Next season U10s
Hi, I've been coaching my current team from U13 to U16 and since the motivation from the boys is basically gone, I'm returning to young levels, since I 'want' players who don't have 10 other things on their mind that might be currently more interesting and I also don't want other coaches lurking around and deciding over my head if player A is already good enough for men footall etc. If I sound pissed off, yeah, that is the case. But nevertheless, I'm looking forward to a new adventure and I also mostly enjoyed this 4 years spell
A couple of years ago I coached from U7 to U9 but never had a U10. Any tips?
I'm a big fan of SSGs, implicit learning etc and I think I can design good and also fun sessions but I'm not much of an explicit coach since I basically think "okay, let 10 kids play 5 minutes longer instead of explaining 5 minutes a thing that only two will really get". What is your take on this? I know isolated and explicit aren't necessarily the same thing but I wonder if I have to change my style slightly and do a bit more isolated stuff and more explicit coaching.
I think in reality I could basically ask the same question regardless of what level I'm coaching at but specific U10s input is specially appreciated.