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October 22, 2009 SoccerHelp Newsletter Check out the New Soccer Practice Plans Note From David. Below is a letter from a great U8 coach who has some excellent ideas and is developing a really good team. He was having a problem with some of his players stealing the ball from their teammates. Being aggressive is good, but obviously they were bunching up and taking the ball from each other. So he came up with a saying he makes them repeat that is helping: He will ask: "When your teammate has the ball what do you do?" And they respond: "Stay Away, Stay Away, Stay Away" This would be a good way to keep players from Bunching Up. The rest of his letter that includes other ideas is below. My Favorite Motivational Coaching Quotes 300 Testimonials for Premium and our Motivational Soccer Patches David at SoccerHelp Coupons for Premium Members We've added coupons especially for Premium Members. They are re-usable and can be used for patches and DVDs. See Coupons for Premium Members
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"When your teammate has the ball what do you do?"
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SoccerHelp Tips A Simple Way to Stop Soccer Players from Bunching Up Hi SoccerHelp: Two weeks ago we won 4-0. The team we beat was not that good and my players got pretty sloppy. Once they figured that it was easy to score on that team, my girls started stealing the ball from one another because they all wanted to score goals. I started benching players every time they stole ball from their teammates. I had a long talk with them before the next game. We Chanted the Team Mantra where I ask "When your teammate has the ball what do you do?" And they reply: "Stay Away, Stay Away, Stay" Away" - again and again. I also told the worst offenders that I would only warn them about stealing the ball from their teammates once the during next game and if they did it a second time, they would be benched for the entire game. Well it worked. We beat a pretty good team 2-0. We played a 1-1-1-3 plus a goalie. The field is not that wide and the girls can cover quickly on Defense. The Ball hardly ever got onto our side of the field. When the other team got the ball, they had to get past three girls to get to my Goalie and each girls was tougher than the next. We had one true assist and another goal. It was the best my team ever played. We are now 3-0-2 with only one goal scored against us in five games. Coach Troy, U8 Rec coach, Premium Member
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