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There’s nothing quite like the feeling of watching your kids win a soccer game. Kids soccer games are fun and competitive and everyone wants to win. What’s the difference between a winning team and a losing team? It often comes down to three things: A solid team, a good plan and great preparation. If you have these three things, then you’ll be starting your game on a very solid foundation.

Start with a Winning Team

It goes without saying that having a great team is absolutely essential to winning a kids soccer game.

If your team doesn’t have good team spirit or isn’t well trained in their soccer skills, then no amount of preparation before the game will do any good.

On the other hand, if your team has a very strong spirit and all your players are well trained, then you’ll be going into the game with a very good chance of winning.

Again, it goes without saying, but the most important aspect to winning kids soccer games is to have a well trained, well prepared winning soccer team before you even step out into the field. This is built long before the game starts.

Don’t Think on the Field -Think Beforehand

You as the coach shouldn’t be planning strategies during the game and neither should your players. Your kid’s entire concentration should be on the ball and on the game.

That’s why it’s important to think and strategize well before the game. It’s important to learn about the other team and plan out strategies, depending on how the game plays out.

If you think on the field, you’re done. Plan beforehand and have a good strategy going into the game.

Make Sure Your Team is Mentally, Emotionally and Physically Prepared

Preparing for a soccer game is a tricky ordeal. It’s tempting to want to train and train the day before, hoping to get every last ounce of skill possible.

But instead, it’s important to be well rested, emotionally, mentally and physically before a game.

Although it’s okay to do some last minute training to keep sharp the day before, the training shouldn’t be exhausting.

There should be no “tough love” the day before. It’s very, very important that your team go into the game with a strong sense of confidence. Harsh coaching before the day of a game is not constructive.

It’s important to give your team a sense of inspiration before the game. Call it a “pep talk” if you must, but it’s important that your team go into the game with a real sense of readiness and competitiveness if they’re going to win.

If you go into the game with these three things down, your team stands a very good chance of having an amazing victory.