Do the words we use when coaching impact player development?

Outside The Technical Area

Episode 3 - The Words We Use

Why is youth soccer, and youth sports, in general still an acceptable venue for adults to publicly criticize and yell at kids? How do our responses to mistakes as coaches help or hurt the player? We have a choice, we can tear them down or pick them up.

Episode 2 - Tear Them Down Or Pick Them Up

The very first episode of Outside The Technical Area focuses in on what it takes to keep players motivated and focused as coaches and parents.

Episode 1 - The Carrot and The Stick

A unique view of youth soccer in the United States from my point of view as a Director of Coaching, coach, and parent.

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Outside The Technical Area

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