Tag Archives: coaching kids
Coaching Youth Parents
I am not trying to be funny with the title of this post. In today’s environment, a youth coach must pay as much attention to the players’ parents as much he does to the players on the field. Unlike my … Continue reading
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Assisting to be a better Head Coach in Youth Football
You must learn how to serve first to be a great leader. I’ve always heard that philosophy but I was not a true believer until this football season in Keller Tx just North of Ft Worth. I moved to Keller … Continue reading
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More Reps! No standing in line for youth players
Its football season again in Texas. The heat is melting my brain under my Dallas Coyboys Cap, the cow pastures they call practice fields are hard as concrete and my tan is better than it was in Colorado. Not that my … Continue reading
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Favoritism in Youth Sports
Since my last favoritism post is the most read and the post I get the most email about, I thought I would try and answer some of the emails in this post. I agree that there is favoritism at all … Continue reading
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Coaching Youth Football
I love coaching youth football and other youth sports. It amazes me the spectrum of coaches. I guess I should not be surprised since the majority of us are parent volunteers. And some of the unlucky few, defaulted into the … Continue reading
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Bad Motivational Technique
Last week, I heard from a fellow pee wee coach from another youth football league across this great football nation. He wanted to let me know about a motivational situation on one of his friend’s teams that went wrong. It seems … Continue reading
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Desire the Ultimate Equalizer in Youth Football
“The main difference in most youth football players is desire. It’s about 2/3 of the essence of football.” The above quote is from John P McCarthy’s Coaching Youth Football book. I don’t recommend the book, unless you are a rookie … Continue reading
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Minimum Play Players, Favoritism, & Parents
I planned to write about defense today, but I received an email last night which begs me to address minimum play players, favoritism and parents in today’s blog post. My coaches and I rank our players each week and use these rankings … Continue reading
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