OUR PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING

Often, teaching and coaching are based on the misguided notion that practice makes perfect. That is not necessarily true. Practice makes permanent and that fact applies with equal certainty to both good and bad practices.  Incorrect training, therefore, will eventually produce permanent bad habits. Those who understand coaching know the benefits that will grow from correct practice and the formation of good habits and sound knowledge. We are a product of our environment.

There is a misguided notion concerning the coaching of soccer which should be dispelled at the outset.  The first of these is that soccer players are born with natural flair and do not require coaching. This notion is not supported by the facts.  The essential fact is that progress through time has come from advancement of education; each generation has handed on to its succeeding generation more knowledge and better techniques of teaching and learning.  

This notion is consistent with the fact that youngsters are not born with equal talent.  They are unequal physically, mentally and psychologically.  Those who are brought up in a futbol environment will have better opportunities to develop their talents than those who are not. The great challenge of teaching, therefore, is to recognize potential talent and develop that potential to its full realization. 

This is Fort Wayne United’s belief and commitment to the soccer community.