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Coach From Experience
Soccer Coach Weekly Issue 299
Soccer Coach Weekly is published by Green Star Media Ltd, Meadow View, Tannery Lane, Bramley, Guildford GU5 0AB, UK.
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Managing Director Andrew Griffiths
I always remember when I was struggling to cope with delivering sessions in my early days, a very experienced academy coach said to me: “There are no failures, just experiences and your reactions to them.” It’s a great piece of advice. My right hand man at training is fairly new to coaching and he, like you, works very hard at getting the right sessions and delivering them to some of our younger teams. But he gets very nervous and if the kids haven’t understood what he wants them to do, he moves right on to another session and tries that. Understanding is vital to a session, both for the coach and the players – often it takes time for the players to get the session you are delivering. We were well into the session last week and I could see the players looking at one another slightly lost. “It’s not working, Dave,” said my right-hand man. “You said it was a 15-minute exercise but time’s almost up and they’re not grasping it.” I told him to hold fire and managed to block out the murmurs of the watching parents who were keen for me to move on to something else. But I wanted to show them one more time that this could work. It’s never easy watching kids struggling with a concept, but I couldn’t give up on this with them so close. I tried giving two players some extra encouragement – sometimes that’s all
In this issue...
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SCORE MORE GOALS
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STRIKER
What to do if your striker goes on a dry run to match Fernando Torres
This drill gets your players razor sharp in front of goal
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THE GOLDEN BOOT
A fast-moving training game that encourages shooting
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TAME PROBLEM PARENTS
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DOMINATE POSSESSION
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“Watch the players and use your own coaching knowledge” it takes. And sure enough, within 30 seconds, they began to ‘get it’. And more than that, they started having fun. The session was working and they wanted to carry on, because part of the fun was ‘getting’ the session. Within a further 10 minutes they were making it look easy, which was exactly what I wanted. “Okay,” I shouted, “it’s a wrap!” And guess what? They didn’t want to stop. Some players began to move onto a small-sided game, but a good number were still running the passing sequence. I initially planned this as a 15-minute warm-up, but it had ended up filling the majority of the session! I’m always amazed when coaches tell me they ran a session with 15
8 THE CONDUCTOR
An exercise to help players win the ball and retain it
minutes of ‘this’, then 20 minutes of ‘that’, and another 10 minutes to finish, because that is what it told them to do in the session notes. Sure, following that principle helps you keep control of your session, but it won’t allow you to develop your players with any spontaneity. Don’t keep looking at your watch just because it says 15 minutes in your session notes. Instead, watch the players and use your own coaching knowledge to judge what to do next. Trust me, the results can be fantastic.
David Clarke
TIP OF THE WEEK
9 FIVE PASSES
A possession game to help your players improve that final pass
10 SOCCER GEAR
Need a goal for 9v9 football? Try a portable solution
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SOCCER SURGERY
Your coaching questions answered, including the sensitive issue of swearing players
12 THE BIG DEBATE
If you see that one of your teenage players is upset, do you tell his parents?
Size Matters In training, changing the dimensions of the field is a quick fix to many problems. Making it larger gives attackers and midfielders more space to show their skills. Making it smaller helps defenders by reducing the amount of space they have to cover.
