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Coaching Tip: Touches on the ball
The key to developing soccer skills as a young player is the number of touches you get on the ball. It is said that 4000 ball touches per week are a good number. So let's do the soccer math:
• How many touches per week
Coaching TIp: Dribbling Drill U6-U9
This drill should be used in every practice. Players need to practice dribbling with all parts of the foot and both feet.• Step Touch Dribbling
Coaching Tip: Dribbling, Shooting, Shielding, Change of Direction
The attached drill is to apply the dribbling skills in a low pressure situation. This drill applies to all age groups. The most important training tool is to place a restriction on the players to use one of the dribbling techniques to count a goal i.e. dribble with the outside of the foot, do a stepover.• 1V1
NO LAPS NO LINES NO LECTURES
NO LAPS, NO LINES, And NO LECTURES – Eliminate any practices which involve the players standing around in long lines. We want to maximize the time they have with the ball and they will loose interest if they are standing in line. Running Laps is a waste of time. You don’t run laps of the field during a soccer game. Refrain from long lectures.
Children come to soccer to participate and be active not to sit and be lectured for long periods of time.
10 Ways to Keep Soccer Fun
Consider the attached suggestions as ways to keep soccer enjoyable.• Keep Soccer Fun
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing Helping New Teams Perform Effectively, QuicklyEffective teamwork is essential in today’s world, but as you’ll know from the teams you have led or belonged to, you can’t expect a new team to perform exceptionally from the very outset. Team formation takes time, and usually follows some easily recognizable stages, as the team journeys from being a group of strangers to becoming united team with a common goal.
Whether your team is a temporary working group or a newly-formed, permanent team, by understanding these stages you will be able to help the team quickly become productive.
Psychologist Bruce Tuckman first came up with the memorable words “forming, storming, norming and performing” back in 1965 to describe the path to high-performance that most teams follow. Later, he added a fifth stage that he called “adjourning” (and others often call “mourning” – it rhymes better!)
Teams initially go through a "Forming" stage in which members are positive and polite. Some members are anxious, as they haven’t yet worked out exactly what work the team will involve. Others are simply excited about the task ahead. As leader, you play a dominant role at this stage: other members’ roles and responsibilities are less clear.
This stage is usually fairly short, and may only last for a single meeting at which people are introduced to one-another. At this stage there may be discussions about how the team will work, which can be frustrating for some members who simply want to get on with the team task.
Soon, reality sets in and your team moves into a "Storming" phase. Your authority may be challenged as others jockey for position as their roles are clarified. The ways of working start to be defined, and as leader you must be aware that some members may feel overwhelmed by how much there is to do, or uncomfortable with the approach being used. Some react by questioning how worthwhile the goal of the team is and resist taking on tasks. This is the stage when many teams fail, and even those who stick with it feel that they are on an emotional roller coaster as they try to focus on the job in hand without the support of established processes or relationships with their colleagues.
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Gradually, the team moves into a"Norming" stage, as a hierarchy is established. Team members come to respect your authority as leader, and others show leadership in specific areas.
Now the team members know each other better, they may be socializing together, and they are able to ask each other for help and provide constructive criticism. The team is developing a strong commitment to the team goal, and you start to see good progress towards it.
There is often a prolonged overlap between storming and norming behavior: As new tasks come up, the team may lapse back into typical storming stage behavior, but this eventually dies out.
When the team reaches the "Performing" stage, hard work leads directly to progress towards the shared vision of their goal, supported by the structures and processes which have been set up. Individual team members may join or leave the team without affecting the performing culture.
As leader, you are able to delegate much of the work and can concentrate on developing team members. Being part of the team at this stage feels “easy” compared with earlier on.
Project teams exist only for a fixed period, and even permanent teams may be disbanded through organizational restructuring. As team leader, your concern is both for the team’s goal and the team members. Breaking up a team can be stressful for all concerned and the "Adjourning" or "Mourning" stage is important in reaching both team goal and personal conclusions.
The break up of the team can be particularly hard for members who like routine or have developed close working relationships with other team members, particularly if their future roles or even jobs look uncertain.
