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Coaching Sports

Author: tony meyers

Drills

A lot of coaches for youth sports do not know a lot about the sport they are coaching.  They are mainly there to provide supervision for all the kids.  This website is designed to provide coaches and parents with a site that gives them ideas for drills to run.  These drills help work on techniques for kids to work on and try to improve their skills.  These drills will provide the basis for the kids learning there sport.

Child Development

This video describes how sports are important in the development of kids. It talks about the physical benefits, the psychological benefits, and socially. It talks about how childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years and is becoming an epidemic.

What makes a great youth sports coach

This video describes a little bit about what it takes to be a good youth sports coach. You have to have a good personality to draw kids to you so they will want to learn from you and respect you. You also need to be intelligent so you know what you are talking about and can answer the kids questions that they would have. You need to be a role model and leader so the kids can look up to you. This is the most important part because coaches become such big influences on kids that it is important for coaches to live there life like they want there kids to do.