GFU: Run or Pass

We can’t expect youth soccer players to show great emotional control all of the time. It’s sometimes easy to forget, but they’re not mini-adults — they don’t have the same capacity to control their emotions as we do, and we shouldn’t expect them to. But that doesn’t mean we can’t help. We can still teach our young players how to understand and manage their emotions. And this education is just as important to their overall development as the tactical and technical sides of coaching. Below,…

The question this week comes from Gav through the PDP Slack Community: Gav asks, “Should I have a theme for my sessions?”