By Tim Bradbury, Director of Coaching, Eastern New York Youth Soccer 
Association
I passionately believe that for any youth player to fulfill their potential as person and a player while developing a lifelong love for sport that the trinity of coach, player and parent must work in harmony.
One of the greatest tragedies in youth sports is that this trinity rarely if ever seems to work as a team. The reasons for this lack of cooperation seem to be centered around the following: