Approach
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Having being players our whole lives in Europe and in the US, and then taking this experience to coaching kids of various ages in the last few years, we focus on player centric approach, with a lot of attention to child psychology
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We view the job of a coach in the context of a wider role of an educator. And as far as education systems go, we bring in a lot of Montessori principles (which we are big fans of) into our soccer education:
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Individual approach: understanding individual parameters and development level, providing individual approach (including homework) and tracking progress player by player
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Growing abilities vs. result: primary focus on advances in players’ development, while acknowledging results being only one part of the process
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Movement and cognition: in the game of soccer this is naturally a core part of the process, as developing mobility and awareness functions, especially in younger players gets a focused attention in every practice
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Choice: letting kids make decisions and mistakes, constantly helping to refine decision making process through a structured dialog (by posing questions and inviting kids to offer solutions)
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Interest: game centric exercises, varied in every practice, keeping kids strongly engaged and developing love for the game
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Teamwork: building team cohesion, ability to work with partners and developing strong communication skills – all essential for success as a player and a team
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Child ways: give players the initiative to lead the warm up and offer a skill exercise for the whole group
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Order in environment and mind: letting professional frame of mind be players’ choice by seeing firm and fair attitude from the coaches and receiving transparent rational / explanations for actions
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Being Yoga practitioners and Yoga teachers for Kids and Adults we are constantly evaluating individual development of kids through the bigger lens of their overall growth as individuals, integrating elements of Yoga practice and concepts into soccer practices