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C h a p t e r 2 Managing a Soccer Program a team, getting in shape for another sport, the fun of socializing, acquiring long-lasting friendships, or the outstanding health benefits of training. Don’t underestimate the powerful attraction of being part of a team. Many high schoolers are quietly seeking a group to which they can belong. Soccer can provide them with that opportunity. Your returning team members are the best recruiters for your team. They can give prospective athletes a good sense of what it is like to play Soccer at your school and be a member of the team. Also, ask your athletes to recommend talented athletes from club Soccer, AYSO, elementary school or junior high school. If you are not a physical education teacher, ask the P.E. staff at your school to help you recruit Soccer players. Building a Soccer Tradition at Your School Successful sports programs have strong traditions. Usually, we think of a “winning tradition,” but winning is only part of the formula. In fact, winning is most often the result of strong tradition. Many Soccer programs have traditions that span years and decades regardless of win-loss records. COACH As coach, you are the keeper and transmitter of tradition. Your commitment creates the environment from which tradition emerges. The simplest tradition focuses on winning. Of course, not every school has the ability to build powerhouse winning teams. Nonetheless, every program can have traditions that sustain an atmosphere of success. Encourage your athletes to create a team and/or school identity. Nurture the unique personality of each year’s group of athletes. There are innumerable ways in which coaches build team identity. Feedback, recognition, reputation, reward, distinction, commitment, consistency, fairness, equality and common sacrifice are among the most important concepts that govern any cohesive group. The responsibility and art of coaching is to interpret these qualities into distinct actions and policies for your team. TEAM The foundation of tradition is the athletes’ sense of belonging to a team. Dedication to common effort and goals is the basis of team cohesion and identification. 40
C h a p t e r 2 Managing a Soccer Programs Building team feeling starts with the coach. Communicating your commitment to the success of every athlete is the first, and most important, step in forming team identity. Treating your athletes equally is another requirement of team building. While that doesn’t mean that every athlete must be treated identically, it does mean that every athlete must be valued equally regardless of talent. Head coaches who devote almost all their energy and attention to the top athletes communicate a subtle message of value to the rest of the squad. That message will be reflected in a weak sense of team unity. You can help create strong team identity by encouraging, and sometimes demanding that every athlete have stock in the performance of teammates. Don’t let your varsity players ignore the efforts of the Junior Varsity and Freshmen teams. Your athletes should spend some time together during daily training and competition. Teammates need to know each other to have any sense of common identity. Team identity and tradition also are reinforced by weekly team meetings. Acknowledging effort and achievement before the team promotes common support and cohesion. Approval from peers bonds team members together. Nicknames, T-shirts, pins, buttons, patches, candy, etc., are all small tokens that recognize effort and accomplishment on behalf of the team. Encouraging off-campus interaction is another way to promote team spirit among your athletes. Provide social opportunities that bring teammates together. Often, athletes of vastly different abilities may find a bond of different origin that only serves to cement their relationship as teammates. COMPETITION Competition defines tradition. The strengths and weaknesses of your program are revealed most clearly in competition. It’s relatively easy to build tradition if you win a lot of games. To that extent, your recruiting and technical coaching ability contribute to your program’s tradition. But programs with strong tradition and identity thrive in competition regardless of whether they win or lose. HISTORY Part of tradition is history. Although the historical memory of most high schoolers is about 15 minutes, you need to impart a sense of continuity within your program. If 41
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