Heads and Volleys Soccer Podcast · LeeDunneSoccer

76. Talking to Your Players

July 19, 2023·15 min·1 clip
Lee Dunn shares a key insight from a friend's tweet: coaches, like parents and professionals, fail by 'try[ing] and tell too much' information.
Soccer coach Lee Dunn critiques the common practice of pulling players into a huddle for instruction, arguing it destroys focus and the training environment. He offers practical alternatives like setting up a clear visual environment, coaching individuals in the flow of play, and timing talks around water breaks to maximize player engagement and ball time.

As heard by us

Keep feedback inside the drill, not the huddle.

Heads and Volleys Soccer Podcast keeps its focus on a simple coaching idea: Lee Dunn prefers correcting players while they are still in the drill, rather than stopping everything for a dead huddle.

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Stop hauling players out of the rep when the drill can keep the lesson in context.

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