Do you like to win? Of course you do. It’s biologically ingrained in our competitive nature as humans. Whether it be in sports, work or life in general, we prefer winning over losing. We are a competitive society and we think winning validates the work we put into something. But what about losing? Are all […]
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Get Ready for the 2019 Fall Soccer Season
The 2019 Fall soccer season is just around the corner and you decided to sign up to coach a youth team. You made the right decision! When done correctly, you’ll be giving the kids a wonderful sports experience and you’ll find it very rewarding. So thank you for taking your time to coach a youth […]
Our Undefeated Season and What We Learned
Every professional coach is striving for an undefeated season, every season. Their jobs are dependent upon winning games so it makes sense that their goal would be a perfect record. The possibility of an undefeated season also entices plenty of youth coaches, even Balanced Coaches. I recently completed my first undefeated season in almost 20 […]
Measuring Success of Youth Coaches
As a coach, how do you know if you’ve been successful? Traditionally, people measure the success of a coach by championships or win-loss record. The list of the winningest college football coaches is full of names considered to be the most successful coaches of all time. So is that it? Should people measure your success based […]
The Balanced Coaching Philosophy
In an earlier article, I explained three components of a youth coaching philosophy: winning, development, and fun. In that article, I described attributes of coaches that favor one component over the others. I went so far as to call them one-dimensional coaches. This website is called Balanced Coaches for a reason. And it’s not because […]
Three Components of a Coaching Philosophy
Every coach has a coaching philosophy even if they don’t sit down and plan out what it is. If you asked a youth coach to describe their philosophy, you’d likely get a wide variety of responses. This is because they lack a consistent way to describe their preferences as a coach. I have observed three […]