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0:00 Common trap the coaches also get into is if they're doing some sort of skill that's opposed, attacking versus defending, they feel like they have to coach both sides of the ball. They feel
0:08 like they have to coach the attackers, but then when the defenders aren't doing right, they switch and then coach the defenders. Don't do that. I know it's
0:15 incredibly hard not to, but coach one side of the ball. Because if you're doing this right, everybody's going to be on the attacking side or on the
0:23 defending side, so you want to keep your message clear. If you're doing some sort of attacking drill or session, only talk about the attacking points and let the
0:31 defenders do what they may. Because as you switch players from going from defending and attacking, that defending player wants to have heard all the things that they need to do when it's
0:40 their turn to have the ball to try and score. Don't mix the messages as hard as that may feel. And lastly, we say this, you hear this all the time, fewer lines.
0:50 If a kid is standing in the line idle waiting a turn, there's probably a different way to do the thing you're doing. The only time that lines really
0:57 become effective is if if it's part of the recovery process. If the session or drill that you're doing m- maximally output their energy, they work incredibly hard, and then they need a
1:09 few moments before they go again, that's where a line is appropriate. But for most things, we can do things where we're just manipulating the size, the space, the time, the environment without
1:20 having kids standing in line. Because idle kids are kids that then goof off, that then don't pay attention, and then you have a different problem going on.
