HAPPY FEET - How to Be a Gold Star Soccer Parent:

by Dan Blank

HAPPY FEET is the ultimate resource for soccer parents. Written by best-selling author, Dan Blank, it will give you a better understanding of the game, its rules and terminology. This remarkable ebook includes links to seven excellent videos that help explain soccer's more mysterious concepts such as offside, the advantage rule and systems of play. By the end of Section 1, parents with no soccer background will have a working vocabulary of this strange sport and an understanding of all its moving pieces.More importantly, HAPPY FEET details the most common mistakes parents make in dealing with coaches, referees and their own children. It is a practical guide to situations that every soccer parent will eventually face.HAPPY FEET is not a collection of sideline horror stories. Written by a coach with more than 20 years of experience, HAPPY FEET offers a wealth of advice presented in a conversational and humorous tone. It is the definitive handbook for parents that want the best possible experience for their soccer playing children.HAPPY FEET will help you understand the most effective path for growing your child's love for the game while also helping you steer clear of the behaviors that cause children to fall out of love with team sports. Discover the easiest way to have a positive relationship with your coach, how to effectively deal with playing-time issues, and learn how to talk with your child before and after a game. Plus much, much more.75% of youth soccer players quit by the age of 13. HAPPY FEET was written to combat this staggering defection rate by arming parents with everything they need to know to nurture and grow their children’s love for the game so that soccer fields from coast to coast are alive and well with the sounds of HAPPY FEET.

Genres: Soccer

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 10, 2014

Reviews

[Paul Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent advice for soccer parents.

[Ricky · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a parent of a child with a blossoming interest in soccer, I was searching for more information on the sport - both how I could help my child develop skills between practices and also how to mask, and ultimately limit, my ignorance as a spectator at games.

I asked one of my child's coaches what he'd recommend, and he shared this as a resource that would help - not just me but all parents.

This book is not intended to be a comprehensive, all you'd ever need to know about soccer book, but it definitely offers great perspective from someone who has a great understanding of the sport for us who've had less exposure or never played the game. I can say with confidence that I learned a lot, and am definitely a better fan/soccer parent as a result.

This is geared more toward basic concepts and collective ettiequte, and less toward coaching/developing as a parent, but undoubtedly a necessity for folks like me who are trying to encourage and support their children who have taken an interest in soccer.

[Simon Surprenant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for parents

I enjoyed reading this book as a parent and also as a coach. I really wish that more parent could read it to realize that the game belong to the kids, not to the parents.

[Bill Gathen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic, real-world book about the things we do wrong and what to do instead while your kid plays sports. I noticed a number of things I was already doing right, but a number I wasn't, and I hope those lessons will help my son stay out of "the 75%" and enjoy soccer for many years to come!

[Craig Layton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Advice all parents should consider.

Common sense often goes out the window when parents get too involved . This book is a great reminder of what is truly important, the kids.