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My first two years at Hanna were 10-11-1 and 7-13. Not always the happiest of days. We would be put out in round 1. The next two years we went 14-5 and 17-5, out the first round, but the easier scheduling got the girls more excited about soccer and gave us some credibility. Had we scheduled harder, maybe we would have been a little better prepared for playoffs...but I don't think it would have set the program in the right direction. Girls need to be happy.
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"Girls need to be happy"
What are you talking about?
Girls needs to be put in a competitive environment on a daily basis, and understand winning and losing are a part of the game and part of life.



sorry I am late to the conversation guys, but I read this and just shook my head...even the most competitive girls that I have been associated with would quit if it didn't make them happy. Michael, I think what you did and what i see some other coaches do in scheduling to build confidence really got things rolling here in Anderson and now I have the luxury of scheduling hard because they already have confidence. This is definitely an aspect to coaching girls that is a bit different from boys.