As a team leader, your aim is to help your team reach and sustain high performance as soon as possible. To do this, you will need to change your approach at each stage. The steps below will help ensure you are doing the right thing at the right time.
1. Identify which stage of the team development your team is at from the descriptions above.
- Now consider what needs to be done to move towards the Performing stage, and what you can do to help the team do that effectively. The table below (Figure 1) helps you understand your role at each stage and how to move the team forward.
Figure 1: Leadership Activities at Different Group Formation Stages
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Direct the team clearly. Establish objectives clearly (perhaps with a team charter – click here for our article on Team Diagnostics, which gives more information on these.) |
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Establish process and structure, and work to smooth conflict and build good relationships between team members. |
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Step back and help the team take responsibility for progress towards the goal. |
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Delegate as far as you sensibly can. Once the team has achieved high performance, you should aim to have as “light a touch” as you can. You will now be able to start focusing on other goals and areas of work |
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When breaking up a team, take the time to celebrate its achievements. After all, you may work with some of these people again, and this will be much easier if people view past experiences positively. |
3. Schedule regular reviews of where your teams are, and adjust your behavior and leadership approach to suit the stage your team has reached.
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Another useful model of team formation is Cog's Ladder. The phases of each model largely correspond with each other, although Cog's Ladder includes an additional "Why are we here?" phase which falls across Tuckman's Forming and Storming phases.
Key pointsTeams are formed because they can achieve far more than their individual members can on their own, and while being part of a high-performing team can be fun, it can take patience and professionalism to get to that stage.
Effective team leaders can accelerate that process and reduce the difficulties that team members experience by understanding what they need to do as their team moves through the stages from forming to storming, norming and, finally, performing.
Coach Licencing and Passes
New Coach Passes ($10)
WYSA has a mandatory coach pass policy. All Coaches and Assistant Coaches must hold a state issued coach pass card to be present on the sidelines during any competition. Coach passes provide individual membership to WI Youth Soccer Association and serve as our Risk Management process. Approved passes are valid for a period of 2 years.
U 6 SOCCER
*All games will take place at the Fisher Bldg on 121st and North Ave. *Bring Ball and Shinguards and water each week.There are six dates in the fall and six dates in the spring. This fall the dates are: Sept 11th, 18th and 25th Oct. 2nd, 9th and 23rd We will have an exact schedule out within the week. You will play at one of the following times: 8:00 am 9:20 am or 10:40 am. All the dates this fall are on Saturday with a rain date either being on a Sunday or Octl. 30th if necessary.
There are no practices during the week, the only time requirement is on game day.
Sample Schedule for a typical Saturday (there may be some Sundays as well with an afternoon schedule) with U6 Soccer – these are very rough times – they alter slightly!:
8:00 (players should arrive 15 minutes early)
8:00 – 8:30 training with the Master Coaches – team volunteer coaches are invited to assist, along with other parents if they wish to get involved.
8:30 – 8:35 teams gather with their team volunteer coach to get prepared to play their matches. (2 games at one time on two fields – ½ your team plays against ½ of the other team and your other ½ plays against the other ½ of the other team – thus it is helpful to have two coaches for substitution purposes.)
8:35 – 9:20 The Game – split into 4 periods of 8 minutes each.
Final thoughts by Master Coaches
Weather Hotline Number: 727-0205 (mailbox #1)
• U6 Schedules
TOSA FEST 2010 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (REVISED 9/6/10)
Updated posting 9/7/10-12pm. Attached is the final schedule for the 2010 TosaFest tournament. Field Maps will be available on Tuesday 9/7/2010.Please make sure you re-check this schedule, we have made many revisions to better accommodate our teams. CLICK ON TOURNAMENTS AND MAPS OF THE LOCATIONS ARE LISTED. Thank you for your patience with this, we look forward to a great event.• Schedule-TosaFest 2010
UNIFORM REQUESTS
If you need to order uniforms, e-mail the uniform coordinator listed under the Board on the Club Information drop down. You will need to include the correct two colors the uniform is for example: Gold/Blk. Uniform shipment is five days. The uniform colors are available at: http://soccer.scoresports.com/shop-by-position/players/jerseys/france-no-295.html
U6 Night
Fun Night 2010
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