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tactics <br />f'.'i <br />Developing skills, tactics <br />and strategies <br />As a youth coach it’s important that you develop the ability to <br />identify^ both efficient and inefficient performances of the <br />basic skills of the sport and lx* able to analy/e and correct <br />typical errors in performance. Ikring able to do so will assist <br />your players in the basic skill development necessary so that <br />they’ll be able to perform these skills in a competitive setting. <br />One way to help you develop this skill is to ba*ak ever)' <br />fundamental down to three basic com|M)nents: breaking <br />the task down, analyzing it, and making cairrective <br />suggestions to assist the pla)*cr in the development of this <br />essential skill. <br />Every sport is comprised of essential skills that requia* the <br />coach to have this ability.To be tcK) wrapped up in the X’s <br />and O’s and elaborate playlMH)ks with the expectation that <br />every' child will be able to execute your coaching <br />stratc^es is totally unnralistic. Stay focused on basics and <br />build their knowledge and skill level by inca*asing the <br />difficulty of the skill only after each step of the .skill is <br />mastered in logical pn>ga ‘ssion. <br />The coach must become a .student of the game and learn <br />all the niles as well as become familiar witli die rule book <br />the league is using. Also, don ’t a.vsume that the players <br />know all the rules. Teaching the rules to your players is <br />essential in the skill development process. If tlic players <br />don ’t understand the iiiles and how they’re applied it will <br />be a frustrating experience for both you and them. <br />Do the kids understand you? <br />Sports has a vcxabular)’ all its own and as the coach it <br />requires that you make sure every child understands what <br />you ’re .say ing. Ask the team the que.stion, ”Wliai do I mean <br />when 1 .s;ty to keep your eye on the haH?'”niose that <br />understand the term will tell you <br />and that will provide adequate <br />explanation for those that didn’t iL <br />Children with disabilities <br />deserve equal opportunities <br />( hildren with dis.ihilitics can he iiu hidcil on any team <br />and e xperience ihe joy of pla\ ing The Americans with <br />Disabilities Act says that we are noi onl\ ohiig.iied to <br />include all kills hut th.il we have the right and <br />responsibility to provide indi\idual accommodations, <br />suppc»rt and/or ail.ipt.itions lor the chiki to help them <br />e\|x*rience suci ess <br />a coach s responsibilit) includes helping children <br />accept the differences oI children with disabilities <br />and to be supportive and answer i|uestions. <br />a io.tch must demonstrate to the team that <br />accommodations (or athletes w ith disabilities aren ’t <br />an advantage <br />\.ith some creative thought any child should be able <br />to parlicijute in a meaningful wa\ (.isk for \our <br />players help, kills l an oiler some great suggestions), <br />if a cruel remark is made react immediately and <br />handle it in a turn embarr.issing way for both the <br />chilli who has the ilisability and the person who <br />made the remark <br />make sure the team rallies around the child with <br />the disability w ho heard a cruel remark ilirecteil .it <br />them to immediately reinforce that no one agrees <br />with the remark <br />skitts <br />> <br />undcrstanc* it. <br />A A Sh,» <br />Youth Sports Journal | Initial IssueIssue <br /># <br />k