We had our first home game and lost 5-0. The score is not what ate at me. The boys were absolutely flat and we did not win more than 10 balls tonight.
It's not that we weren't running, we just didn't challenge for balls in the air or off restarts or anywhere. We were in constant recovery.
My conduct was far from a licensed coach and I was yelling up a storm. It's a helpless feeling on the sideline when the team is not "in the mood". We have several boys who are not always 100% ready to challenge but tonight it was the entire crew. My job is to motivate, encourage and provide information. I was OK on the information, but not OK with the encouragement and motivation.
Our 1v1 defending is a very sore spot with me that we need to work on some more.
Monday we will work more on 1v1 defending as well as winning balls on restarts. We'll see how that goes before deciding on Tuesday's topic.
I did tell the boys at half to not expect me to say "nice try" if they don't actually try to win the ball. I don't think it's a mean thing to say. If a player stops short of a challenge and I say "nice try", then that is what they will keep doing. I say "good idea" a lot, but not "nice try" very often.
We lightened it up a bit at the end of the game and we had ice cream (I needed it too) but they deserve and expect more from me.
We've made progress overall so Monday we work to get them back on track.
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