tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post7768914140117470920..comments2021-04-14T15:03:01.558-06:00Comments on US Youth Soccer Blog: Sam's Blog - Paid Coaching - July 31Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-76953066228693317562007-08-15T22:26:00.000-06:002007-08-15T22:26:00.000-06:00I think you all would get a kick out of these comm...I think you all would get a kick out of these comments on a youth sports issue. Notice how there are very few comments in support of?? over 100 posts. <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070721_1_A1_spanc04072Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-80385872297748293032007-08-08T07:01:00.000-06:002007-08-08T07:01:00.000-06:00No one is talking about a college degree in child ...No one is talking about a college degree in child development. Child development is covered in coaching courses, especially the USSF National Youth License and NSCAA National Youth Diploma, but also in the F license and State Diploma to a lesser degree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-8282511893488564202007-08-07T16:45:00.000-06:002007-08-07T16:45:00.000-06:00All very good points Brian. The group I had in mi...All very good points Brian. The group I had in mind were indeed the paid coaches, especially the paid club directors of coaching. As for the volunteer coaches the expectations of formal training will differ. In the state youth modules and the National Youth License some components of child development, as pertains to sports participation, are presented.<BR/>Now can paid coaches be collegial in their interactions with one another? Why not? Many college and professional team coaches do just that every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-7634909673903251132007-08-07T15:05:00.000-06:002007-08-07T15:05:00.000-06:00Brian,The National Youth License covers the child ...Brian,<BR/><BR/>The National Youth License covers the child development aspects. And short of that for volunteer rec coaches there these aspects are covered in the various youth module certificates.<BR/><BR/>I agree that paid coaching only makes the issue worse with parents wanting to see results. As a coach, I believe we have not only the ability, but the responsibility to educate our parents as to what successful results are. If the topic is never approached with parents they will always measure it by win/loss. As a coach every season we have the opportunity to set the framework for what we believe success is prior to and during the season. I had a team go 0-8 this past season. Every parent of a player on the squad would tell you that we had a successful season, and that the boys made tremendous advances. Every one of those boys is back to play again. Looking only at the results it is hard to understand how any of the parents can say we had a successful season. A coaches job isn't just to teach the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-58442948915522220682007-08-01T06:09:00.000-06:002007-08-01T06:09:00.000-06:00In fact, I think paid coaching discourages the sor...In fact, I think paid coaching discourages the sort of collegiality you speak of. Why? Because with salary comes expectations and increased focus on results. I've coached against both volunteer and paid coaches. The paid ones tend to be much more intense and stand offish.<BR/><BR/>I always try to remember that we are all part of youth soccer. It is all our dream to have one of our players make the national team. But paid coaches are more focused on the short term because they need to satisfy their customers in order to justify their salary.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797243971179303040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831293565989282011.post-86311951139224776652007-08-01T06:06:00.000-06:002007-08-01T06:06:00.000-06:00"They should be required by the club’s board of di..."They should be required by the club’s board of directors to have been educated in child development."<BR/><BR/>As a (licensed) coach and board member of a small club, we have a hard enough time to get volunteer coaches as it is, without requiring some college degree or whatnot in child development.<BR/><BR/>If this is to be 'required,' then it MUST be integrated into the coaching licensing courses. Otherwise, you will emasculate organized youth soccer, which I'm sure is not your intention.<BR/><BR/>There are other clubs in our area which pay their coaches, however in order to pay these coaches, the fees charged are many times higher what my club charges.<BR/><BR/>With the higher fees comes higher expectations on the part of parents on the priority of winning trophies and getting looked at college scouts, two issues which have been touched on here before.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to get paid. I consider myself a decent coach and I'm always trying to improve. But I don't want to get paid if it would end up tripling or more the fees charged and thus excluding a good chunk of kids from participating in a great sport.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797243971179303040noreply@blogger.com