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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 6-yo/1st-gr daughter's coach's "great" - very engaging, organized, loved by all girls, etc. etc...., but the team gets hammered every week (from my untrained eyes our girls are just slow/skittish). a couple of parent were having doubts toward end of season. is this coach still "great" but not the "right" one for this group of girls?[/quote]

Sounds like coach is on the hotseat[/quote]

Give him the boot! He's lost the locker room!

Seriously, though, if you are getting hammered every week, it's not the "Xs and Os, it's the Jimmys and the Joes"...or Janes in your case. If the girls are slow and skittish, it's probably because they are not used to competition. What I would look for in a coach for 6 year old girls: 1) Has an attitude and activities that get them excited to be there. 2) Isn't screaming at them. 3) Is teaching proper technique - e.g. Receive with instep, use both feet, use inside/outside/sole of foot to control the ball, glance up while dribbling, discourages toeing/encourages using the inside laces and 4) very basic mental concepts of checking your area, positioning in relation to the ball/teammates/opponents.

It can be helpful to work on 'training' them to fight for the ball to help them compete better, but it's not worth sacrificing much of your development time on.[/quote]

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