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Article Title: Coaching High School Soccer: 7 Ways To Teach Self-Control Article Description: Let's face it that like confidence, self-control in coaching high school soccer is an option that players can choose. In soccer coaching, self-control strategies are based on the relationship between thoughts and emotions. We all know that our state of mind influences our emotions, which in turn strengthens our performance. Additional Article Info: Word Count: 559 (not including resource box) Category: Soccer Written By: Andre Botelho Contact Email: [email protected] <----- Article Begins Here -----> Coaching High School Soccer: 7 Ways To Teach Self-Control © Copyright 2009 Expert Secret, Lda (SoccerDrillsTips.com) Let's face it that like confidence, self-control in coaching high school soccer is an option that players can choose. Self-control strategies in soccer coaching depend upon the relationship between emotions and thoughts. We all know that our state of mind influences our emotions, which in turn strengthens our performance. With a view to help the players in learning the skill and discipline of self-control, there is a 12 step strategy which I shall discuss with you. Nevertheless, its imperative that players agree to these steps after that are sure that it holds a lot of importance for them. Whats more, the players should also be prepared to take full responsibility for the actions they take. The 12 steps are explained below. 1. Awareness: When coaching youth soccer, help players identify their weak points. Help your players evaluate the reasons how, where and when they lost control on the ground in their past. 2. Understanding: Help the players acknowledge the feeling that changed their thinking and caused them to lose their emotional steadiness. 3. Differences: Let the players recall situations in the past when they did and did not lost control. Let them judge the distinction between their behavior, attitudes, and emotions then. 4. Problem: When coaching high school soccer, attempt to pinpoint the problem. For example: Is it the guilt of letting the whole team down because of their performance? 5. Belief: The players should manage to raise their expectations from them including self-control as one of the behaviors. Give confidence to players to change themselves. 6. Reinforcement: A change in behavior is promoted by reinforcement. Therefore, you must not forget your duty as a coach to recognize and honor the improvements of players so that they stick to these. 7. Goals: To guide the players through skill upgradation process, set a series of small goals for them. Help the players understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. 8. Techniques: To maintain the confidence level, employ a set of behavioral practices. For example: Players must know which path to follow in a certain situation. 9. Plan: In football coaching, train the players to systematically and considerably follow their goals. 10. Progress: Help them being patient. Let the players understand that the ups and downs are integral parts of path to improvement. 11. Setbacks: Let the players understand that setbacks are there to stay. Therefore, try to learn something new from every setback. 12. Remembrance: Last but by no means the least, make the players understand that they are trying to change for a reason. The players must always know that why and what are they doing. What would the change mean to them for their future? For a soccer player to achieve a perfect performance state, the player must be trained for relaxed swiftness. This simply means use of full energy without stress. You must not make any mistake about it. You must include relaxation techniques in coaching high school soccer and train the players on how to control the thought process so that they can keep themselves stress-free. You should not wait to subscribe our youth soccer coaching community as by doing this you will be able to know lot more about soccer and soccer coaching skills with the help of various articles, newsletters, and videos available with us. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andre Botelho is a recognized authority in youth soccer coaching. Learn how to explode your players' skills and make training more fun in record time. Download your free youth soccer coaching guide at http://www.soccerdrillstips.com <----- Article Ends Here -----> ------------------------------------ This group is no longer maintained. It only exists for the archives. Please submit your articles at http://www.pickbrains.com/submit-article instead. Yahoo! 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