[Homemade Caddy]

Brazil will win the 2014 World Cup, Enough Said.

[Somnambulistz]

Originally Posted by nePhantom

For the first time... EVER.... I'll be cheering for Chelsea.....

then you we're really never a scouser to begin with....

[Somnambulistz]

oh wait, in that CL match you mean, sorry, misinterepted you were jumping ship, sorry....

[Boomer94]

I'm going to see SKC take on Galaxy this weekend, I'm pretty hyped

[JohnnyBananas]

Facing probably the best club team ever along with the fact that they get all the favorable calls (beyond favorable...) from the refs. Ahhhh, cmon Chelsea let's ****ing upset them!!!

[SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA]

If Chelsea manages to do that I will wear a beanie for a week.

I cannot get my view on coaches perfectly said or across (not your fault at all), so to prevent ruffling of feathers I will just hold my tongue.

[Mr. Y2K]

tfc keeps this score line we're in the ****ing champions league finals!

[nePhantom]

Originally Posted by Somnambulistz

oh wait, in that CL match you mean, sorry, misinterepted you were jumping ship, sorry....

Bingo. I hate Barca the most. I really hate Chelsea. But how Barca play IMO is an embarrassment to the sport.

[ajdx1000]

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

If Chelsea manages to do that I will wear a beanie for a week.

I cannot get my view on coaches perfectly said or across (not your fault at all), so to prevent ruffling of feathers I will just hold my tongue.

No I really want to understand what you are trying to say.

I do agree that there are some boneheads out there that play route 1 soccer to get Ws and do not develop players. I just wanted to point out there are a lot of good ones that the current system does not benefit. I think if pay to play was gone these coaches would get found out a lot easier.

[custar]

Originally Posted by ajdx1000

And quite frankly US Soccer doesn't do well at coaching education.
A typical D,C,B,A license course is focused more on executing a training session under US Soccer guidelines than it does on teaching the game.
They expect you to come in with the knowledge already which kind of defeats the purpose of the courses beyond getting a piece of paper.

Truth, at least at the D and C levels. If you can follow their formula of making everything a game instead of a drill, you will probably be passed at least at a state level (I assume they are still doing State D, National D, State C, National C, etc.) The philosophy seems to be that a trainer can be hired (by the parents) to teach skills, and the coach only has to conduct practices properly because the game teaches itself.

custar

[SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA]

Coaches who are very good tend to be found at Academy's. These coaches want to be successful and go to the stronger clubs. This vacuum leads to some clubs being forced with leftovers. As you have said these coaches do not really understand the game as it as easy to gain a coaching license as it is a referee license. If we could spread out the good coaches the players would become better and better, but there is not enough of these coaches.

[ajdx1000]

Originally Posted by custar

Truth, at least at the D and C levels. If you can follow their formula of making everything a game instead of a drill, you will probably be passed at least at a state level (I assume they are still doing State D, National D, State C, National C, etc.) The philosophy seems to be that a trainer can be hired (by the parents) to teach skills, and the coach only has to conduct practices properly because the game teaches itself.

custar

I have been sitting on my National D for a while now. They call it the D Pass / D Fail now, if you want your C you have to retest and pass to move on.

The biggest thing holding me back is the price for the return I get. Sure I get a C license and I can go on, but in talking to other coaches with As and Bs, they do not really teach the game. They hit on things like the principles of defense, but don't apply it to real life situations.

What I wish they would do is have the candidates watch a live game or two, do analysis of the game(s), develop a lesson plan for the week, and then run the session. All of this would be done in tandem with the staff doing their own analysis, lesson plans, and sessions so that the candidates could learn what to look for and how the staff would approach things. As it is right now, they say build a session around transitioning from offense to defense and away you go. It is up to you to go brainstorm the lesson plan. That isn't education, that is a test.

You are right though, they operate under the assumption that the parents will seek additional training at the individual level. It is just so disconnected from the reality that is youth soccer in the US. Further, they develop curriculum based on the elite of each age group when it is really the second and third (and so on) teams that truly need the most help with development.

[SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA]

The coaches who decide to coach a lower competitive team to make them be able to play at a higher level are the true un-sung heroes

[Uncle Blazer]

Originally Posted by Mr. Y2K

tfc keeps this score line we're in the ****ing champions league finals!

