1. 1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA30115
April 18th, 2012
Judges, Senior Project
CreekviewHigh School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA30115
Dear Judges:
My name is Alex Moreau I have played soccer for the past twelve years and have
coached the sport now for three years. Because I am 18 this means that I have played this
great sport for over two thirds of my life. I am also an avid player of chess and I enjoy
reading fictional novels. Next year I will be attending Georgia Southern and working
towards an engineering degree. From my earliest childhood memories all the way to my
senior year I have continued with and enjoyed playing soccer. In the past my coaching
was limited to that of a minor coach, but I am slowly progressing to independently
coaching my own team and I greatly desire to continue coaching throughout college.
To demonstrate what I learned from my senior project I have prepared a video. This
video shows the first and last games that my team played, and through the video I will
talk and point out their mistakes as well as their improvements. After many hours of
research I learned that while having talent on the team is helpful, the drive that a player
has for the game is critical. By staying enthusiastic and always encouraging my players
they always wanted to work hard and succeed.One of the issues that I experienced
revolved around technical soccer skills and finding the right drills to teach the players
what to do and how to improve in their problem areas.Another problem that I
experienced was communicating with the parents when a time changed. To overcome this
I kept a listing of all their home numbers, and both parents cell phones.
My desired career is some sort of soccer coach so practicing this at an early age has given
me a good idea if I would like to pursue this topic. After researching soccer coaches it
became very evident that a good salary will be a rare thing to find in this field. More
importantly if you enjoy this line of work, which I do, then this will be a great career
choice. An important aspect of a coach is to have great enthusiasm towards the game.
With an intensity to improve your team being a soccer coach will come as a natural thing.
I was very happy to have the opportunity to coach my team. I probably would have done
so whether I was required too by my senior project or not. Through this project I learned
that I will continue to coach and help younger players to improve in the game. I improved
my people skills and communication skills and learned that everyone has the ability to
learn. Coaching this past year has improved my drive for the game and some of my
communication skills, and I am now more confident than ever that I will continue in
coaching soccer.
