2021 Premier Club SAP

[sapdad]

Getting back to the focus of Kids and development.

Seeing a number of games over the past few weeks in various age groups wanted to highlight a few things and see other peoples thoughts.

1) negativity - So many times i have seen negativity from parents and more importantly coaches. Things as simple as body language from coach or coaches can have a real impact on players. We need to remember we are building kids up to be not only quality little footballers but also growing and molding them as humans. Give kids negative feedback all the time is never a good thing. Too often you hear or see coaches telling kids that was "crap", saying they are disappointed in them or even throwing there hands up when things don't go there way/ slouched over and uninterested in there chairs when the game isn't going as expected. Kids look and see this they need to look and see positivity and feel encouraged to continue

2) Coaching techniques, i have seen coaches cheering and celebrating other teams/kids mistakes that is quite disappointing. Also yelling things like "whack them" & "Just boot it and chase it" is not focusing on learning to play football

what are everyone else thoughts and views they have seen this year?

My son has had both quiet and loud coaches.Ive never once thought any of them were out of line in the way they taught my son including the times when hes been dragged and spoken to quite sternly on the sidelines during games.He enjoys the dedication of his coaches and understands the overall point of coaches sometimes being loud.Ive certianly seen loud coaches who i dont think contribute much to the development of kids but luckily theyve been on the other bench.Crowds are getting worse I saw a crowd go really over the top after their team either won or drew level in the final minutes of a game through an own goal from the other team.The kids and coaches certainly didnt celebrate so the parents could have learnt something but obviously the result really mattered to them.