We've all seen this video - here's my take on it - "Landon Donovan calls out youth American soccer coaches. "If I have a conversation with a youth soccer coach from pick wherever in America, half the time that coach thinks they know more about soccer than I do."
We've most likely all seen where Donovan says youth coaches seem like they know more than him. Here's how I think we can help youth soccer.
Donovan has called out some parents and some coaches and I don't think he's completely wrong.
Basically with him saying half the youth coaches think they know more than he does. However that means there's half that's willing to listen and learn.
I see a bunch of youth camps for the kids and I'm 100% for it, but coaching resources are either locked behind a paywall or there's so much information it's hard to decipher what works.
I'd love to see coaching clinics. I'm not talking about these half crap licensing classes. It'd be nice to get practical hands on advice from people who know more than us.
If US soccer really wanted to help us, they'd be putting coaching clinics on each summer for different regions. And coaches don't exactly get paid a ton at the youth level, so these either need to be free or low cost. If youth soccer wanted to make more money in the long run we should be educating us coaches to the fullest extent.