Sometimes as a coach, you realize you can only push your team so far and they have to push themselves to really improve as players. The question is, are the risks worth it to try and get them pushing themselves. How can you get them to do that? Here’s the story of a team taking some risks to improve. Will it work? Only time will tell.
Entries Tagged ‘classic’
Promotion and Relegation in Youth Soccer
The NC Youth Soccer Association recently eliminated the use of promotion and relegation to form U11 through U13 divisions for the state’s top travel teams. Soccer Dad takes a look at why this decision may have been very short sighted.
Pros and Cons of Travel Youth Soccer
There is an interesting thread going on over at Talk On The Pitch about the pros and cons of travel soccer for U10 age players. I see a number of search referrals for ‘Pros and Cons of Travel Soccer‘ both here and at TOTP. Even locally I know a number of long time Rec parents [...]
