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re: Nerves as a Coach
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:34 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:34 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
absolutely! i coach a lot and get way more nervous that i ever did as a player. I guess it's because i want them to succeed/be in the best position and best prepared.
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:36 pm to fr33manator
I call confirm that travel ball name popularity is very real.
There are a shite ton of Braxton's out there IRL in Louisiana.
There are a shite ton of Braxton's out there IRL in Louisiana.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:38 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
I coached soccer from like U-8 all the way to high school levels for a couple years.
Every practice, I wrote down a schedule, and shared with players before they ran to begin practice.
Didn’t care about winning necessarily at youth and jv levels. Just wanted to teach the “game”.
The fundamentals. The “plays” (offsides trap, overlap, positioning, etc).
At varsity, obv winning came into play.
Every practice, I wrote down a schedule, and shared with players before they ran to begin practice.
Didn’t care about winning necessarily at youth and jv levels. Just wanted to teach the “game”.
The fundamentals. The “plays” (offsides trap, overlap, positioning, etc).
At varsity, obv winning came into play.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:41 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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Am I crazy or is coaching way more stressful than playing?
Only for coaches of losing teams. As the DC of my son's K-2nd flag football team, we have the best D in the league when it comes to points allowed, and I have no nerves on game nights.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:41 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
I helped coach a football for 5th and 6th grade....had to call plays for a half one time - much harder than I anticipated and I sucked at it...the dad that normally called plays got there and it was night and day
coached 8-12 baseball and that was a breeze, went back to coach pitch for my younger one and that was tough
coached 8-12 baseball and that was a breeze, went back to coach pitch for my younger one and that was tough
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:43 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Yes, coaching youth soccer has turned me into an alcoholic. 
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:43 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
You're taking the committment serious and just trying to be a good coach. It's perfectly fine. Go for it.
Some people may tell you that you take it too seriously. Let them.
You do what you can to elevate your kids, coach 'em up, love them and then see how well you can get your team to play.
I coached for a long time and loved every minute of. Make as many memories as you can and enjoy it. Time goes by quickly.
My coaching days are done now and I sometimes wish my boys were still playing, so I could coach. I miss it sometimes.
Some people may tell you that you take it too seriously. Let them.
You do what you can to elevate your kids, coach 'em up, love them and then see how well you can get your team to play.
I coached for a long time and loved every minute of. Make as many memories as you can and enjoy it. Time goes by quickly.
My coaching days are done now and I sometimes wish my boys were still playing, so I could coach. I miss it sometimes.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:44 pm to BamaCoaster
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Didn’t care about winning necessarily at youth and jv levels. Just wanted to teach the “game”.
The fundamentals. The “plays” (offsides trap, overlap, positioning, etc).
At varsity, obv winning came into play.
This gets lost in 2024. Too much trying to "win" at younger ages and fundamentals don't get taught. Or if they do, they are specific to winning at a certain age level that don't translate to older age levels. You did it right.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:45 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Yep.
I had the opportunity to coach 5-6 year old basketball this year. About 30% of the players liked playing and wanted to win. The other 70% didn't really give a shite. We practiced once a week for an hour. The attention span was approximately 20-30 minutes, at best. We would get to the game and our kids looked like they had zero idea of what was going on. No matter how many times we practiced a situation, once the game started it was like they were seeing it for the first time. Not surprising, we lost all but two of the games.
Some of the games were just complete arse kickings. I never cared about the W/L record, but in those games it didn't even look like most of our kids wanted to be there. The reality is, they didn't. They were just playing because their parents wanted them to. But I always felt so bad because I felt like I wasn't giving them a chance to compete or getting through to them. I didn't care that they lost. Just at a loss in trying to figure out why they weren't getting what we were teaching and how I could do better.
Then my child played on a different team. A team with kids that actually wanted to play the sport. The practice was not that much different than mine. It's just the kids on the team wanted to be there and learn.
Sports aren't for everyone. Especially when kids are young. And no matter how much to try to teach and encourage, if they don't care they don't care.
I had the opportunity to coach 5-6 year old basketball this year. About 30% of the players liked playing and wanted to win. The other 70% didn't really give a shite. We practiced once a week for an hour. The attention span was approximately 20-30 minutes, at best. We would get to the game and our kids looked like they had zero idea of what was going on. No matter how many times we practiced a situation, once the game started it was like they were seeing it for the first time. Not surprising, we lost all but two of the games.
Some of the games were just complete arse kickings. I never cared about the W/L record, but in those games it didn't even look like most of our kids wanted to be there. The reality is, they didn't. They were just playing because their parents wanted them to. But I always felt so bad because I felt like I wasn't giving them a chance to compete or getting through to them. I didn't care that they lost. Just at a loss in trying to figure out why they weren't getting what we were teaching and how I could do better.
Then my child played on a different team. A team with kids that actually wanted to play the sport. The practice was not that much different than mine. It's just the kids on the team wanted to be there and learn.