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Score more goals
From this
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Torres enjoys the scoring touch after a dry spell
How To End A Goal Drought Every striker will go a few games without scoring, so to stop weeks turning into months you need to work on getting your player finding the net again as soon as possible
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hen Fernando Torres left Liverpool for Chelsea in January 2011, the Stamford Bridge faithful were expecting a torrent of goals. But despite costing £50 million, what they got was a shadow of the player who scored 81 goals in 142 games for the Reds. With just one goal coming from his first 14 appearances, Torres was struggling. After all, no player has more weight of expectation on him than a striker. And the longer that striker goes without scoring, the weightier the expectation becomes. That’s certainly the case at the top of the game with thousands of people watching you and judging your performance each week. But consider too the pressure on your young striker, who might believe he’s letting down his teammates, his parents and himself. Of course, there are plenty of mental tricks you can do to talk a
player up, but there is nothing better than getting him back in the habit of scoring again. Torres knows this. “A striker always wants to play,” he said earlier in the season, “and if you play more, you have more chances to score and you have more confidence.” He couldn’t have been more right. Torres got back in the scoring habit after being reunited with his former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez in November, scoring seven goals in the six games before Christmas. “He’s a striker,” agreed Benitez. “He needed to score goals. The team is doing well, he’s having more chances, and he has more confidence as a result.” But Torres knows it’s his continued hard work that will ultimately help him to banish any talk of another goal drought. According to the man himself, it’s all about “training better and harder, playing better and
harder – and scoring more goals.” So to help any misfiring strikers along, we’ve got a fantastic shooting exercise called Striker (p4) plus our brilliant Golden Boot game (p5). The next time the goals dry up for your strikers, give them a go and see if you can stop a dry spell from becoming a drought.
Words by:
Kevin Barrow Activities by:
David Clarke
“I’ll always think back to really good points in my career, like when I scored in 10 consecutive matches for Bournemouth, or the exhilaration I had when I scored my first England goal” - Jermain Defoe, Tottenham Hotspur and England striker on restoring confidence Issue 299
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Striker Sharpen up your players in front of goal with this devastating attacking practice that gives them so many chances to shoot they can’t help but score
WHY USE IT
This session will put a stop to wasted chances up front. It allows your players to experiment with their technique and get used to hitting the target with a snap shot or when finishing off a move.
You start with a pass to first player at A, who shoots at goal (first time or with a touch to control), then runs around his cone ready to make a diagonal pass
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SET UP Use the penalty area of the pitch you play on or recreate it with cones. The session uses nine players plus a keeper. You need lots of balls, bibs, cones and a goal. You needs to start each sequence with the first pass from off the pitch.
B A The moment A shoots is the trigger for B to dribble the ball through the cones and shoot before he gets to the penalty spot
After shooting, B then runs behind column C and down the wing. He places one of the waiting balls ready to cross
HOW TO PLAY Split your group into three even lines A, B and C and start with your pass to A. Run the drill as described and the players should work at a quick pace, speeding up as the session progresses. Keep a count of the number of shots they take in 30 seconds and try to beat it each time.
TECHNIQUE
C B A While B is running to the wing, player A passes diagonally to an advancing C, who shoots at goal To finish, A and C take up position to try to score from a cross by B
Players should use their arms for balance and plant the standing leg next to or slightly behind the ball, striking it just below the centre. Coaches should look for players to use different parts of their foot (or their forehead with shot four) and make the correct runs with good delivery of passes.
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C B A At the end of the sequence the players collect their balls (hopefully from the back of the net) and each player joins the back of the next line: A to B, B to C and C to A
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The Golden Boot This quick and exciting shooting game makes your players work hard and think fast in order to beat the keeper and win the Golden Boot
WHY USE IT
If your players lack confidence in front of goal, this activity is aimed at sharpening their shooting skills and will give them dozens of chances to score.
The coach serves balls in at the start of the game. Here the player is alert to a short ball away from goal, runs to it, turns and dribbles before firing a shot at goal
SET UP
Place two penalty areas together with a goal across the middle (with no net) and a keeper in place. You stand outside the area with a set of balls.
HOW TO PLAY
Players compete against one another and can score in either side of the goal. When a goal is scored, the ball remains live, so the next goal can be scored by a player immediately returning the ball from the other side of the goal. Whoever has scored the most after five minutes wins the Golden Boot.
When players are challenging for the ball it will often run loose so other players must be alert to pick up rebounds, miscued shots or balls deflecting from challenges
When a player shoots from one side and scores it can immediately be fired back at the goal for another goal
TECHNIQUE
Players are encouraged to shoot on sight. Those not in the ‘live’ half of the pitch need to decide whether to move closer to the ball or remain where they are, anticipating a chance to pick it up. Each man is for himself, so any players dwelling on the ball will be quickly tackled. Deflected goals still count for the player who shoots, so there’s little reason not to pull the trigger! It will be a tiring session for the goalkeeper so change him frequently.
