Soccer Moms and Dads - No Coaching Please

If we REALLY want to help our children while they are playing on the field, let's leave the coaching to the coaches and take charge of cheering and hydratingthem. According to Mike Nicholson, author of coachingyouthfootball.org, "Some of the most creative players on the world stage today grew up playing street football. No adults making the rules. No rigid ‘if this happens then do this’ instructions. Just play. Trial and error. Improvisations. Messi, Aguero, Suarez … this list is long and compelling."

Read the whole article by clicking this: It's difficult, but we have to do this for our children's benefit.

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