michiana echo soccer club

Responsibilities of Players and Parents

Grades
• Knowing that simply put, no grades, no play.

Devotion to the game
• Be self-motivated to work hard and put yourself in environments that will allow you to grow as a player both technically and tactically.
• Commit 100% of yourself to improve.
• Learn the game by watching soccer especially higher-level games.

Time Commitment
• Commit the time outside of the training environment to practice on your own.

Communication
• Players, not parents, are expected to communicate with their age group coach or the Director of Coaching regarding any question or area of concern.

Pay Attention
• Please pay particular attention to all deadlines and instructions for various activities. Adherence to these dates is key to reducing hassles and costs.
• Listen to the coaches you are exposed to and what they have to say. Also don't be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand.

Fitness
• Maintain a high fitness level so you can compete at a high level when called upon.

Continued Development of Technical Ability
• Practice outside of training environment to improve your technical ability. Listen to the feedback given and improve areas of your technical ability touched upon.

Continued Development of Tactical Awareness and Understanding
• Play, Play, Play. The more competitive and challenging training and match opportunities you expose yourself to, the greater the opportunity to increase your tactical awareness and understanding of the game as well as your speed of play.

What do they practice?
• It is said that anybody can practice what they do well. It takes a truly determined player to practice what they don't do well and are willing to embarrass themselves in front of their teammates while learning new things.