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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]do you ever get the sense that coaches don't put in the effort they should into coaching their teams?

For example coaches who coach 3+ teams at the club and the teams they work with don't improve that significantly over time.

Some of these types of coaches just make sure their teams stay in lower league divisions or at the bottom tournament brackets to keep clear of better teams that will expose their team's many weak points.

does anyone have experience with this?

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I get the sense the player pool just might not be that good or committed either such that no amount or quality of coaching could overcome it. If they are already in low level league divisions they are probably ODSL level/barely above rec level to begin with.  [/quote]

Player pool is more of an issue than anything. For a small club, it's hard to get a whole team that can compete at a high level. That same core at a larger club may have a better 8-15 just because there are more kids to choose from and may end up being much better [/quote]

Player pool is an impact to a degree - you won’t get a team of athletes from most small clubs that will be able to compete at the top level with the big clubs - but that absolutely does not mean that they can’t learn and improve over the course of the season and find a good competition level in league and tournament play.

I will absolutely say there are un-invested coaches. Some of them coach full time, some have “real” jobs and coach on the side. They are just there to do the minimum and get paid - throw out some discs, run some activities, send the kids home. No real development plan for the season, no thought out session plan to break something down, explain it, teach techniques, discuss application in a match, and increase pressure to get to game situations, then follow through in the matches. Little instruction, little coaching, just showing up and doing some babysitting thinly disguised as soccer. Now, I don’t know if it is all a lack of caring, some of them may just not know how to connect/coach certain ages, some are just incompetent - that falls on the technical leadership of the club for not properly training the coaches or putting them in the right spots.

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