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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At U12 DC1 had a top team coach who was focused a lot on competition, technical skills, conditioning and strategy. Little down time, little emphasis on teamwork. Some players sat on the bench the whole season.

At U12 DC2 had a coach really focused on development of core technical skills and softer skills like sportsmanship and was just a really nice coach and a good person to be around with. Everyone played although some much more than others but no one sat out whole games.

Which one is "good"? I think you'd get a lot of different answers from different people. [/quote]

Both of them sound like crap to me.

I would look for a coach who focuses on tactics and decision-making + knows what those things actually are.

As for the rest - all players need to play, but nothing else really matters all that much.
- a coach who focuses on technical skills is largely wasting his time - kids need to learn that on their own - especially if they're already on a top team where they need to spend way more time on it than can be carved out of team practices to really improve
-  competitiveness and sportsmanship are both good things to encourage
-  being nice is better than being nasty
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At U12 no. You're wrong IMO.
At U12 most kids are not at the level of tactics and decision making. They need the basics first. Even the top teams are not focusing on that. I would agree for U15 and up.[/quote]

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