I've always got about 200 pages to catch up on reading wise and today I got to this Twitter post that I copied into my to-read files from soccer coach Tom Hartley who asked the question in the title.
Like the players we coach, us coaches are also expected to upskill and improve on what we currently do which first takes a bit of reflection time and 100% honesty of where you're currently at, regardless if you're a 10yr coach or a first year coach.
The full thread can be found here but here's a quick list of what some of the responses were and hopefully you can identify some of them you already know you need to improve on and more importantly, some new one's you never thought of before.
- Moving away from correct-only tech
- Watching the 1st half instead of pacing to “see” the game (us/opponent etc)
- Not being too involved in training and observing more
- Less talking
- More ball rolling time
- Minimal cone involvement
- Positive-Negative-Positive feedback
- Allowing for 30secs of silence after asking a question
- Be more positive
- Less is more
- Limit jargon/code words
- Use game vision with players
- Stop blaming/looking at the referee's
- Find the correct coaching/learning point
- Stop using "unlucky"
- Allow mistakes to be made
- Think about where your athletes are coming from (outside noise like school etc)
- Time your talk time/set an alarm you go on for too long
- More practice time playing the game
- Involve parents in regards to what you’re doing and why
- Allow game pauses for team discussion
- Relate training themes to match day
- Explain to players what their roles are
- Realising your probably not as good of a coach as you think you are
- Letting go of toxic masculinity (tough-minded/arguing with referee's etc)
- Observe players on the edges of the play
- Coach 1 thing per training session
- Ask your team to create themes/goals for the season to create their own why and refer back to it most weeks
- Don’t give away the answer too soon/give them a chance to explore the environment/problem themselves
- Give 1 narrow coaching point at a time then focus on that for the next few mins
- Deliver what the players need/want as opposed to what you want
- No lines/lectures/laps
That's 32 (if I counted right) small changes that any coach can make in your very next training session that could potentially make a huge difference in how your sessions flow, player engagement and thus, player development between now and the end of season 2022.
If you need any clarification on any of these then just let me know.
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