Communicating On The Soccer Pitch
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The Importance Of Communication In Soccer
Recently, I saw a youth coach set up a 4v4 game with some under 6’s. Some of these kids were totally new to the game,
others had some experience.
Now, you know as well as I do that at this age it’s all about enjoying having a kick about. Nothing too serious or heavy
because that last thing we want to do is put of little ones by being too aggressive.
The coach, in all his wisdom, presumed that the kids understood football commands like ‘throw in’ and ‘free kick’.
Of course when the ball went out of play the kids all followed the ball as if nothing had happened and carried on whilst the
coach chased behind screaming ’stop!’ ’stop!’ ‘throw in!’ ‘throw in!’
Very amusing for the parents but you could see the coach was getting a bit aggravated. (more…)