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As soon as the ball goes out of play the coach serves another ball in. Try changing the angle and the height of the serve so players can head or control on their chest
Changing the angles also gives the keeper a chance to catch the ball or save it. If he catches or saves he throws the ball back to the coach
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THE ART OF COACHING
Tame Problem Parents In Six Steps The law of averages suggests that with every team you’ll have at least a few parents who are likely to disrupt the smooth progress of your players. If you want a trouble-free season, follow our six-step plan to taming them… STEP 1 SET OUT THE RULES
STEP 2 SIGN THEM UP
STEP 3 HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS
Call a meeting of parents at the beginning of the season and set out your ground rules, explaining why certain kinds of behaviour are not acceptable. Good communication is essential to preventing disruptive behaviour and you have to let all the parents know exactly what is expected of them throughout the season.
Turn your ground rules into a formal Parents’ Code Of Conduct, outlining the kind of encouraging behaviour that you would expect from a touchline parent and the kind of disruptive conduct that you would not. Send the parents a copy and ask them to formally sign the document to show they agree to abide by the rules.
Better-informed parents are much better behaved so try and hold regular meetings and keep everyone updated with the progress of the team and the rules of the game. Talking to parents before each season is essential but talk to them at the end of every session or match as well and reference their child’s contribution.
STEP 4 GET THEM INVOLVED
STEP 5 BAN THE SHOUTING
STEP 6 TALK TO THEM ONE TO ONE
Encourage disruptive parents to attend training and help them to understand the reasons behind your decisions. They’ll hopefully get to understand your philosophy on such things as competitive football and equal playing time. Also try to involve them more in putting the team together. If they feel they are really a part of the set-up, they are less likely to be disruptive and more likely to behave and set an example.
If some parents are still acting like every match is the World Cup Final, put a stop to over-competitive shouting at matches. Then talk to the parents as a group and ask for positive, measured comments to all aspects of play. Let them know that if any of them have a suggestion or notice a problem – during a match or at any other time – they are free to discuss it with you in private.
If you feel that a parent is continually undermining the harmony of the team and refuses to take any notice of your rules, you must avoid having a confrontation in front of the players at all costs. As a last resort take the competitive parents to one side and tell them they are destroying the harmony of the team. Make them aware that they need to either shut up or leave. Actor Ray Winstone makes a convincing angry soccer dad!
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DOMINATE POSSESSION Xavi helped Spain to average 60% possession at Euro 2012
Keep Hold Of The Ball And Win Games Your team will dominate matches if you can teach your players to win the ball and then make them understand how to keep hold of it
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hen Manchester United were beaten 5-4 by Chelsea in the cup earlier this season, Sir Alex Ferguson didn’t have to be told where the game had been lost. Leading 3-2 in the dying seconds of normal time, it was United’s inability to keep hold of the ball that cost his side the match. “We gave the ball away for the third goal having been in complete control,” he said afterwards. “All we needed to do was see the game out with good possession.” Possession has never been more talked about in an era that has witnessed Spain achieve a hat-trick of major international tournament victories and Barcelona’s famed ‘tiki-taka’ style dominating European football. This success has been built on a close passing possession game and
both sides have enjoyed some of their biggest moments playing without the advantages of a traditional lofty target man at the front. But as Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said last year: “It doesn’t matter how big or small you are, if you don’t have the ball you can’t score.” This rule applies whether it’s at the Nou Camp or on the local recreation ground. If you can get your team to retain possession of the ball it will take the sting out of a match – and it will be your players dictating the tempo of play, while your opponents are left chasing the game. “Treat the ball like it’s made of gold and never let it go,” said Sir Alf Ramsey to his players before England faced Brazil at the 1970 World Cup. Over 40 years later his words still ring true – and to help you develop this
skill for possession football, we’ve got an exercise called The Conductor (p8) that will teach your players to win the ball and then keep hold of it. After they’ve perfected the session, they can then try Five Passes (p9), an interesting activity aimed at helping players add an end product to their beautiful possession play.
