| A grassy field, two nets, a soccer ball | | | | learning team development. |
| and some playful youth is the ideal | | | | I've been to many sporting events and |
| setting for a little league soccer game. | | | | observed the common procedures for |
| You may have recalled yourself of a | | | | games, but watching these children play |
| time when you observed these little | | | | soccer was interesting. Little leagues |
| league events. You enter a spacious | | | | develop more than just growing children |
| field of green, housing numerous | | | | and their interests; they build a |
| miniature soccer fields all lined up | | | | foundation for team development. The |
| next to each other, and young athletes | | | | little league organization provides a |
| running after a ball. You may have been | | | | chance for children to develop |
| more overwhelmed by the abundance of | | | | athleticism and surround themselves |
| children playing, rather than the actual | | | | among their peers. While sports teams |
| soccer game itself. But what you can | | | | at the higher level (high school, |
| appreciate from this is the sight of | | | | college, professional) focus more on |
| children utilizing their endless energy | | | | winning, little leagues seem to focus |
| and their parents and relatives rooting | | | | more at fostering team development by |
| for them from the sidelines. | | | | giving youth the opportunity to |
| I attended my young nephew's soccer game | | | | participate in teams. |
| and was amused by the organization of | | | | Team development influences. Children |
| the event. The parents of both teams | | | | are easily influenced. When parents put |
| were the main figures of managing the | | | | their children in little leagues or |
| game as being the referees, coaches, and | | | | other organizations where it involves |
| fans. His teammates were not just boys, | | | | being with their peers, they are |
| but girls, all of whom were the same | | | | educating them to become good team |
| age. The young athletes played a | | | | members. Perhaps it is evident that |
| first-time role of being on a team and | | | | parents put their children into sports |
| practicing the basic fundamentals of | | | | when they are young. By the time they |
| soccer; getting the ball into the | | | | are older and in their prospective |
| opposing team's net. Sporting the same | | | | sports, they will have the experience. |
| color jerseys, his teammates were easily | | | | If you reflect back upon your own |
| identified as those he should ally. The | | | | childhood, were you ever on a little |
| view of the game included a hoard of | | | | league team? Can you recall your team's |
| young athletes following the ball back | | | | name, or remember the color of your |
| and forth, their fans cheering closely | | | | jerseys or all of your teammates' names? |
| from the sidelines, and coaches rotating | | | | You probably cannot recall those little |
| players in and out of the game. When | | | | things and it's irrelevant now. What |
| the game was over, the players showed | | | | might have been a lasting lesson of your |
| sportsmanship by slapping hands with the | | | | little league stint would be the |
| other team. No matter who won or lost, | | | | experiences you have gained of the |
| the young athletes seemed more | | | | importance of team development. |
| interested in seeing what treats they | | | | Stephanie Tuia specializes in internet |
| would get afterwards. Overall, this | | | | marketing for CMOE. |
| condensed version of a game was more | | | | For more information about CMOE's Team |
| than just a scene of young children | | | | Development inside organizations, |
| exhibiting their soccer skills. It | | | | contact one of their Regional Managers |
| demonstrated their experience of | | | | at (801) 569-3444. |