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October 21, 2008

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John Ouellette
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Ask The Coach...
Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask

Coaches have to deal with all sorts of scenarios week in and week out. Each week John will address a question that has been sent in by an AYSO coach. This week's question is:

"How should a coach deal with parents who do not bring their child to practice, but show up for the games?"

Click here to listen to John's answer.

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Tips For Youth Players U-6 to U-12

You've sent in a lot of requests on training activities for your players, and we've been listening. Check out the Let 'Em Play DVD for over 30 fun training activities for youth players ages U-6 through U-12.

The activities are designed to teach the basic skills of the game of soccer, including dribbling, passing, shooting and receiving. The activities keep the young players entertained, while keeping in mind that the best teacher of the game is the game itself.

Silent Saturdays Make Better Players

Why Sideline Screaming Can Stifle Your Child's Game
By Mike Woitalla

Imagine you're undertaking a fairly difficult task: assembling a piece of furniture with hieroglyphic instructions, filling out IRS Form 4562 on April 14, or standing on the highest rungs of a ladder painting the crown moulding in your living room with 14-foot ceilings. Think it would help if someone yelled at you during the process? Of course not.

Yet when a child tries to control a bouncing ball in a crowd of other kids, adults often believe it's perfectly acceptable to scream "advice." The shouting at America's soccer fields is so epidemic one wonders if adults ever reflect on their behavior. Adults who would never shout at children while they're enjoying the playground, drawing in a coloring book, or rearranging their dollhouse, loudly instruct from the sidelines without hesitation.

Click here for the rest of this article reprinted from Playsoccer Magazine.