Originally Posted by
plague
agian, going back to the SAP program. winning, and scores and results arent recorded by the association.
the reason behind this is that once again, as 9 year olds, their first touch and basic football skills are paramount.
the classic example is one club in particular having a reputation within the coaches of being overly physical and direct. this club wins many games but the football is garbage and the kids will get found out sooner rather than later.
now, having said that.
EVERY coach in the program is keeping score, EVERY kid is keeping score during the games, and they are desperately playing to win.
its no surprise though that the 4 best performing clubs in every metric so far have been winning the majority of their games, and developing a style of play that is really cool to watch. but in my observation I've never heard one coach from the 4 clubs EVER talk to their team mid match about if they were winning or losing.
people who want to do this for a living wont need any help developing the attitude to want to win.
the hope is that when they get that attitude, they have the skills and knowledge to do something about it.