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Transition from parent to coach

Alex Wright

Hi all, 

Me and another dad have taken over the coaching of our kids under 8s due to the previous coaches and their kids leaving to another team for the next season. Although it's very new to us and a change for the kids (as well as new kids joining) it feels like there's still the feeling of us just being there to cover for the previous coaches. We've sat the kids down to explain the changes but there still seems to be a battle with them when it comes to listening and following instructions at times. We try to set up the sessions to be fun and engaging but you can see the kids itching to just start messing around almost instantly.

I understand they are just kids wanting to have fun but it's complete switch on their behaviour from last season.

Any advice on dealing with this transition would be very much appreciated!

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    hello im one of 3 dads that have taken over like you, we are under 7s, with there age we soon learnt 10 mins max on any given drill etc that we are doing,

    before moving over to the next thing, we have said any issue with our own boy another coach deals with it, and a whistle has become our friend!!!!!

    gets them to stop what there doing, but thing that makes them behave the most is the fact we tell them the more they dont listen or do what we need the less time we have for a short match at the end, there doing anything to get the game at the end. 

    good luck and hope it all works out for you.

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    hello im one of 3 dads that have taken over like you, we are under 7s, with there age we soon learnt 10 mins max on any given drill etc that we are doing,

    before moving over to the next thing, we have said any issue with our own boy another coach deals with it, and a whistle has become our friend!!!!!

    gets them to stop what there doing, but thing that makes them behave the most is the fact we tell them the more they dont listen or do what we need the less time we have for a short match at the end, there doing anything to get the game at the end. 

    good luck and hope it all works out for you.

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