I observed a Soccer practice being held today at a local soccer club. it was very interesting to watch as the team began practice. the coach was very calm with the players, not yelling once. however all of the players where putting in great efforts. A few times during drills, the coach would call over the team and explain training techniques to enhance the learning of the players. after the brief discussion, they returned back to normal practice. at the end of the drills the team scrimmaged another team that was practicing on the opposite field. the played for 30 minutes and the games was very fun to watch as both teams were very well organized and played as a team. after the scrimmage the coach talked to the team and then released the team. more than half the players stayed after practice to talk to the coach one on one as he should training techniques to each player.

after watching the team practice, i walked away thinking about what a good approach the coach takes and it showed that the best way to teach is in a calm teaching manner not yelling and screaming.

My soccer coachings growing up were almost always screamers, at the time i did not think much of it as it was normal. but know looking back i know i could have learned much more if my coaches had just taught me instead of yell and shout at the team.