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We are only coaching little kids sports, but let's face the facts, you need studs to win. A great coach cannot win with terrible talent. A bad coach can ruin great talent. This will be the topic for another article. I am not a "win at all costs" type of coach, but I do try to win every game I coach.
I know it sounds terrible, but it in the off-season make sure you recruits studs. You want to try to get the best basketball, soccer, baseball and hockey players or whatever sport is in the area. One great way of finding these kids is to be involved in coaching other youth sports. You will know which of these kids are aggressive and fast. I have coached youth basketball longer than youth football and this has always been a gold mine for football.
The second way to recruit players is your current players. All kids want to have their friends on the same youth football team. Encourage your current team to spread the word. Go and see your upcoming players in their other sports and make note of the studs. Have your upcoming players ask the studs to join the team.
You can check with your league to see if there are any boundary limits. If not you may want to check out some kids from the neighboring towns. This is especially effect if the neighboring city does not have a youth football program or plays in a different league. Sometime there is better competition or your league may offer a better weight /age advantage so these kids will switch leagues.
Jim has over 22 years of hands-on experience as a youth coach. The system he has used with great sucess for both youth football and youth basketball. His personal teams have won over 80% of their games.
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