Is soccer the easiest team sport to coach?

[Anonymous]

Rowing? When the athletes compete you can't even coach them because they're on the river

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any team sport is easy to coach if you have no clue how to do it. Anyone who is an "expert" in coaching or coaching at a high level will tell you how challenging it is regardless of which sport they coach.

Perfectly put.

Perfectly wrong, and perfectly irrelevant. Having "no clue" how to do something makes it extremely challenging to do. Also, this thread is not about "expert" levels only, it is about any and all levels. It is about comparing coaching across team sports both in games and in preparation (training). To put it simply, if you've never played or coached an organized team sport other than soccer, then you are simply unqualified to respond.

If we tell you that American sports are the most difficult to coach in the history of sports will you go away and end this stupid thread? That is why you started the thread anyways.

So here goes:
“Football is the most complex and demanding of all sports in all the world. Nothing can match the athleticism and tactical approach of football.”



+1. I’ll also add that football is dying a slow death, while soccer continues to rise in popularity
Happy now? Can you now go away to forum dedicated to your favorite sport now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rowing? When the athletes compete you can't even coach them because they're on the river

This is so funny. Thanks for the lunch time laugh.

[Anonymous]

So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

You were already called out for starting a trolling thread.

You didn’t fool anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

You were already called out for starting a trolling thread.

You didn’t fool anyone.

+1. Let’s just ignore this high school kid. He’s home alone with nothing else to do but create a trolling thread.

[Anonymous]

Trying to do your best at anything is a challenge. Great coaches would never. Say what is easiest to coach as they would find a challenge in whatever they are doing.

That said I think soccer is the easiest sport to not coach - meaning you can throw a ball out with 1 rule of no hands and make goals out of T-shirt’s on the ground and play. It’s fun and simple therefore easy to play and start.

Mastering ? A whole other story.

[Anonymous]

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

You were already called out for starting a trolling thread.

You didn’t fool anyone.

+1. Let’s just ignore this high school kid. He’s home alone with nothing else to do but create a trolling thread.

You always know when someone is at a loss for substantive ideas when they start using the “troll” word and hurling non-sensical insults. So, you can’t really defend your position other than to offer vapid insults? That’s what I thought. You continue to prove my point. You’re not even able to ignore me. Ha!

[Anonymous]

Yes, Rec until 3rd Grade when you actually have to start teaching skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

You were already called out for starting a trolling thread.

You didn’t fool anyone.

+1. Let’s just ignore this high school kid. He’s home alone with nothing else to do but create a trolling thread.

You always know when someone is at a loss for substantive ideas when they start using the “troll” word and hurling non-sensical insults. So, you can’t really defend your position other than to offer vapid insults? That’s what I thought. You continue to prove my point. You’re not even able to ignore me. Ha!

When the OP openly admitted to start the thread for no particular reason but to get a flame war going that is pretty much what a Troll is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So let me put this thread into perspective.

The OP comes into a Soccer Forum just to say that coaching soccer is the easiest of all sports to coach.

So instead of having kids practice soccer day & night, doing various camps & clinics, looking for trainers and especially search for a club/team that has the best coaches, why don’t you just have your kid learn to be a soccer coach instead. It’s extremely easy as you say. People on this forum constantly bash about how bad the US coaches our youths. Hence, we need more and better coaches. I look forward to your DC to be a great soccer coach one day!

It is funny how pedantic many of the posters in this forum are. I did not say coaching soccer was easy, I said of the major team sports it is the easiest. Coaching in general is not easy, agreed. I also said that I love the sport of soccer and one of the reasons is it’s simplicity. But, yeah I’ll admit I started the topic to see how many irrational, emotional, unthoughtful responses I’d get. I was not disappointed. Why don’t you try to explain WHY soccer is so hard to coach comparably vs. other sports instead of using generic platitudes about camps and clinics and expert coaching levels (which all sports have)? Tell us something that is more difficult about coaching soccer than these other sports, outside of “you can’t use your hands.” Don’t talk about off the ball movement as all the flow sports (b-ball,hockey,lacrosse) have this too. Don’t talk about set plays as these are much simpler for soccer than most other sports. You could compare a PK to a free throw or penalty shot I suppose but those are similar. Maybe the offsides rule makes soccer hard to referee, and the offsides trap is a tricky team balancing and communication thing? Maybe you’ll talk about the increasing use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the MLS and how choosing that over a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 is a really difficult decision. Or possibly teaching a skill such as trapping the ball out of the air on a dime is inherently more difficult than hitting a 85mph fastball. Anyhow ... dazzle us with your expertise and acumen please.

You were already called out for starting a trolling thread.

You didn’t fool anyone.

+1. Let’s just ignore this high school kid. He’s home alone with nothing else to do but create a trolling thread.

You always know when someone is at a loss for substantive ideas when they start using the “troll” word and hurling non-sensical insults. So, you can’t really defend your position other than to offer vapid insults? That’s what I thought. You continue to prove my point. You’re not even able to ignore me. Ha!

When the OP openly admitted to start the thread for no particular reason but to get a flame war going that is pretty much what a Troll is.

+1000. TROLL. TROLL. TROLL.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you are Pep Guardiola, posting on DCUM. We will listen to you.