I am a believer in the positive influence to get the players to respond to his teachings. I believe in being firm but fair, and I think the children will appreciate this. I think it's important, especially early in the season, to reward players for their hard work during the month of August. I found that no matter the level of age children are in, they love pizza!

This tradition I've done for 20 years and has been a big winner. Once you have been working with his youth soccer team for about three weeks it s time to reward children. After 4 weeks of practice five days a week the boys are tired and ready for their first game. I like having the pizza party after practice this week before our first game. They are usually the same day out the uniforms.

A parent will usually be able to pick up the pizza for you and take the field. I serve juice boxes and use paper plates and napkins. I make sure the field is clean after we finished. I like to have players spend time together and this is one of the best experiences of attachment of the year for children.

Remember that assistant coaches! Make sure you get enough pizza for them and appropriate beverages. In case I mean no alcohol, especially in the area near the children. There is no place for beer or other alcohol.

Jim has over 22 years of hands-on experience as a youth coach. The system he has used with great success for both youth football and youth basketball. His personal teams have won over 80% of their games.

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