| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | too. Some players are retained, in some weak |
| You need not agree, but why don’t you hear | | | | situations, even if they do not have the skill sets that |
| me? Tryouts soccer is not to find the most | | | | match the team and do fit into team’s long term |
| competitive players; it is just to sort out players and | | | | objectives. Instead, they could have let that player |
| teams through successful tryouts. | | | | move on to a team consistent with his or her ability |
| Many youth coaches lack the experience required to | | | | and level of commitment. |
| distinguish between average players and those with | | | | Do your homework to attract the best players to your |
| slightly higher aptitude. They fail to recognize the | | | | team. Coaches should consider all these three when |
| promising players, or overlook gifted players who have | | | | designing for the training: preciseness, logic and |
| the ability to read the game and make quick decisions. | | | | competitiveness. As a coach, you would certainly not |
| And so they select players who effectively use the | | | | want to take on a year-long consulting task without a |
| ball. | | | | look at the account of work or a project plan. |
| Youth soccer is clouded with many common beliefs | | | | The apparent thing is that the kid is neither improving |
| about tryouts that are in fact wrong. For example: a | | | | nor working hard to get better. Do your duty by |
| perception that some players get their position through | | | | replacing him or her with an ambitious player who |
| politics like a coach's daughter, or a board member's | | | | deserves a chance. Stop kidding yourself. If the kid |
| son. A good team will never have any | | | | does not contribute to the team’s growth, |
| vacancies is the other commonly prevailing | | | | replace the kid with someone else. |
| perception. But the fact is that successful teams | | | | The truth is — good players both in terms of |
| change their players every year whether due to injury, | | | | performance and behavior, are always hard to find. |
| job relocations, or player's commitments to other | | | | Never do this mistake of replacing an injured player |
| sports. Soccer association encourages this | | | | who is likely to come back and can contribute in a big |
| changing of players’ in the soccer team. | | | | way. If injury is the only hitch, keep the player for the |
| Did you know that when a reasonably good tryouts | | | | soccer tournament. |
| soccer session is conducted, a mix of the good and | | | | It is advised to use simple skill as part of your tryouts |
| not so good players is selected? Since even the skilled | | | | soccer training program. To identify the potential |
| coaches have failed miserably in tryout soccer drills, | | | | players who has the intent of learning and developing |
| we’ll discuss some of the failures. | | | | the necessary skills, one must try soccer tryouts. |
| Coaches are humans and so they have their favorites | | | | |