Words by:
Tim Ward
Activities by:
David Clarke
If you are better than your opponent with the ball you have a 79 per cent chance of winning the game” - Manager Brendan Rogers on his philosophy of possession football Issue 299
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The Conductor If you want your players to learn how to win back the ball and retain possession, just follow the instructions of the ‘Conductor’
WHY USE IT
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Players can get great experience by analysing a game as it is being played. This is a simple defence game – if players can work out the best positions for defenders to be in to stop attacks, it will help them when they are in that situation in matches.
Divide your players into two teams with one player on each side nominated to be the defensive ‘Conductor’
Sweeper/ conductor
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Sweeper/ conductor
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SET UP
This is a 3v3 game but each team should also have a defensive ‘Conductor’ to shout instructions. Create a playing area of 30x20 yards and place the Conductors in a five-yard zone at each end. You need balls, bibs and cones.
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The Conductor stands off the pitch and will communicate positional instructions to his teammates, telling them where to go to defend the end zone
Begin the game with the coach putting a ball in play and the team receiving it must try and take it to the end zone
HOW TO PLAY
While it’s the players who must stop the opposition getting to the end zone, the Conductors are in charge of the defensive tactics and use just verbal communication to direct team-mates. If players succeed in getting into the end zone a point is awarded to the attacking team and play is restarted with a pass from the end zone to a team-mate attacking the opposite end.
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Conductors on both teams must react to the changing situations on the pitch. Here the defending team has won the ball and is counterattacking
The defending Conductor reacts to the position of the ball by calling out instructions to his players
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TECHNIQUE
The Conductors will learn a lot by watching and controlling their teammates. The Conductor must provide verbal support with instructions such as: “get tight”, “someone support”, “get goal side”, “show inside” etc.
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Five Passes Try this game to give your players the incentive of a little goalscoring end product to their possession. It will teach them when to play forward and when to shoot
WHY USE IT
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For your team to be successful in getting the ball into shooting positions, they must find a balance between exploiting space and not losing the ball. Patience is the key – keeping possession and delaying that scoring pass can often result in a better chance.
Play starts with either keeper passing to the six-player team
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SET UP
Create an area measuring 40x20 yards. Play 6v4 with 12 players including two neutral keepers. You need balls, bibs, cones and goals.
HOW TO PLAY
The team of six needs to make five passes before attacking. Once reaching five passes they can start looking for an opportunity to attack – but when ready they must attack the goal in the other half of the pitch from where the fifth pass was received. The team of four try to win the ball back and counterattack into either goal. Teams can score in either goal, so no offsides.
TECHNIQUE
They must observe the five-pass rule before attacking the goal at the opposite end to the one the fifth pass was received in
Play can move quickly from one end to the other after five passes have been made and the overload gives plenty of options in attack
The team of four tries to intercept the ball when possible
Players should recognise when to play forward and move to support the pass. They should play quickly to take advantage of the space from the overload situation. This means awareness of space is crucial. Coaches should look for players switching play or bringing the keeper into play.
