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I can do it.........anyone can do it.
Do they kick the ball? I've never even sniffed a soccer field.
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I can do it.........anyone can do it.
Personally I'd say don't sweat it. His body will let you know if he's RH or LH. If he leans more toward doing things lefty sounds like he's a lefty.Question for those that have coached. My son is 4 and we signed him up for tee ball this spring. Working with him yesterday on some batting and throwing he seemed to be leaning more towards doing things lefty. He was holding the bat left hand high and trying to swing that way. I had him hit both left and right and throw left and right. He did equally well both ways. Anyway to tell if he is left or right handed? Should I try and steer him one way or the other?
Question for those that have coached. My son is 4 and we signed him up for tee ball this spring. Working with him yesterday on some batting and throwing he seemed to be leaning more towards doing things lefty. He was holding the bat left hand high and trying to swing that way. I had him hit both left and right and throw left and right. He did equally well both ways. Anyway to tell if he is left or right handed? Should I try and steer him one way or the other?
I was leaning towards his grip being "backwards" due to him being untrained athleticly and not knowing how to hold the bat properly. I'm all for him being a lefty.Personally I'd say don't sweat it. His body will let you know if he's RH or LH. If he leans more toward doing things lefty sounds like he's a lefty.
He does all that with his right hand.You happen to notice what hand he used when he draws or what hand he uses to pick up food, cup or silverware?
So I'm also "coaching" my youngest daughters 4-5 yr old soccer team... Great!
He does all that with his right hand.
I'm only asking so I don't mess things up and force him to be a righty when he could excel as a lefty. I guess time will tell.
Welcome to coaching!So my wife signed me up to coach my kids soccer team. I've never coached, never played soccer(nor do I really care for the sport), so anyone have any suggestions or places to find stuff to do with the kids. They are 5. The practices are 30 mins and the games are 30 mins. So I'm basically just going to try and keep it fun, look for game like drills.
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You have to keep them constantly busy at that age or you will have mayhem. I strongly recommend you consider using multiple stations where a smaller number of kids can work on a particular skill. Say you have 12 kids on the team, you have 3 groups of 4 kids and rotate them through each station. Because there are only 4 kids per station they are very active and have very little down time. That's a good thing for you. (In case it isn't clear, you need a coach/adult working each station and teaching the skill)
I don't know anything about soccer, but using basketball as an analogy you could have a dribbling station, a passing station and a shooting station. You will need to figure that part out, as well as the drills to use for each station. In my experience it is a good thing to a very small number of drills for these core skills that they do over and over and over again. It will be rough at the beginning but by the end of the season you'll see big improvement thanks to all those repetitions.
I've been wearing Google out learning how to teach underhand softball pitching.Thanks. Well I guess another issue is I'm going to be the only coach, but I think there is only 7 kids. I will definitely look up some drills for the kids. As I said I don't know anything about soccer but I guess that's what Google is for.
I've been wearing Google out learning how to teach underhand softball pitching.
FYI, even with 7 you'll probably be happy to have a parent take 1/2 the group.