Lightning McQueen wrote:cracka wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:Phantom Gossiper wrote:That's what training is for..
You haven't coached little tackers then mate. It's pretty hard to keep 20 eight year olds focussed on training drills at the same time, on game days you have to set goals for the little fella's to try and achieve and to try and reward your better players to include the lesser players in their plays.
My lad's team has about 6 or 7 outstanding players and they could just keep the ball amongst themselves and score plenty of times. it's trying to make sure they get the other kids into the game that is the key.
It's like anything really, match day practice, getting the kids to have the confidence in themselves to go and get the ball in a match opposed to training.
The level 1 coaching course has nothing to do with what you have just said. It's aimed at U13's up.
An U8 coach should focus on it being fun before setting goals for the kids to achieve.
I never once mentioned level 1 coaching course, correct, it's aimed at setting up training drills and keeping records of improvements.
As for the rest, I'll agree to disagree, too many times little Johnny only plays because mum and dad want him to play, these kids slow the progression of the rest of the group.
I've coached from under 6's to seniors over the past 15 years and it's each to their own, I make it fun for the kids and they learn along the way.
I think you may have come into this half way through it as Level 1 coaching accreditation for a modis coach is the base of why I started this whole conversation.
You are probably the perfect person to answer this as you have coached modis & done the course as have I.
Should a modis coach have to do the Level 1 accreditation or is an introductory coaching accreditation sufficient. Personally I think the introductory course is sufficient as the Level 1 is aimed at U13's & up & doesn't have anything to do with coaching modis IMO.