An Easy Way to Motivate Young Players

An Easy Way to Motivate Young Players
By Tony Argula

As a youth sports coach you will find that through a long season, it's difficult to keep your players excited, motivated and focused throughout the season. A long season coupled with young, easily distracted players, pose a great challenge for any youth sports coach. A great and simple way to help motivate your players and keep them focused is with the Golden Ball Award.

For the Golden Ball Award, all you need is an old ball and a can of gold spray paint. To make the Golden Ball Award, simply take any old ball (baseball, football, basketball, soccer ball, etc.) and spray paint it metallic gold. Let the ball dry, and presto, you have an award that will motivate your young players to push themselves and give 100% in each and every practice.

The coach should award the Golden Ball to the player that has performed the best in a practice or game. At the end of a practice, present the player with the award and explain to the rest of the team why the winning player deserved the award. The player who is awarded the Golden Ball will get to keep the ball until the next practice or game. You will be surprised how much this simple award means to young players as well as how motivating it is.

The coach should remind the team of the award at the start of each and every practice and challenge them to win it. Try your best to ensure that every player wins the award during the year.

This motivation technique can work for any sport: Youth Football, Youth Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, etc.

Tony Argula

targula@coachyouthsports.com

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