Here’s a really simple way to remember some of the key soccer coaching factors that are required in determining your team philosophy and run with it. Applying this philosophy to your youth team can be very easy, easier than you can think.

There are 6 factors; parents, coaches, excitement, selection, time and success windows which are required for an effective youth coaching philosophy.

Consistent Parental Guidance: During soccer training parental influence is very important for the mental and physical progress of your players, mainly on the match day. A brochure of the “parental responsibilities” at the beginning of the season is not enough. Regular meetings should be arranged with the parents to highlight the key points again and discuss issues.

New soccer coaches: An important part of the philosophy is that you should not only concentrate on development of the players, but also the coaches. Try and see if you can make one of your kid’s parents to become a soccer coach? They are the ideal candidates, not necessarily to start immediately, but may be in the future.

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Selection: One of the biggest reasons why players with great soccer skills drop out is non-selection. Studies show that players would rather get selected for a bad team out of the fear of getting rejected for a good team. Therefore, use a logical selection system which gives all players equal game time.

Time: Observe punctuality and tell the parents to be punctual as well. The start and finish times that are clearly defined make for an effective session.

Excitement: Is it absolutely necessary that all the soccer coaching sessions are entertaining? You must definitely try to make each session a delight for the kids but then, its not possible all the time. Hence, choose enthusiasm as a substitute.

When you train the kids, it is perfectly natural that coaches have problems coming up with different ideas on how to make sessions fun. Therefore, the biggest obstacle that coaches face is to be creative enough to bring about new drills every now and then.

In soccer drills, it is a good idea to keep increasing the level of difficulty every time. A method of doing this is to start a game, introduce a problem, and then find a solution of it in a drill.

Success windows: Make success windows a part of a season for every training session. This actually requires you to determine a lower limit and an upper limit of time with a view to measure the level of success that needs to be achieved.

As an example, time frame of minimum four and maximum eight weeks. This can be achieved for both the team members and the individual members.

Do yourself a favor and have a soccer coaching philosophy like this become a part of the development phase of your kid’s training once the basics have been covered. For more information, join our youth coaching community which has a collection of relevant material and resources on youth soccer.

Andre Botelho is the author of “The Expert Youth Soccer Coaching Guide” and he’s a recognized expert in the subject of youth soccer coaching. Learn  how to explode your players’ skills and make coaching sessions fun in less than 29 days! Download your free pdf guide at: Soccer Coaching Drills.

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