Didnt last long.

[ajdx1000]

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

Coaches who are very good tend to be found at Academy's. These coaches want to be successful and go to the stronger clubs. This vacuum leads to some clubs being forced with leftovers. As you have said these coaches do not really understand the game as it as easy to gain a coaching license as it is a referee license. If we could spread out the good coaches the players would become better and better, but there is not enough of these coaches.

Again with the Academies. So many "academies" in the US are complete nonsense and are just a reason to fleece a few hundred more dollars out of parents that it needs to be clarified what you mean. There are very, very few true academy teams in the United States.

I can tell you right now that there are VERY good coaches at my club who do not coach academies.

To go back to my marquee name bit, coaching licenses can be bypassed by the level of play that someone has done.
For example, John Doe plays professionally for the Seattle Sounders, he automatically qualifies for a B license due to his level of play. He decides he wants to coach. He has no experience as a coach but now has a high level license as well as a playing pedigree.
Jane Smith did not play professionally. She gets into coaching knowing she has no playing future in the sport that she loves. She has 15 years of coaching experience and has developed lots of players in her time.

The Sounders want a new youth team coach. Who are they going to hire?

[SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA]

I am talking about the literal Academy system which travels every weekend and goes to showcases.

[ajdx1000]

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

I am talking about the literal Academy system which travels every weekend and goes to showcases.

Nice. I point at my scenario involving the fresh, never coached a day in his life ex pro versus the experienced, established lady. Who would get hired?

[SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA]

Originally Posted by ajdx1000

Nice. I point at my scenario involving the fresh, never coached a day in his life ex pro versus the experienced, established lady. Who would get hired?

It's obvious who would for a multitude of reasons.

[custar]

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

The coaches who decide to coach a lower competitive team to make them be able to play at a higher level are the true un-sung heroes

True. A lot of the top level teams when kids are just starting their classic (or competitive or academy) careers are just the kids who matured earlier. A significant number of kids on the second and third level teams are slower bloomers. Because of that, the kids who make the top level teams at 10 and 11 years old top out early while the other kids continue to develop physically and in skills, usually winding up bigger, stronger, and faster by the time they are 16 - 18 years old. However, because those kids were on lower level teams, it is harder for them to break into higher level teams. Part of this is because of parental involvement but also because there are way too many coaches who don't know how to evaluate talent (or care to) and just go with what others have chosen in the past.

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

It's obvious who would for a multitude of reasons.

You are making assumptions that are not borne out by real life. Sure, the former pro player has the marquee name and cachet, but there is absolutely no guarantee that he/she can impart his/her knowledge to others or that he/she has the temperament to be a good coach. See, Diego Maradonna. And Dunga.

custar

[GIZMO8Z]

I love him to death... but it's time to let Pato go. This is just crazy...

Alexandre Pato’s season has come to an end after the Milan man suffered another muscle injury in the 3-1 loss at Barcelona.

The Brazilian international was recently given the all clear after medical checks in America last week, but his comeback lasted just 13 minutes at the Nou Camp.

“His season is over,” revealed Rossoneri doctor Jean Pierre Meersseman to the Gazzetta dello Sport. “We’ll have to start again when he has healed.

“But who will take the responsibility of playing him again? I really don’t know which Saint I should now turn to...”

Pato, who almost joined Paris Saint-Germain in January, has picked up 14 muscle strains since January 2010.

“He’s been all over, from Germany to America, in a bid to resolve his fragile muscles,” Meersseman added.

“He’s been looked at and cured. I’ve even asked my spiritual therapist to pray for him…

“I didn’t sleep at all after the Barcelona game. I’ll take responsibility for the relapse, even if I don’t know what they are.

“I didn’t solve something in three weeks which hasn’t been resolved in two years.

“Pato was declared fit on 13 occasions, but evidently he wasn’t healed. When I saw on the TV that he was injured I felt bad. I wasn’t expecting it to go like that.”

[ajdx1000]

Originally Posted by SwEeT HoMe AlAbAmA

It's obvious who would for a multitude of reasons.

List the reasons! That's all I have been asking for.

That and what you define as par for coaches.