Fundamental Rules/Guidelines for High School Coaches are __________________________________________________________________________________ Teach and instruct students in the rules, fundamentals, regulations of the sport Shaping their character, discipline, and skills. To encourage positive growth and develop sportsmanship, team spirit, character, discipline ,leadership and perseverance. Helping them and motivate them to reach personal and team goals, Coaching a sport in one’s high […]
Being a Team Captain, How To Lead Your S...
Being a Captain – Leader of a Team You have been chosen to lead as a captain! You’ve been chosen a Captain by the coach/team or combo of both. They had to believe you have the capability to lead. They must have felt you are the one who has the attributes to inspire, share ideas […]
Creating the Shared Vision as a soccer t...
You were chosen by your team and coaches to lead and help them develop into what they want to be and become, It’s an honor. They are looking for you on and off the pitch to use the leadership skills they saw in you to motivate, encourage, and focus on how they might improve and […]
Manage your Time as a soccer player
Managing your time as soccer players An essential part of a soccer players development is — how to best use/manage/develop one’s time: academically, athletically, socially, spiritually and maintain a healthy lifestyle. You are fortunate in that in soccer you have learned not to waste your time in practice and make every moment count towards improving a […]
GROWTH MINDSET in Soccer
GROWTH MINDSET in Soccer Unlocking your full potential by understanding that you have two possible mindsets: a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset. One must have a growth mindset to have the courage to discover your God given gifts and talents and develop them. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible.’” – Audrey Hepburn […]
Benefits of Playing Soccer: Enables “To
Benefits of Playing Soccer: Enables “To Discover Who You Are” You are all fortunate and blessed. You are enjoying and having fun playing soccer on your school team. Your coaches all have developed unique tools that are necessary and understanding of how to constantly improve as players and as a team: TECHNIQUES AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING ONES […]
Being an Effective Soccer Coach
One coach’s opinion on a coach’s proper traits in this order 1.Safety, health and welfare of your players – Encourage physical/mental fitness. Demand clean and fair play. Stay informed on the health of each player -meds, conditions etc. Promote playing more than one sport – build a balanced body 2. Teach positively life lessons to develop mind, […]
A Coach’s thoughts against Sports Specia
Sports specialization is defined as intense, year-round training focused solely on development within and for a single sport, to the exclusion of all other sports. It’s a current topic that’s seeing heated debate over the pros and cons of this approach. As a youth soccer coach who has been involved coaching for over 35 years, […]
Benefits of Playing High School Soccer
Benefits of Playing High School Soccer Originally published: February 6, 2018, updated 6/2026 Written by Ed Weil Leave a Comment The Benefits of High School Soccer in the US Many of you read the blog on “Pay for Play” and asked about the benefits/reasons for opting to choose to participate in soccer at the high school […]
“Pay for Play”
The Controversial “Pay for Play” I was asked to provide my opinion/input on “Pay for Play” for a discussion at the United Soccer Coaches convention, focusing the discussion on how to adjust or improve the “Pay for Play” situation in the USA. Once I started exploring the subject, and drawing on my personal experiences I […]







