This is a video podcast of my personal Youth Sports Parent Communication Issues that I have gone through over the last 30 youth football seasons. In this first episode of this multi part coach and parent communication issue series, I review a big issue for youth football coaches; parents yelling and coaching from the sidelines…
First games are always tricky. I set my expectations lower than regular season games that I scout and get information on the opponent. This way I am happily surprised by the potential win or even if it is a close game. Losing the first game is not a season killer. Even though you may have…
My wife and her family are always asking me what do I want for Christmas and my birthday since my birthday is close to the holidays. As a youth football coach, I always need certain football supplies each season and things I would not ordinarily buy myself although I love Amazon Prime. Esther, my wife…
This is the age old argument; Talent vs Coaching. I just read USA Football’s article In high school football, does good coaching trump talent? by Stephen Spiewak which got me thinking about talented players in pee wee youth football ages 6 to 12. How much does talented skills players mean to a youth football team? Well, a ton. …
As a youth football coach with over 20 plus pee wee football tackle seasons one of my biggest frustrations is players and parents late, especially to games. Don’t get me started on late to playoff games or Super Bowls. A recent USA Football article, Always plan to be 15 minutes early’ is true for players and…
I am so surprised each season, when parents come up to our coaching staff and explain why their child will not make practice for half the season and miss some games because they are playing another sport which overlaps with our Football season. The parent will let us know that when they signed up their…
Coaching youth football is not as easy as it sounds or looks. It is like herding cats; pee wee players, their parents, your coaches, the league and fans. So many issues to deal with during a youth football season while coaching youth football teams. Many youth football coaches make it hard on themselves by doing…
When you think you can’t, you really can if you work hard and stay focused on the prize. The 2017 Spring KYA Football 12u Senior season was one of my most challenging youth football seasons to coach in all my 20 plus seasons coaching tackle pee wee football. Even before the Spring season started, the…
A few of my readers asked me to discuss youth football league organization and my thoughts on what works and might not work. I’ll try to do my best and review league organization based on leagues that I have coached within both in Select / Recreation youth football and some youth baseball and basketball leagues. First…