The wise man says....

I read a great quote today. It was in a coaching magazine and was emphasising the need for children to learn for themselves, and not to be told how to do something. It said, "When we hear, we forget. When we watch, we remember. When we do, we understand." Superb. And so true in the context of coaching children. The job of a good coach is to provide the environment, and within that environment lies a number of challenges. The job of the child/player is then to learn how to overcome these challenges, within a framwork of playing games. We all like to think we are THE one who will teach a child how to play football, and how to understand the game of football. But it is the players themselves who do that. All we do is facilitate the process, and, hopefully, get lots of pleasure out of it along the way.