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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I kind of get what you are saying -- it's tough to have your kid put in a tough situation with no support from the coach and kids yelling.

How well do you know soccer?  How much experience does the coach have?  If the coach is a dad who is muddling through because no one else offered to coach (the situation my brother was in a while ago) and you played enough to know what you are talking about, then I get it.

If the coach is a former college standout with pro experience and you are a dad who never played (the case with my son in basketball --- I'm clueless dad), then you should approach the coach and ask how you can support your son and only do what he says.  And in that case, don't coach from the sidelines.

The other thing you can do is tape the game and (if your son wants to) watch it with him and help him try to where he needs to be.   I did this with DS out of desperation a couple of years ago when he had a different, very unhelpful coach.  DS had no idea what to do in the coach's offense (think playground 5 on 5 with each always playing iso --- until he got trapped and heaved a desperate lob pass --- and 4 kids watching), so we taped games and worked out patterns, then went to the park and worked on them (e.g. "point guard passes to the other guy on the perimeter and you know he tries to drive every time and turns it over, so how do you help?").  DS worked on boxing out for rebounds, setting a screen, running the baseline, etc. --- basically ways he could help the offense.  Doing that a couple of times REALLY made a difference in DS's game --- he went from standing around watching the ball to being active and trying to help because he could start to see patterns in what was going on.  I don't know if there are similar patterns that goal keepers can start to recognize, but if so and if you can work with helping your DS see them on tape and then work specifically on reacting to them in one on one practice (sometimes this takes some imagination with only you and him, but it's doable), it will probably help.[/quote]

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