Insurance executive Daniel Hickey, Jr., graduated from one of the nation’s leading property and casualty training schools, the Aetna Institute, before beginning his career. In the years since, Daniel G. Hickey, Jr., has achieved much success within the industry, founding Majestic Holdings and building the firm into a leading insurance company. Today, Daniel Hickey, Jr., owns and operates Roosevelt Road Capital Partners, a full-service insurance business consultancy. In his free time, he coaches Pop Warner football.
Coaching youth football requires both patience and pragmatism; too many new coaches believe they can easily whip their kids into tough and tactical players using rigorous high school drills. Many fall short, however, because they fail to recognize that their young players need to have fun and learn the basics first. Below are some good starter tips for coaching youth football:
1. Teach the fundamentals. Begin with practices on blocking and tackling well and on catching and throwing the football. Know that every future star athlete first needs to learn the basics.
2. Teach good sportsmanship. Every practice and every game should include some lesson or insight into what it means to be honorable and fair on and off the field.
3. Teach discipline and teamwork. Finding ways to effectively demonstrate these principles will take time and trial and error. Developing methods of instilling these values in a fun and efficient way often becomes one of a youth coach’s main challenges.
Coaching youth football requires both patience and pragmatism; too many new coaches believe they can easily whip their kids into tough and tactical players using rigorous high school drills. Many fall short, however, because they fail to recognize that their young players need to have fun and learn the basics first. Below are some good starter tips for coaching youth football:
1. Teach the fundamentals. Begin with practices on blocking and tackling well and on catching and throwing the football. Know that every future star athlete first needs to learn the basics.
2. Teach good sportsmanship. Every practice and every game should include some lesson or insight into what it means to be honorable and fair on and off the field.
3. Teach discipline and teamwork. Finding ways to effectively demonstrate these principles will take time and trial and error. Developing methods of instilling these values in a fun and efficient way often becomes one of a youth coach’s main challenges.
