Comments on: Praise Effort Over Talent http://letthemplay.net/praise-effort-over-talent/ Changing the Culture of Youth Soccer Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:52:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Helping The Team | Let Them Play http://letthemplay.net/praise-effort-over-talent/#comment-169 Helping The Team | Let Them Play Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:01:54 +0000 http://letthemplay.net/?p=338#comment-169 […] you are a youth player or an international, effort is everything. Kids learn through sport that even if you’re not having your best day, you can always work […]

]]> By: Zack http://letthemplay.net/praise-effort-over-talent/#comment-144 Zack Fri, 02 May 2014 14:34:21 +0000 http://letthemplay.net/?p=338#comment-144 This is a great post. Sent it to my co-coaches as a great reminder, and sent it to my wife because the implications are so much broader than just sports.

It is so hard in the competitive environment to encourage risk-taking, but at the youth level, that is exactly what we need to do. Results truly do NOT matter, even though we all really like to win…

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