by Tim Nash
Coaching young soccer players has its unique challenges, and one of them is getting players to accept playing a position new to them.
Some players will embrace it, others will resist. Others still will shut down completely.
“I don’t know how to play there,” they say. In reality, other than positioning, there is nothing new they need to know. They just need to be a soccer player. No matter what position they are playing, the skills they need don’t change.
by Tim Nash
I came across a good quote today from a guy named Ric Charlesworth. He’s a famous Aussie cricket and field hockey player and coach who also served as a member of the Australian Parliament for 10 years.
Charlesworth is credited with saying, “The interesting thing about coaching is you have to trouble the comfortable and comfort the troubled.”
One thing that always makes a quote good is the fact that it is true, and this one certainly is. Challenging the comfortable players on your team to get out of their comfort zone and finding a comfort zone for those on your team that don’t have one are among the more challenging aspects of coaching.
by Tim Nash
When it comes to improvement, there are barriers that have to be overcome. The barrier is built by both your inadequate level of confidence and the external information you’ve acquired over time that has sapped your enthusiasm to do something special.
“Can’t be done,” you’ve heard. “You’re just not capable,” people tell you. “A waste of time trying,” you tell yourself. “That’s not possible,” you’re told.