In youth football, I ALWAYS PRACTICE the flip with my captains. Just 1 gamer is permitted to speak to the referees. He is instructed to just state the following- we desire the ball. If we win the toss, we want the ball, if we lose the toss, we desire the ball. Even if the referee states he can't have the ball, we inform our spokesperson to say "We want the ball." Only after the referees informs him for the 2nd time we can't have the ball, the gamer looks over to me and I will instruct him on which end we will safeguard. After all of these guidelines, we really practice the coin flip, who calls it and what our designated spokesperson will say to the referee.
DC: It is truly a "Recipe" as David Dimmond calls it for effective youth football coaching. It is an action by step detailed strategy that walks you through training a youth football team. It includes all the drills we do, why we do them and strolls you through them in painstaking detail with image and diagrams, together with detailed day-to-day practice plans. It isn't fluffy theory or things written by someone that coached 15 years ago or has actually never coached youth football, it works today. I coach a group or 2 every year, it's existing.
Do not invest all that time and energy wanting you had a relative to make life easier for you - take the responsibility yourself, work out your plan of action, and prepare yourself for some work.
I would like to add one more thing before closing. Over 24 years of coaching youth football I have been lucky enough to have actually run successful programs. I have actually had possibly 3 or 4 losing seasons. I dislike to lose and I inform my gamers and parents that. , if/when we lose we lose as a team.. I NEVER show bad sportsmanship. My teams WIN and LOSE as a team. Coaches included. I am a really loud and fiery coach. , if the gamer does something right I'm the very first one there to provide them applaud.. Same goes when they mess up. First one there to tell them it's unacceptable. I do this for all of their on and off field behavior and commitment.
Other ways to increase your youth football knowledge is to attend regional high school meetings, go to clinics (Nike has a big-time center that takes a trip), go to camps and continue to pursue knowledge from every available source, consisting of dvds and books.
7:35 - 8:00 - Offending soccer skills or Defensive drills. Break down into groups and run your drills. I say Offending or Defensive because one night I run Offensive Drills, One night Defensive Drills and one night Unique Groups.
It's been said sometimes that a player does not care how much the coach understands until he understands how much the coach cares. In youth football, I believe that old saying is absolutely true. The youth football gamer looks up to his coach and is trying to find approval, like it or not.
This can be the most hard are to coach or it can be the most rewarding depending on how you approach it. You need to lock on to there interest for the game, and you require to provide structure to make themselves better gamers.