Coaching High School Soccer: Discover Confidence In Players

If you are like me, you probably know that in coaching high school soccer

, the journey to becoming a complete player begins by building confidence. You tend to spot the players weakness in terms of less confidence to cope with a situation whenever you use the term pressure in the game. I say this because only confident players expect to win and get successful.

Confidence again is a matter of choice and only a player can make this choice. In the course of coaching youth soccer, this point can be made clear to them by describing the behavior of two parrots that sit on either shoulder.

One of them is the positive parrot, always urging the player to face up to the challenge saying You can do it. The other parrot has the tendency to de-motivate the players saying You cant do this. And clearly they have to choose which parrot to listen to.

Also teach them to take full responsibility of the consequences that follow their choice. The players may have to make this decision on a daily basis. Develop brilliant players in your team by constantly reminding them of their participation in past successes to boost their confidence levels.

Teach your players during soccer coaching that holding someone or something else responsible is a symbol of insecurity. Rather they should take responsibility and consider setbacks as a part of the learning curve, not a failure that could shake confidence.

Similarly in coaching high school soccer, the most important self-conversation for any player missing an opportunity to score is the phrase Ill get the next one. Thus, confidence for the next strike is remains unaffected because of the distress of the miss.

Accurate and quick judgments regarding a players caliber and talent is a key to manage a successful team. While football coaching, it is relatively easier to judge physical readiness than judging mental readiness.

To make such judgments easy, there is a need of searching clear messages. Look for both verbal and non verbal messages that the player is sure of his or her ability to succeed in the game.

Confidence comes from success. When you are completely satisfied with your work that you have done and when you are ready to face a pressure cooker scenario which is anytime possible, you achieve success in soccer. If you are not preparing to win, you are preparing to fail is a phrase often used to motivate players.

Confidence grows up with experience. To build a strong base of the much needed experience, the players must be trained to cope up with their mistakes, defeats and criticism and fears, calmly. The feeling that he or she has the knowledge has some experience and knows how to handle the situations, always prevails.

Never doubt it. In coaching high school soccer, constructing confidence is a daily task and hence, players should intimate on the key steps to find out their positives.

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by: Andre Botelho

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