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Youth soccer athletes have to love the game, how can we help?

At this stage of their development, as a youth soccer athlete, as a kid, it’s essential that your athlete learns to win, learns to lose, but most importantly, never falls out of love with the game


As coaches and parents, our responsibility is to make the environment as enjoyable as possible to allow them to flourish.


Everyone will have good games and bad games—that’s part of the journey. But at this age, the key is for them to genuinely love the sport. They should have nothing but excitement and fun when they step on that field. 


We have to be the “encouragers”. Youth soccer is about the training, the technical work, and the details of player development - but it's just as much about making sure that all of that development happens within an enjoyable environment alongside friends and an encouraging community.


If they start playing to meet expectations or please others, soccer will only go so far for them. 


Every time they step on the field, they should be playing for themselves, for the true love and joy of playing the sport - not for anything else.


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