The Storyteller, Magician and Entertainer
Working and coaching with children from the age of 2 really forces you to become an all-in-one storyteller, magician and entertainer. You have to be able to create a world and environment which is exciting and adventurous, that feeds their imagination and allows them to do whatever and be whoever they want to be.
The link below leads to an excellent article titled 'Why Superman will win the World Cup' from the coaching blog of Bill Urban and Spreag.
In it they talk about the importance of the 'coach' not being a "Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger or Marcello Lippi" but "a storyteller, a magician, an entertainer". The importance of captivating a childs imagination, not just "dribbling through cones and shooting at a goal" but "flying through galaxies and shooting at spaceships" - I know what I prefer and I'm 28!
http://thecoachescorner.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/why-superman-will-win-the-world-cup/
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