What this means is that soccer clubs are relying more and more on parent coaches to prepare tomorrow s soccer stars to meet their destinies. This is a hefty challenge for many of us who didn t even get to play the sport in high school, but it is one we can, and should, take on. It should, it s called good parenting. Good coaching and good parenting are really based on the same things. It s when we think they re different that we get into trouble as coaches.
Nothing calms the jitters of uncertainty better than a good, solid, doable plan.
To learn as much as you can about the game, you should buy yourself a great book on the basics of soccer. There are a lot of good books out there and many of them have been written at your level. Find one that speaks to you when you open it, and doesn t make your palms sweat when you start to read it. For relatively young, beginning players, the game you will be teaching them is pretty simple. As your little athletes get older and more skillful, their game will become more complex.