Coaching Education - Recreational
Jamie will be sending out Coaching Education emails twice a month as one of his roles as our club Director of Coaching. The goal is to help improve and update our trainers and coaches with the most modern ways of coaching and player development so our players benefit from new studies, fresh training ideas and philosophies.
September 9, 2009
This is the first of many educational emails you will be receiving this year. I will be sending out Coaching Education emails twice a month from now on, as one of my roles as FSC Director of Coaching is to help improve and update the rec coaches with the most modern ways of coaching and player development so our players benefit from new studies, fresh training ideas and philosophies. Some of the ideas and activities you will like and others you will not. Please be open minded (an essential quality for a good coach) and try them out in your practice sessions.
Those of you who recently took your "E' License will see some familiar information on new, improved methods to teach players.
Attached is a lesson plan designed for U6 players, but is excellent for the novice player of any age. [ U6 Lesson Plan ]
Also attached is an U8 document that has lots of info on coaching 6/7/8/9 year old players. It is a fairly lengthy document but a lot of good info is on there so please be sure to take a look, even if you don't coach those ages.
[ U8 Dribbling ]
The informational attachment is an article about Guided Discovery by Sam Snow, Director of Education for US Youth Soccer. Sam is one of the top educators in the country and I personally learned a great deal from him at the National Youth License several years ago. Guided discovery coaching is a teaching method which gives the players more ownership of their learning and challenges them mentally. [ Guided Discovery ]
Here is a link to a full resource of coaching education and activities for training:
Finally, here are a few tips to coaching young players:
Coaching Tip 1: HAVE FUN! If your players do not have fun, they will not come back next season. Everything during a practice should be enjoyable for the players.
Coaching Tip 2: NO LINES...............NO LAPS......................NO LECTURES!
Coaching Tip 3: LET THE KIDS PLAY! Give players plenty of scrimmage time before and after the skill work in practice. Try not to stop scrimmage time as players just want to play soccer!
Jamie Wood, Director of Coaching & Player Development
Fishers Soccer Club
