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Coaching Toolkit

The U.S. Soccer Coach's Tool Kit outlines various on-field coaching actions, including checking and adapting strategies, providing positive reinforcement, and using key words to enhance player focus. Coaches are encouraged to ask questions, demonstrate behaviors, give feedback, and issue commands to facilitate learning. The application of these methods can occur during ongoing play, planned stoppages, or natural stoppages to optimize player development.

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Coaching Toolkit

The U.S. Soccer Coach's Tool Kit outlines various on-field coaching actions, including checking and adapting strategies, providing positive reinforcement, and using key words to enhance player focus. Coaches are encouraged to ask questions, demonstrate behaviors, give feedback, and issue commands to facilitate learning. The application of these methods can occur during ongoing play, planned stoppages, or natural stoppages to optimize player development.

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U.S.

SOCCER COACH’S TOOL KIT


ON THE FIELD

WHAT - TEACHING
PURPOSE OF THE ACTION WHEN - THE MOMENT OF APPLICATION
ACTIONS

CHECK - ADAPT • Observe and check the created situation on • Ongoing


the field, adapt if necessary based on the five • In the flow (sideline coaching)
elements of a training activity • Planned stoppage (break)
• Natural stoppage (ball out of bounds)
GIVE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT • Reinforce effective actions in order to use it again • In the situation (freeze)
in similar situations
• Motivate players The application of coaching actions can
be a single action or combined actions during
USE OF KEY WORDS • Encourage and support players to focus on cues
different moments.
and/or desired behavior

Examples:
ASK QUESTIONS • Use guided questions to force players to think
(and collect answers) • In the situation (freeze): combination of
about cues and/or desired behavior
demonstration, Q&A and feedback
• Check for understanding
• Planned stoppage (break): Q&A and encourage
• Reflect
players to focus them

DEMONSTRATE • Model desired behavior


(player and/or coach) • Visualize the situation
• Check for understanding

GIVE FEEDBACK • Collect information on players’ behavior related to


the objective of the activity

COMMAND • Tell players what to do

APPLY THE LEARNING CIRCLE • Use a combination of coaching observation and


(as a concept) player reflection to get players thinking about
and/or modeling the desired behavior and applying
their newly learned abilities

U.S. SOCCER | 1801 S. PRAIRIE AVE. | CHICAGO, IL 60616 P 4

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