Soccer Coach Weekly Issue 108

We have coaches that read this magazine from all over the world.

 

They coach in various different environments and are all at different stages of their own coaching journey.

 

The one thing, though, that brings you all together is that, by engaging with SCW, you are showing an
interest and a will to learn more about coaching, and improve your practice.

 

This issue’s interview, on pages 8-10, focuses on just that: a commitment to learning and developing as a soccer coach.

 

Samantha Snow speaks to Jamie Meshew, a coach educator with US Soccer and an experienced coach, herself. They discuss the value of investing your time in coach education, and Jamie shares advice for student-coaches.

 

It is a really good reminder to us all to take some time to think about where we are on our coaching journeys. What are we good at? What do we want to improve on? How can we support ourselves to improve?

 

Whether it is by engaging in official coach education in your nation or using a resource like ours, committing to progressing and learning more as a coach should be commended.

 

Elsewhere in this issue, our consultant coach Carl Wild, himself an experienced tutor, is breaking down another key soccer skill - this time it is receiving.

 

Carl looks at what it is and how we might coach it and provides a couple of practices to help us do so.

Have a great week!