Why your kids arent listening to you....

Create a Positive and Enthusiastic Atmosphere: Coaches should welcome kids enthusiastically, engage with them about their day, school, or soccer, and create an atmosphere where they feel welcomed.
Be Clear and Concise: Kids and adults alike have shorter attention spans, so coaches should keep instructions punchy, short, and sharp. Interventions should be kept to 30 to 60 seconds to keep kids' attention.
Variety: It is recommended to break sessions into shorter activities instead of one long activity. This helps maintain kids' engagement. Variety can be in the type of practice, rules, or area of play.
Use Visual Aids and Demonstrations: Tactics boards or smartphones can be used to illustrate techniques or to show relevant videos. Kids should be allowed to interact with the aids for better understanding. Demonstrations should be fast-paced and engaging.
Involve Kids in Decision Making: This strategy provides kids a sense of ownership in the sessions. They can be involved in picking teams or deciding the size of the game.
Stay Relevant: Coaches should be aware of kids' culture, like video games, TV series, etc. This will help engage the kids in conversation and build stronger bonds.
The video wraps up by encouraging viewers to share their own tips in the comments and to like the video to support the channel.

[@glenwiltshire954]

Great video/info and quite ironic how this popped up now. After being an assistant coach to a current u10's for less than a year i am now stepping up to the manager/coach after ours quit today. The boys do have some problems with listening so I'll definitely put this to good use! I need to now start planning full sessions so I'll be looking closer at your channel!👍🏻

[@CatalanSoccer]

The very best of look mate! ❤️⚽️

[@Ziconin]

One way I found to be really useful with the interventions is to give instructions once and try and figure out concise messages (2-4 words!), that you will then use to remind the players during the practice or game. This way you don't have to stop the action, but you can activate their memory and perception skills to focus on the theme we're practicing

[@evcricket]

Really good thanks Ben and well timed. Thursday is training day and I was just staring out the window wondering how I'd get their attention tonight

[@mwyers14]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@amandas7124]

I am not pulling out my phone. That is actually the biggest problem with listening. My phone is not even on my body during practices or games. Other than that, I agree.

[@BrandonCostlowBIM]

Mmm... he didn't say to stay on your phone. That seems like a self-discipline issue for you? If so, I can respect your approach, but generally speaking, a cell phone is a great tool if used properly (like most tools, eh?). I prefer a physical, 3-dimensional aide, but I have a coaching app that includes a tactics board, for the unlikely chance that I'll forget or break my board.

[@noprognosis13]

Thanks for the great advice as always, Ben! I’m starting up practices with a new U9 team this year, and I’m going to do my best to keep these principles in mind. Cheers!

[@eugineolwichi4387]

My fav channel... Greetings from Kenya!

[@michaelwarren3351]

Great stuff again mate. Totally agree, you have to engage with the kids. I make sure I welcome them all at training and their parents as well. I'm chatting non stop to them in training!

[@CatalanSoccer]

Keep up the great work Michael

[@icavaliere]

Fantastic video, thank you. Apologies if you have already covered this, but could you give us some tips on how to get young players to make scanning part of their routine play please? Thanks.

[@MBSnapper]

Great stuff, as a new coach last season, your channel has been very useful. Thank you.

[@CatalanSoccer]

That’s great to hear! Thank you for the support!

[@stevencoyle5354]

Ben love channel. Wondering if you have tips for players playing exactly how I want in practice but for the most part it doesn't transition to the game. The term that pops in my head is "playing scared" and fear of failing so they panic. The pressure to be perfect is not coming from me. Thank you

[@aquabart33]

Love this Ben, thank you! I'd be really interested to know what you'd say to coaches who say, "just get them to play a game, it's all they want to do anyway and the learn best that way."

[@CatalanSoccer]

Do you teach kids how to solve times tables by just letting them do times tables over and over until they get it? Or do you teach them principles, methods and give them a solid level of understanding first? Football is the same, they can learn anything with enough exposure to it but our job as coaches is to accelerate that process through information, guidance and sharing ideas.

[@davestar6457]

Subbed, good stuff thanks

[@er3117]

👍

[@stuartbowman4582]

Sorry, nodded off after the first bit 😂

[@CatalanSoccer]

😂😂 I’ll keep working on it!