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Post by Soccerhouse on Aug 31, 2015 7:44:37 GMT -5
Let me start off by saying I'm not a coach! I coached all my kids, until it was time to pass them off to the pros around u8 etc.
But these parents are killing me - a coach sits down and they complain, coach is too vocal and they complain etc. You can't win with some of these people.
I"m not for sitting, or standing, I'm for letting a coach be the coach and coaching with his/her style. Some scream, some yell, some sit and let the kids play. Whatever floats their boat, but let the dang guys coach! Yes, I'm not totally for the coach that screams and directs kids an entire game and I'm not totally for the coach that sits in a lounger on his/her cell phone, yes their is a happy medium.
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Post by stevieg on Aug 31, 2015 7:59:44 GMT -5
Agree - if the team is playing well and more importantly, following the tactics that were practiced, the coach is hopefully sitting back and watching. If the team is not playing the way they were taught, then I would expect the coach to be more active on the sideline to point out the deficiencies.
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Post by spectator on Aug 31, 2015 13:33:36 GMT -5
Honestly - by the time kids get to a certain age or level, any 'coaching' is done at practices not during games. The mark of a truly good well trained team is the lack of instructions given by the coach during a game. Correct and adjust when players come off the field for subs or halftime but any coach - at any level - that has to shout go here, do that, move there - in every single game isn't doing his or her job at training sessions.
My pet peeve is the coaches of the younger teams who constantly bark orders - good rule to follow - if the opposing team's parents can learn the first names of every player on the other team within the first ten minutes of a half, you are yelling too much. I swear a game my kid reffed last year, I knew the first name of every 10 year old girl on that field before halftime - their coach was barking orders the entire time. But to the OP's point, parents think that is good coaching - and if that team wins, they continue to drink that Kool Ade. Kids of all ages need to learn how to make the best decisions on the field - and part of that is learning from their bad ones - that may or may not result in an opposing team's goal. But you cannot find an Academy parent who isn't all caught up in winning versus teaching their kids how to play this game.
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Post by sidelinemama on Aug 31, 2015 15:02:00 GMT -5
So true, Spectator. And I always say those Coaches are coaching their team like they are playing a video game!
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Post by spectator on Aug 31, 2015 16:35:35 GMT -5
So true, Spectator. And I always say those Coaches are coaching their team like they are playing a video game! We had an old coach who referred to those types as Nintento Coaches. Exactly the reference you made - like playing a video game LOL
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