🗣️ Fun and enjoyment are the fundamental and most important factors for kids just starting out playing football / soccer ⚽️ Equally , praise and encouragement are just as important to develop confidence , assuredness and competence in young players To keep players having a lifelong love for the game depends on many factors - good quality coaching being one Here at LevelUpSoccerCoaching we have many principles and values . One of our core values is to try and help our young players develop by providing a positive , expressive and creative environment to which they can excel and fulfill their potential 💯 Constructive criticism and analysis is paramount for player development but so is praise and encouragement Many coaches ( and parents ) try to coach young kids to be robotic in nature and give them unhelpful instructions during games such as " Just get rid of it " " Ah Don't try that there " " Don't dribble or try any skill moves " " Play 2-3 touch max " Thus stifling any ...