u/Inqusitive_dad

I never played soccer so take this with a grain of salt….

My son has gotten really into soccer. He’s okay. Not great but an average player on his club team. With his interest growing, I’ve started to learn more about it.

One thing that bugged me about this past season was the focus on mistake free playing. It seems to hurt the player development.

Some examples:

- Goal kicks booting it past build out line
-Kickoffs go backwards and then a big boot towards the opposing goal
-Defenders just booting it to the other side
-Defenders always taking the ball to the outside instead of looking for the open player
-Midfielders afraid to pass across the field

Is this like this everywhere in youth soccer? How do other coaches handle this?

Edit: For clarification: this is 11U

Basically what the title says, this coworker is constantly scheming on how to take more and more control. Telling others how to do their job. Stepping over responsibility boundaries. Are really good at playing the game to always make themselves look good when things go well and never take responsibility when things don’t go well. They are quick to judge others and talk bad about others privately. It seems like for them to get ahead, others have to look worse than them.

I can’t work with type of person. It’s giving me anxiety because I feel like my position is in jeopardy whenever I have to work with them. I know some of that is my own insecurities that I’m working on but with how bad the job market is currently, I can’t afford to lose this job that helps support my family.