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Author: Brian Willis Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/how-do-you-balance-what-you-think-is-right-for-your-team-with-the-happiness-of-your-players
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Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • 12dPersonally, training and playing football always needs to be fun for the kids on my teams and improving them as players, it’s not just about success on the pitch. One of the things that’s really stuck with me since joining FCA is that it’s about cultivating players who still love playing years down the road no matter the level they played at as kids.1Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • 12dPersonally, training and playing football always needs to be fun for the kids on my teams and improving them as players, it’s not just about success on the pitch. One of the things that’s really stuck with me since joining FCA is that it’s about cultivating players who still love playing years down the road no matter the level they played at as kids.1Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • 12dPersonally, training and playing football always needs to be fun for the kids on my teams and improving them as players, it’s not just about success on the pitch. One of the things that’s really stuck with me since joining FCA is that it’s about cultivating players who still love playing years down the road no matter the level they played at as kids.1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • 12dI think elite football mentallity and grassroots need to be considered two completely different things.We want kids to stay in football and love the time they spend with a ball at their feet, success is being measured in a very different way.1Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • 12d@Jamie Birch 100%, but we’re all guilty of getting caught up in results and/or our own methodologies sometimes.1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • 12d@Brian Willis yep ego is a thing as well. It’s hard not to define success by position in the league table or trophies in the cabinet. When you read the coaching wins post back though from a few days ago, most feedback in there was about how the players felt about us as coaches and our relationship with them. Great question mate!0Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • 11dIn the old days, you would get players out and get new ones inThese days, you have to use the same players every week until the window opensThe two scenarios throw up different dynamics. I would be thinking that to be successful you have to be seen to include the players in decisions, so they are valued and happyNote how I said to be seen. There are ways to make people come up with your ideas and for you to attribute them to people.But the team plays as the team plays …… So you have to do wh… See more3Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • 11d@Kevin Middleton there’s no longevity if you’re not good at the people part.2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • 9d@Brian Willis 100%0Reply
Sean Ancheta
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Sean Ancheta • 9d@Brian Willis For me personally, if I can instill a love for soccer in a player who wants to play it beyond middle school that is a win. What will help with the balance is how you want your team to play and how you plan to implement it. I’ve had to change the soccer culture at the school I coach at so that we are not playing hero ball. I need all the players on the field to be dangerous at any moment so we practice and play a style where everyone is involved. Wins in the early years are not as c… See more3Reply