Sports aren't for everyone. Especially when kids are young. And no matter how much to try to teach and encourage, if they don't care they don't care.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:46 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
I used to obsess over lineups, matchups, stats, etc for the 11-12 year old rec teams I coached.
This year I was watching the games as a spectator, and I felt really silly for taking it so seriously then. It’s not that serious, and they simply aren’t very good at baseball.
This was rec ball, but even with travel ball, most of these kids don’t have a future in baseball, so it should be about making the present as enjoyable as possible.
My advice to you is to step back and realize that, while yes, you need to take it somewhat seriously (out of respect for the game and the kids and parents), in the end it’s really not worth worrying about that seriously.
This year I was watching the games as a spectator, and I felt really silly for taking it so seriously then. It’s not that serious, and they simply aren’t very good at baseball.
This was rec ball, but even with travel ball, most of these kids don’t have a future in baseball, so it should be about making the present as enjoyable as possible.
My advice to you is to step back and realize that, while yes, you need to take it somewhat seriously (out of respect for the game and the kids and parents), in the end it’s really not worth worrying about that seriously.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:46 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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Has anyone else found that they get way more anxious about youth sports that they are coaching than they ever did as a player?
Yes, but that's because I'm pitching. As to the performance of the kids? frick no.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:48 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
At the age you're talking about, teaching them fundamentals as the baseline before they start to really grow is far more important than preparing them to win. My daughter's soccer league (5 yo thru 7 yo) requires all their coaches to have played at least the college level. They straight up told us before the season started "do not expect to win games. Usually at this age, there's one or two kids that are just bigger and faster and just outrun the others. We focus on teaching them how to play the sport because when they catch up physically, they will have the fundamentals down and those handful that were just better at the beginning end up being behind"
They should be having fun. If they catch the ball and start jumping up and down, let them. The world is way too serious as it is.
quote:Do not think about this. At all. Kids that age are not remotely capable of retaining that kind of information.
it really bothers me when we get beat because I didn't have them ready for a certain situation or a certain play
They should be having fun. If they catch the ball and start jumping up and down, let them. The world is way too serious as it is.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:57 pm to HottyToddy7
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This gets lost in 2024. Too much trying to "win" at younger ages and fundamentals don't get taught
One thing our team does which I am very proud of is that all players play both ways during the regular season. Once we get to playoffs we have a group that plays both ways, a group that only plays defense and a group that only plays offense. Most teams in the league play to win regardless of player development from the jump but that's not how we see it. A guy will never be able to catch a pass if you don't let him try it. A guy will never learn to pull a flag if you don't let him try it. Once we get to the playoffs, everyone still plays but in roles that we know they can succeed at. We usually go into the playoffs seeded lower than we "should" be but we also have guys ready to play at any spot if their number is called.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:04 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
quote:just hand it to the fast one and let your kid who is definitely the QB throw two passes a game so your wife lets you in the house
The current sport is 1st grade flag football. I know it doesn't really matter but I want our guys to win or lose with their best foot forward.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:06 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
It definitely gives me a whole new appreciation for my dad coaching 3 different sports for all the years he did.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:06 pm to tigerfoot
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The current sport is 1st grade flag football. I know it doesn't really matter but I want our guys to win or lose with their best foot forward.
just hand it to the fast one and let your kid who is definitely the QB throw two passes a game so your wife lets you in the house
My kid BEGS to play QB but he doesn't have a strong arm so I never let him. He's a good runner and a decent WR so I tell him he has a different role.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:08 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Kids have forgotten who won or lost by the time their car ride home ends. Coaches should do the same.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:11 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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The current sport is 1st grade flag football. I know it doesn't really matter but I want our guys to win or lose with their best foot forward.
Dude, at that age all you need to be doing is teaching fundamentals.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:18 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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Dude, at that age all you need to be doing is teaching fundamentals.
Yeah, we are teaching the fundamentals. We still have to have a plan.
1)If the give it to their RB and he pulls up to throw, Who is going after the RB and who is staying in coverage?
2)If they go empty, does each player know if we are playing zone or man and their responsibility in each?
3) If they try to run a reverse, the kids have to know who's job it is to attack the reverse and who's job it is to be looking for it on the back side.
4) Hell forget about the tricky stuff, If they run towards you, is your job to attack inside out or contain? If they run away from you, are you cut back or are you staying home to watch for a reverse? If they pass, do you know where your zone is? If we are in man, do you know where your man is?
Offense is obviously a little easier because you can show them the play and they can just run the route they see but on defense there is a lot going on .
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:18 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
There is a video on Youtube by Cary Kolat about his philosophy on coaching. It really changed the way I coached. He said he started coaching improvement, not wins and loses. He is a college coach and was a very successful wrestler in college and afterwards. His thought was if a kid beat one of his kids 10-0 one time and the next time his kid lost 6-4, his kid improved. Eventually the wins and loses took care of themselves.
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