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Like any other sport, in coaching high school soccer too, confidence is the prerequisite that each players need to discover and instill in him or herself to get successful. As a coach, when you declare that your players are under pressure, you are really identifying in them a lack of confidence to deal with a situation. I say this because only confident players expect to win and get successful.

Like many choices we make, confidence as an attribute is also chosen by players. In coaching

youth soccer, use the behaviors of two parrots perched on either shoulders to demonstrate this point.

One of them is the positive parrot, always urging the player to face up to the challenge saying “You can do it.” The second one is a negative parrot that is always cautioning the player “You can’t do this.” Without a doubt, it’s the player who has to choose which parrot to take note of.

Once the players have made up their minds, teach them to become liable for their acts. The players

may have to make this decision on a daily basis. Build confidence in the players by emphasizing their involvement in past successes and ready successful players to make a strong team.

When it comes to soccer coaching, let it be known that blaming somebody or something else is a symptom of insecurity. As a matter of fact, players should be trained on taking every setback as a lesson to become even more confident and not to feel discouraged.

Likewise in coaching high school soccer, it’s imper

ative to teach the players to repeat the phrase “I’ll get the next one” whenever they miss out on any opportunity. The distress of the miss instantly motivates, hence ensuring no effect on confidence for the next strike.

In a team, caliber, mental strength and judgments regarding a player’s ability to survive the demands of competition, hold the key for its success. In football coaching, there is always a close call between judging physical and mental readiness, but in the end, physical readiness wins the battle.

To facilitate this type of judgment, look for clear messages. The spoken and unspoken messages of the player should be taken into account to ensure his or her ability to succeed in the game.

Confidence is the fruit of success. Self-belief, hard work done and the mental preparation to face tough situations, hold the key to success in soccer. The phrase “If you are not preparing to win, you are preparing to fail”, is used over and over again to trigger off the players.

Confidence grows up with experience. The players must be accustomed to their doubts, mistakes, defeats and condemnation so as to establish the experience they need. The feeling that he or she has the knowledge has some experience and knows how to handle the situations, always prevails.

Know this. Building of confidence is an everyday task in coaching high school soccer, so players ought to reflect on positive and main steps for their realization.

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