So,y oudot hemat h.Formanyofuspar ent s ,t our nament sandgamesar ef unf orust oo; t r ai ni ng…nots omuc h.But ,hows er i ousar eweaboutdev el opi ngourpl ay er s ? Ar ewe di s gui s i ngouradher enc et o“ pl ay erdev el opment ”behi ndagui s eofwi natal l c os t s ? Myadv i c et oy ou,aspar ent s ,i st oenj oyt hegameswheny ourc hi l di spl ay i ng,butdon’ tpus ht oat t endev er y s i ngl et our namentbec aus ei nt heend,i t smor ebenef i c i al f ory ourc hi l dt ogetqual i t yt r ai ni ngt hanpl ay3mor e gamesonaweek end.Lety ourc oac hesdowhatt heydobes t —t eac h/ dev el op/ t r ai n. Andf orc oac hes ,y ourgr eat es tc oac hi ngi sdoneont hepr ac t i c ef i el d… s ot eac h/ c oac h/ dev el opatt r ai ni ngand t hen,enj oywat c hi ngt hegame.Dur i ngt hef l owoft hegame,pl ay er smus tmak ei ndi v i dual dec i s i onsandc annot ors houl dnotr el yupont hec oac ht os ol v et hepr obl em.Coac hess houl ds etupapos i t i v el ear ni ngenv i r onmenti n pr ac t i c et ogui det hepl ay er sdur i ngt hepr oc es sofi ndi v i dual pl ay erdev el opment ,bot hi nt ec hni c al abi l i t yandi n dec i s i onmak i ng,pr ef er abl yatgames peed. Il ov et os eec oac heswhoar ec onf i dentenoughi nt hei rt r ai ni ngandc oac hi ngpr epar at i ont hatc ans i tbac kand “ enj oyt hes how”ongameday .Ial s ol ov et os eepl ay er senj oy i ngpl ay i ngt hegameandnotwor r i edabout “ mes s i ngup” …l et ’ sf os t erapos i t i v el ear ni ngenv i r onmentf orpl ay erdev el opmentandenc our agec r eat i v i t yand f unont hef i el d!
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