Team Objective & Coaching Philosophy

Team Objective/ Coaching Philosophy:  To facilitate continued enjoyment for the girls in playing the game of soccer, while developing their individual and team skills both on and off the soccer field to become their best self over time, by: 1) teaching the fundamental skills necessary to create a foundation for success in the coming years, through positive coaching and encouragement to have fun, work hard, give their best effort, and always seek to develop their best self; 2) use my professional experience and education in the field of Human Performance Improvement to foster an emotionally safe athletic/team environment, where players are not afraid to make mistakes and can learn, practice, and improve; and, 3) help instill principles and values that will build self-esteem, confidence, and character, and contribute to success in soccer at the higher levels of UYSA State Play and in the many other areas and aspects of their lives.

Our end goal is to give our girls the opportunity to play High School soccer and, if so desired, be in competition to play College soccer and potentially receive an athletic scholarship, but without having paid 2-3 x’s over the amount of a scholarship through the years in club training fees as is the case w/ many other clubs.
As coaches, the essence of the concept with which we accomplish this is thorough positive reinforcement and praise in the moment that a player implements a skill or technique or executes a play that we have been focusing on in recent past. The accumulation of positively reinforced (praised) skills used in a practice or a game is paramount to the resulting confidence and growth in skill level in this sport and in approaches to success in life.  As a result of our positive reinforcement methodology, last year our team took second in our division and promoted up a division of play this year.  This year as we expanded out to two teams to give more girls this positive experience and opportunity, and we are right on track for both team to place 1st or 2nd in their divisions and promote up another division and continue down our path of growth and development.  Please see the Player Development & Rewards section next to understand how we systematically achieve this objective while at the same time catering to the individual uniqueness of each player.

 

 


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