The Soccer Coaching Podcast

So why is it not about `winning v’s development`….?Football (soccer) is a sport.And sport is by definition: “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”Compete: “strive to win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.”This means that `wining` (and losing) are intrinsically built into sport and therefore are built in to football (soccer)…you can’t remove it or chose whether or not to have it! It’s not and it can’t be NON-COMPETITIVE! It’s a sport! It can be child/player centred competition!If we can accept that ‘wining` is part of the game, then we can stop the debate on if `wining` (especially at the foundation and developmental phase) is a good or bad thing. It’s neither, its simply part of the sport, just like the ball or the goals! So if it’s not a question of winning v’s development, what is the real question...All sports need a way to measure the success of the game, so in turn will conclude