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Step Up To Soccer 2008
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A Cycle of Success By age 8, children make up to 70% of their decisions to participate in activities based on self-perceived competence. Therefore, positive experiences at a very early age are critical. Participation builds skill, skill leads to more participation, and then more skill - a cycle of success. A lack of positive experiences leads to the opposite. We are alarmed by studies showing that the percent of overweight children ages 6-9 has more than doubled (to 15%) since 1980. Since 1991, Children’s Learning has made participation fun for all the children in our Step Up To Soccer classes - leading to self confidence, real skills and fitness. Ironically, our non-competitive methods, which stress fun and movement and lots of touches on the ball, turn out to be very effective at developing skilled and creative competitive players. A Soccer Parent Letter
"I decided to put your principles to practice myself as I volunteered to teach my 5 year old son’s team. When other teams were jogging for warm-ups, we dribbled our balls and played games. When other teams did drills and waited in lines, our players stayed active, had a great time and got lots of touches on the ball. Our practices appeared chaotic and unstructured, but the children learned to dribble, pass, shoot, defend, mark-up and use space - all with fun games. The actual game results were staggering. We never focused on score, but we clearly outmatched opponents, sometimes by 10 or 15 goals! At first, I thought I just inherited great players. But the same pattern repeated a year later with a new team. I was amazed at these results. Thank you, Step Up To Soccer." |
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