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Your players don’t expect you to be perfect, just passionate.
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Passion is a prerequisite for effective coaching.
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Some of your best coaching ideas come from the kids. Be alert for them.
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Give your players a voice – show them you are ready to listen and act on it.
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Kids respond to responsibility.
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The best indicator of coaching success is that the kids want to keep coming back.
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Don’t just go through the motions when conducting a warm-up. The warm-up is an important part of a session, not just a precursor to it.
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The first 5 minutes of a session are so important.
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Good leaders “walk the talk.”
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Don’t underestimate how observant and perceptive players can be.
