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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched a DA game recently where one coach was micro managing his players movements. Total joystick coaching. The other barely spoke - and when he did was something along the lines of "hey, where should you be", rather than directing his players as to where they should be. The ones getting less coaching during the game played much better. They made some bad decisions, of course, but the joystick kids seemed nervous the whole time.[/quote]

They are nervous.  They don’t have freedom.  The 2nd coach is smart—by asking makes he the player think and start making decisions for himself.  The best teacher is the game.  Poor decisions (I don’t believe in “wrong”) have consequences.  The player allowed to make mistakes, particularly costly ones, will not make that mistake again.

I have played for both styles.  I enjoyed the game much more without somebody screaming at me.  Kids are afraid to make mistakes and not please a reactionary coach/parent and will not take risks, will not be creative and are looking to the sidelines instead of having their head in the game.  Whether it’s the parent or the coach, the kids getting screamed at never play as well.

The quiet coaches are not -not coaching.  I see the coach talk the players on the sidelines before going in or after they get subbed out.  They also address at half time what is going wrong and what they need to do better.  Post-game is a re-hash.[/quote]

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