Random thoughts. I could probably turn each of these into a posting!
It's such a blessing to have an assistant coach who I can bounce ideas off of, cover for me, take groups of players to work on specific skills, and who can handle disagreements graciously.
Need to work on set plays more often, earlier in the season. Even taking 10 min 2x per week in August would help. Ran across a couple of people that can design some plays and workouts. Need to use those resources more.
Having JV players is a lot of work during the time of season when it's hardest. When everyone is sprinting and doing basic ball stuff it's okay. When we move to more position specific training, then it's hard. But the JV guys are fun - I saw so much energy and potential there. Was worth the effort.
On Sept 15 get a couple people to help with JV work outs.
Need to design more drills that are position specific.
There are people that help to lighten the emotional and mental load, need to reach out to them more. It's a tough season even when winning.
Having a parent to help manage the bench during a game really helps.
Started having players do push ups when they can't do the drill right. Need to start having the whole team do them. They are a team.
I gave a copy of all the workout plans to the graduating seniors - a 135 page document. The idea is that they may have an opportunity to give back some day and having a list of everything we did would be a helpful reference. There are certainly better training materials out there, but that's what we did and hopefully will provide a reference point. The act of writing things down in that document and this blog really helps me to sort things out.
Working on leadership with the captains went well, needs to be a continued focus.
Loosing our center back from last year was a big impact. I was surprised how big an impact. Need to think about how to minimize that in the future.
I spent 15-20 hrs a week. That's a lot and does impact life. There are things that just don't get done and not necessarily trivial things.
Coaching can be a lot more than just teaching guys how to play soccer. I always think this is about just soccer. Problems and opportunities can go way beyond soccer.
It's funny, blogging during the season is hard.
Working on relationships with other coaches is so important. True story: in 2010 met the Corning coach and played against him for two years. Worked on that relationship. He moved on to a church and school near Binghamton. My son's fiance wanted to get married in a church near Binghamton and guess who was the pastor of the church they wanted! Fun story but it's more than that. At the All League game I was working with two other coaches on field assignments and we had a blast talking, figuring out positions and telling stories from the season. What a blessing. So pay attention in the meetings, reach out, and stay in touch.
Don't assume you'll coach each year or even next year. Stay focused on this season and see where the Lord leads. Be good with that.
Started having players do push ups when they can't do the drill right. Need to start having the whole team do them. They are a team.
I gave a copy of all the workout plans to the graduating seniors - a 135 page document. The idea is that they may have an opportunity to give back some day and having a list of everything we did would be a helpful reference. There are certainly better training materials out there, but that's what we did and hopefully will provide a reference point. The act of writing things down in that document and this blog really helps me to sort things out.
Working on leadership with the captains went well, needs to be a continued focus.
Loosing our center back from last year was a big impact. I was surprised how big an impact. Need to think about how to minimize that in the future.
I spent 15-20 hrs a week. That's a lot and does impact life. There are things that just don't get done and not necessarily trivial things.
Coaching can be a lot more than just teaching guys how to play soccer. I always think this is about just soccer. Problems and opportunities can go way beyond soccer.
It's funny, blogging during the season is hard.
Working on relationships with other coaches is so important. True story: in 2010 met the Corning coach and played against him for two years. Worked on that relationship. He moved on to a church and school near Binghamton. My son's fiance wanted to get married in a church near Binghamton and guess who was the pastor of the church they wanted! Fun story but it's more than that. At the All League game I was working with two other coaches on field assignments and we had a blast talking, figuring out positions and telling stories from the season. What a blessing. So pay attention in the meetings, reach out, and stay in touch.
Don't assume you'll coach each year or even next year. Stay focused on this season and see where the Lord leads. Be good with that.
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