COACH QUIZ

The first day of practice/games, the coach should

Introduce himself

Learn everyone’s names

Explain the very basics of the game

All of the above

Each week, the coach will pick two or three drills to sharpen the team’s skills. These drills should be chosen:

At random

To target a specific area the team needs to improve on

Before a coach installs plays, he should have:

Explained the role of each position

Explained the rule for substitutions and rotations

Told everyone they’ll get a chance to try every position

All of the above

This is a recreational league. That means all players get the chance to:

Get the ball every game

Try different positions

Both 1 and 2

In order to get each kid the ball each game, a coach should:

Mark their names off on the roster in his binder

Ask a parent to track touches/passes

Constantly ask players who hasn’t gotten the ball

Use whatever system he needs to get everyone the ball.

The referees in this league are…

Never going to make mistakes

Going to make mistakes

When the referees do make these mistakes, a coach should:

Throw his hands in the air and complain

Tell the players how unfair the referees are being

Keep the team focussed and calmly speak to the referee if an issue needs to be revisited.

If a coach has a problem on his team (they aren’t very good, a few kids are struggling to concentrate, etc), he should:

Suck it up and push through.

Tell Carl, because there’s a whole number of things we can do to help you.

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