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When they get the ball, the four can attack either goal straight away. The five-pass rule does not apply to them
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SOCCER GEAR So portable, the Samba 9v9 goal packs into a bag
Samba Portable 9v9 Goal There are many 16ft x 7ft goals on the market for the new 9v9 game, but we take a look at one budget-priced portable solution that is proving quite popular
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ollowing the FA’s Youth Development Review, many football clubs and councils have been left with the problem of trying to implement the changing pitch dimensions and smaller goals that have come with the move of U11 and U12 football to the 9v9 game. Although some teams have already begun the migration, when the changes become compulsory next season, it will leave many clubs looking for a 16ft x 7ft goalpost solution for just these two year groups. For those clubs not in a position to give over a permanent pitch for the 9v9 game, one of the most sensible solutions can be found with the Samba Match Goal. It is extremely affordable
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and has a recommended price of £315 a pair. Not only is it fully portable and freestanding, it is highly flexible and can be used on any surface. After the game it can be simply packed away into a storage bag that will fit into an average sized family car. Most coaches agree the changes are for the good of the game, but it seems that Samba Sports actually played a part in the initial decision to settle on the 16ft x 7ft goal size. According to Samba’s Jeff Tipler, the FA’s original preference was for a six-foot high goal. “I explained we’d been making a 16ft x 7ft goal for years,” he said, “because some children are actually quite tall for their age and they stood a chance of hitting their head on a six-foot crossbar, which they wouldn’t at seven-foot.” According to Tipler, Samba supplied a set of goals to the FA, who recruited Myerscough College to run a feasibility study. “They did three months of testing,” he says. “Not testing the goal but testing the contribution of the players on the pitch and at the end it was proven that
16ft x 7ft was the goal size required to take the 9v9 game forward.” There are now many portable and permanent goals on the market, with various companies supplying the growing demand for the new size. To help clubs, the Football Foundation has a funding scheme available, offering grants of 50 per cent of the cost of the goals for the 9v9 game. Although the grant window is currently closed, it is due to reopen again in March 2013.
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Chris Hunt Product Test by:
David Clarke
Samba Match Goal SCW Head Coach David Clarke recently tested one of the Samba portable goals. This was his verdict… The Samba match quality football goals are made from high impact uPVC and will stand up to the hardest of shots, reacting like ‘in the ground’ posts. Having spent hours putting up and taking down all sorts of goals in all sizes in the past, this set up is by far the best. They are sturdy and didn’t move an inch in high winds. The goal comes with the Samba locking system and as the goal parts are assembled, they click and lock into place to ensure they won’t come apart during play. To unlock you just press the locking button and pull. I would recommend these to anyone wanting high quality and sturdy goals for matches or training. AVAILABLE FROM: thesoccerstore.co.uk for £150 per goal
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Soccer Surgery
Your Questions Answered THIS WEEK: Advice on how to deal with swearing players and an expert opinion on the best half-time snacks and drinks for match day
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As coaches, we should feel it is our place to set standards of behaviour and to act as role models, but if you’re clever, you can get the players to reduce and eliminate this behaviour themselves. Have the players work in small groups to discuss and note down what they believe are appropriate behaviours in certain circumstances, for example at practice and at games. Talk about attendance, punctuality and how they feel when a team-mate criticises their performance. Listen and write key points on a flip chart. Then ask them how they would like to be treated by you. Is it acceptable for you to shout and/or swear at them? If not, then highlight that maybe they should not swear at others. Remind them that foul and abusive language is actually against the laws of the game and could result in expulsion. Gather all this feedback into a Code of Conduct that they themselves have devised. Have them all sign the flip chart as their commitment to their team, then take a digital photo and email a copy to them all. This should get individual and collective buy in, will make them all jointly responsible for the behaviour of individuals and the team, and will have given them personal ownership rather than you dictating what they must do. Answered by Steve Phythian, a Football Development Officer at Sussex County FA. Steve also coaches Patcham United Under-12s.
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of my players is out of control! They swear at each other, at me, and even at the referee at times. How can I get them to behave?
The perfect half-time snack?
Q “ What half-time drinks and snacks are best for my players on match day?
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The days when a couple of slices of orange were considered the optimum half-time treat are well in the past now and have been for quite some time. Times have changed and we now know that the fructose content can actually cause stomach upsets – hardly the distraction your 10-year-old wants when he’s bearing down on goal and looks like scoring. So if you’re looking for a half-time snack that will help your team, here are three surprisingly good alternatives…
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Jelly babies/jelly beans – for a quick sugar fix these are fun, quick and relatively light. And what child would turn them down? Combined with a drink of water they will get your team through the second half.
