Soccer News
16 June 2014
Five Signs of a Nightmare Sports Parent
Check out this latest article from Responsible Sports by Coach Candera on overbearing parents:
I decided to ask some former players a simple question: “What is your worst memory from playing youth and high school sports?”
The overwhelming response: “The ride home from games with my parents.” More...
15 June 2014
Wisdom from Michael Jordan: Want to win? Get ready to lose...
Check out this quote from the best basketball player in history:
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan
28 March 2012
Preparing Kids for Tryouts, and Rejections
Responsible Sports published this guide to helping kids through the tryout process.
Tryouts can be very tough on youth athletes. We know that tryouts are part of the youth sport experience at some point during a youth athlete’s career. (To be sure, we acknowledge the debate about when tryouts – at what age and what level – should begin.) Tryouts are one of the many experiences in youth sports that prepare us for similar situations in our adult lives – college applications, job interviews, church choir auditions, and for some even professional auditions.
09 January 2012
Why Ice May Be Bad For Sore Muscles
The New York Times discusses an article in the journal Sports Medicine which suggests that for sore muscles, ice is not always the panacea that most of us believe it to be and that, in some instances, it can be counterproductive. The bottom line: don't ice if you're planning on exercising or playing again right away.
Check out the full article here.
21 December, 2011
Put Best Coaches at Youngest Ages
Check out this interview with Mustang's Fred Wilson on his views on soccer coaching and the different needs of the different age groups:
"...you put your best coaches with the youngest ages. Those coaches know how to run a practice where the kids are learning but their minds are on how much fun they’re having."
10 November, 2011
The Power of Positive Coaching
This article was originally published on the New York Times website:
by DAVID BORNSTEIN
Imagine you’re coaching a big soccer game, against an undefeated team that has beaten your team in all your previous matches. Your 11-year-olds are playing well and are ahead. Then, in the closing minutes, the official makes a bad call that goes against you and, because of it, you lose. After the game, the parents of your players scream at the official. The kids are disappointed, looking up at you. What do you do? More...
10 November 2011
Sideline coaching -- Dump the GPS and let the kids drive
This article appeared originally on Youth Soccer Insider by Scott Nelson.
While observing U7 games a few seasons ago I got into a conversation with a disgruntled parent. It turns out that this parent was constantly being told to stop coaching from the sidelines by the team's actual coach. This parent felt justified "getting involved" from the sidelines because, he explained, the designated coach of the team "wasn't coaching enough." More...
