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WorksheetsCoaches Education
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Your team just finished a game and they feel very defeated. The other team scored four goals and your team didn’t score any. How should you approach your postgame chat?
Skip it and let them head home in a bad mood
Help them understand what they can do next time by asking guided questions about what they could do better at each goal
Focus on what went right by praising specific players and instead of focusing on the score
Tell them off.
Your team is made up of players who are all at about the same ability level except for Cole, who is much more advanced. You’ve observed that he is becoming anxious in training sessions and seems bored with the activities you’ve selected. How should you address this?
Make your training sessions more challenging, this will keep Cole engaged and help other players rise to his level
Point out to the team, that Cole understands so should everyone else
Continue to build sessions that meet the needs of the majority, but come up with individual challenges to engage Cole
A father of one of your players calls you over after a training session and asks you why you aren’t having your team start with laps and a static stretching routine before they begin playing. What should you say to him?
In a friendly manner explain the club methodology and that you are looking to maximize players time learning the game of soccer by using small sided games, and directional activities.
Tell the parent that you are a licensed coach and that you know what you are doing.
Thank the parent for their involvement, let him know you will add some laps and static stretching and even offer him to come lead some warm ups.
You are leading a training session with your team. When you transition from 1 activity into the next, you realize you need to reorganize the field. What should you ask your players to do?
Shoot on the goal
Run laps
Get some water
Ask them to help
Your team is struggling to understand the offside rule. What is the best way to help them grasp this concept during training sessions?
Stop the practice and explain why the offside line exists
Create game realistic and directional practices where players can practice with the offside rule.
Get you whiteboard out and draw diagrams at the end of practice to help players understand
During your practice the ball goes out-of-bounds and your player, Antoine, throws it in. You observe that his throw-in does not follow gameplay standards (he lifts his right foot off the ground as he throws). What should you do?
Stop the whole session so everyone can watch and learn
Adjust your session to focus on throwing technique before the next game.
Talk with Antoine individually while the session goes on.
Ignore it, its only a practice game.
Two weeks in a row, 9-year-old Kasey keeps forgetting to bring her soccer ball to training sessions after your team agreed to take responsibility for bringing their own balls each week. How do you address this?
Make Kasey participate without a ball so she never forgets again.
Pull Kasey aside and ask her questions to understand why she keeps forgetting her ball, try to help her come up with a plan to not forget again.
During a natural stoppage or break, address the team on the importance of being prepared with the correct equipment, making sure not to single Kasey out.
One of the parents of your players volunteered to serve as an assistant coach to you. Should you take her up on it? Why or why not?
You should, when you have another adult helping out you can focus on training the players, she/he can focus on their fitness and together you can win more games.
You should, by having another adult there you can make sure that every player gets the unconditional attention they deserve to have fun and develop.
No, multiple voices will distract the players and its important to have 1 authority figure in the group.
When self-reflecting on your performance as a coach, what should you consider?
How many games you have won
How well your TEAM has developed
How well the individuals in the team have developed (4C's)
A few of your players are consistently late to training sessions. You’ve spoken to their parents, but it hasn’t improved. What should you do?
Have players wait until all players have arrived
Make sure you training sessions start as soon as the first player arrives (arrival activities)
Make sure players know that playing time is dependent on training session attendance, and reward players that are punctual with extra playing time.