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Fig rolls – simple sugars help to counter carbohydrate depletion while the
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electrolytes (in the form of sodium and potassium) keep muscles firing. Fig rolls may not be a kid’s favourite snack, so if players really don’t like the taste or texture tell them it’s what they eat at Manchester United
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Hot chocolate – the old-fashioned cup of tea at half-time isn’t maybe such a bad idea, when you think of its rehydrating effects combined with a caffeine hit. But for kids, you might have similar success with a hot chocolate or cocoa drink, given its sugar, fat and cocoa content. And if you’ve any left over, there’s something to keep you warm on the touchline during the second half! Answered by Stuart Galise, a Chartered Physiotherapist and Nutritionist with clinics in Bath and Bristol. For more info: www.physioimpulse.co.uk
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THE BIG DEBATE
Do You Tell His Parents There’s A Problem? THIS WEEK’S DEBATE: One of your 15-year-old players becomes upset in training for no apparent reason. When you ask why he’s upset, he won’t reveal what’s troubling him. He pleads with you not to tell his parents. What should you do?
DON’T TELL HIS PARENTS…
TELL HIS PARENTS…
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Lynsey West
Darren Sparshott AFC Lightning, Nottingham
West Leeds Whites
“If you don’t tell and the problem spirals out of control you’ll be reneging on your responsibilities as both an adult and a soccer coach”
“If you tell his parents you will have betrayed his trust. What does that do to your relationship with the player? In short, it’s over”
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There are any number of reasons why the child could be upset but at the end of the day he is a child and he really needs to be treated as such. You would certainly report back to a parent the general behaviour of any other 15-yearold – someone you saw throwing stones at a window for sake of argument, or picking on another lad. So why should this be kind of incident be any different? Teenagers will pretend they know best and that they can handle situations in the same way that adults do, but they’re still kids. They sometimes don’t possess the maturity or the intelligence to handle a lot of the more serious issues in life. That’s why 15-year-olds are still living at home with their families – they wouldn’t survive
in the big wide world and need a little bit of protecting. If you don’t tell the lad’s parents and the problem spirals out of control you’ll be reneging on your responsibilities as both an adult and a soccer coach. Part of the remit of being a coach is that parents put trust in you to look after their child and protect his wellbeing. That’s an unwritten rule of being a coach and one that you need to take very seriously. In reality, this is exactly the sort of incident where a coach needs to fulfil his duty, and it’s arguably more important than any soccer training. Whatever the problem is, if it’s serious enough to reduce a grown lad to tears, it’s probably serious enough for you to act on it.
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At the age of 15 he’s right on the cusp of when a child becomes responsible for his own life. Technically he is still a child but you’re not talking about a 10-year-old here. If there are 15-year-olds who have weekend jobs and responsibility over younger brothers and sisters, they’re probably of the maturity to know when they want a problem run by their parents and when they don’t. If the lad had wanted his parents’ input, he would have gone to them himself. Kids can be emotional creatures, particularly teenagers. Don’t tell his parents and don’t take what you’ve seen too seriously. I think you need to delve deeper into the facts before making any bold decisions. The player may not be willing to let you know what’s
happening, but you should at least be able to get a fair idea of what sort of problem it is. Alternatively, give things a few days and see how things sit the next time you see him. The problem might well have blown over by then and you’ll be back to normality. This has happened to me a couple of times – I’ve worried over the situation for 72 hours while the lad in question has dealt with the problem almost immediately and moved on! If you tell his parents you will have betrayed his trust. What does that do to your relationship with the player? In short, it’s over. And if he tells his team-mates you abused his trust, it will destroy the rapport you have with the rest of the team too. There’s a lot more at stake here than just one player’s wishes.
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Here are the results of a poll we ran in a previous issue of Soccer Coach Weekly, when we asked the question: Should you let your two keepers decide which of them plays a whole game?
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