearing? Remember the debate last year about whether or not blades were the cause of the dreaded metatarsal injury? £150? Yikes! Do clubs recycle their boots for youths and minis? In our club we usually donate boots to the coach to pass onto new players coming through to save them forking out for new boots in case they don't take to it. Obviously you can't do this for older players.
Dwyer
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