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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should the focus be on winning or making our kids better soccer players that understand the game. [/quote]

Coach here

I'd argue that in order to "focus on winning" you need players that understand the game. This obviously is less true at times and at certain levels, but I imagine almost every coach wants a player with a good soccer IQ.

Players naturally want to win. I'd argue people in general want to win. It's when parents and coaches make winning the end all be all that we run into trouble. At the professional level, I somewhat understand, but at the youth level there have been plenty of times where I thought we played an excellent game, but our opponent was simply better or a fluke goal cost us the game. I make sure to let my players know when I feel we play well and when we don't. They know the score, they don't need me to hammer the result of the match into them. Their performance on the other hand - I feel I'm responsible for. It represents a part of me and my training.

I haven't read the scrimmages threads, but I imagine just about everything is being over amplified simply because we haven't had any actual soccer in like 10 months so any news is big news to some people. Especially when you consider the folks on here are probably some of the most fervent parents in the area.

I imagine you'll see a lot of anomalies this fall and hopefully by spring things will get somewhat back to "normal".[/quote]

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