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[quote=Anonymous]So here's part of the issue.

Younger coaches who are former players., e.g coaches straight out of college or even high school, tend to have the right passion and energy for the sport for the younger players and do need to get their coaching experience somewhere/how.

But as the previous posted mentioned, these young adults don't often know how to communicate, not necessarily with the players (sometimes this is accurate) but especially with the [i]adults[/i] i.e. parents, of the team. Their "professionalism" outside of the game itself can be severely lacking, much like many other young adults.

Being a coach is a leadership position that not everyone is suited for regardless of age. I've had plenty of coaches who are great skills trainers, or SAQ trainers etc., but I would put no where near trying to coach and manage a team. Not because they don't have the ability to be a good trainer, but a youth coach has so many other expectations than that.

To be fair I've met my fair share of cocky young guys who think they are the next Pep, Jose, etc. or who still somehow think they may make it to pro, semi-pro etc. while coaching on the side and view their teams and clubs as stepping stones. Reality eventually sets in for most of them at some point and for those that don't, well some of you know who they are! ha ha!

I'll end with saying that there is generally a lack of mentoring that happens with coaches. Yes we have classes, yes many clubs offer coaching "clinics" at the beginning or end of seasons to help give an idea on their philosophy, but few clubs really take these guys under their wing and show them from top to bottom what makes a good coach. Most are left to figure it out on their own, some succeed and I would say, most fail (doesn't mean they don't still have coaching jobs though...)[/quote]

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