great listen from you both thankyou, i think what i take away from this, and what ive made part of my philosophy; is that the focus is not,  dare i say the winning but on the freedom and release of actually being able to play your chosen sport because if you look at some of the most gifted players in football like the zidanes the gazzas, george best,  they were free the shackles were off.  The results will come then, it might not be a trophy but it will certainly be 11 happy  kids that you will probably coach all the way to 16

all the best 

great listen from you both thankyou, i think what i take away from this, and what ive made part of my philosophy; is that the focus is not,  dare i say the winning but on the freedom and release of actually being able to play your chosen sport because if you look at some of the most gifted players in football like the zidanes the gazzas, george best,  they were free the shackles were off.  The results will come then, it might not be a trophy but it will certainly be 11 happy  kids that you will probably coach all the way to 16

all the best 

Lee, thanks for sharing and you are right, our first priority as coaches is to engage the players in the most appropriate way as we allow them to fall in love with football. This must come without the pressure of results or winning. I firmly believe that if you set the right environment and build trusting, secure relationships with the players then together you can all go on a great journey of discovery and this may end up with cups and trophies but the players will always remember the togetherness of the group in what they achieved. This lasts a lot longer than the glory of winning a match. Cheers. Pete