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When opposition coaches start coaching your team?

David Saunders

Last season was my first season, so I learnt a lot. I coach u-12s this season.

One thing that caught me off guard was a couple of occasions when an opposition coach tried to coach my team members. On one occasion, in a friendly advising my defender to move further up the pitch for a corner and on another trying to encourage my players who were discouraged about something or other (e.g. not wanting to play the friendly.)

On both occasions I'd like to stress that the advice was delivered very pleasantly, and was very well meant and delivered in an appropriate way.

However, at a gut level I felt it was really off. Hard to explain. A bit like when a well meaning stranger comes up to your own kids when they are crying or wherever whilst you are trying to parent and tries to cheer them up. And you want to tell them to *** out.

Any thoughts on the etiquette of this sort of thing? I do think it's not something I would ever do out of respect for the other coach - its their team and they wouldn't want me interfering.

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    I think it is very encouraging and respectful for other coaches to support all children when playing which is what we want to hear , i think its important to remember that if we have given some advice to other players from other clubs in good intentions depending on the content i feel this is ok , but when its more of a conversation with the player then we are over stepping the mark even if you are thinking of the player , players from other clubs and your players should be given match day achievements or challenges within the time they have on the pitch so for us coaches to instruct will be very confusing for them , good practice would be to leave the players to their own devices , decisions ,while in real time , in reality we tend to send out instruction when they are playing but really or good practice would be to encourage reward effort and make them feel comfortable in trying new things ? verbally and body language . 

    establish a connection with what you or what they would like to achieve in todays game and review this between periods with positive support .

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    I think it is very encouraging and respectful for other coaches to support all children when playing which is what we want to hear , i think its important to remember that if we have given some advice to other players from other clubs in good intentions depending on the content i feel this is ok , but when its more of a conversation with the player then we are over stepping the mark even if you are thinking of the player , players from other clubs and your players should be given match day achievements or challenges within the time they have on the pitch so for us coaches to instruct will be very confusing for them , good practice would be to leave the players to their own devices , decisions ,while in real time , in reality we tend to send out instruction when they are playing but really or good practice would be to encourage reward effort and make them feel comfortable in trying new things ? verbally and body language . 

    establish a connection with what you or what they would like to achieve in todays game and review this between periods with positive support .

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