Warren Buffet might not know soccer, but when he said, "Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up", he was onto something.

When it comes to coaching, everyone wants a say but few are willing to turn their words into action and take a team… even under 8’s which is where yours truly started.

How can You enjoy coaching soccer? Let me count ways:

1. Coach your kids and you get to spend more time with them at something you can help them have fun at AND enjoy mastering new skills.

2. Coaching young people of any age gives you opportunity to have a massive and important influence on future of your community and country! This is not just talk. Ask any adult who has played sport for a while and there is a good chance had great people who were their coaches.

3. You will be remembered for all right reasons and kids will copy your example. There are no less than 3 great coaches I remember until I left town at 17. Mr Nicolas (Fatherly man who really cared and It was much appreciate) Mr Edgar (fantastic accent I still haven’t mastered but he was fair and encouraging), and lastly Bobby “Feed Bear” Mutter (A burly Scotsman whose belief in me propelled my confidence sky high, I can still hear him call, “Who’s boss Richard? Show him who’s boss!”

4. You get to develop skills in something you have a passion for and coaching soccer skills is full of challenge and rewards.

5. Get a life! No longer wandering streets looking for something or sitting in front of TV, rock up to your local soccer club or school and I’m sure there will be opportunities to add a new dimension to your life and lives of others.

6. Build contacts in your community and neighborhood. If you coach kids they have parents and they have lives too that may provide a way to help you with something in your life.

You Don't Have to Hurt Yourself to Snowboard Snowboarding Gear to Keep you Safe and Comfortable as you Learn and Ride

Are you thinking of trying snowboarding, but reluctant because you've heard that you'll be bruised after painful edge-catching falls of first three days? Or have you tried snowboarding but thrown in towel because it hurts too much when you fall?

Snowboarding without Injuries-- Snowboarding without injuries is actually a possibility. If you wear protective snowboard gear you will greatly reduce odds of hurting yourself when you snowboard. You will not have to worry as much about possible pain and injury on slopes, and you can relax and enjoy ride. If you are lucky enough to always ride on soft deep powder, protection is not such a big issue. But hard snow happens, especially in Eastern America.

Most Websites and Magazines Do Not Discuss Snowboard Safety-- and protection for snowboarder. In some circles, it seems there is something stoic and admirable about enduring pain. If you disagree. and want to spend quality time on slopes instead of nursing bumps and bruises on sidelines or sustaining slow-healing injuries that can become chronic and arthritic, read on.

Main Points of Impact with Snow and Ice-- When you ride, main points of impact where your body will meet snow or ice are predictable: knees, hands and wrists, buttside or tailbone, and head are target zones. Protect these body parts and you will hurt less and have a lot more fun.

Knee Protection for Snowboarders-- Knee protection is one of most important pieces of snowboard protective gear. Your knees are bony and vulnerable. And they are complex joints that are painful and expensive to fix.

Wear in-line Skate Knee Pads beneath your snow pants. Make sure they are soft and well-padded on inside and hard plastic to absorb shock and protect on outside. Good pads will also keep your knees warm and flexible, and you can relax so much more knowing that a fall forward is not going to be painful and damaging. Beginners fall on their knees often. Believe it or not, good knee pads also help to protect your wrists. Read on.

Hand/Wrist Protection for Snowboarders-- Falling forward with your weight on your hands is a good way to break a wrist. Fists should be balled up, with your thumb outside, as if you were ready to punch someone. Try to relax and fall evenly on your protected knees, and forearms. You should wear good protective knee pads so you can distribute weight on both your knees and hands. Then you won't have to try to catch yourself with your hands.

Some experts argue that wearing skate wrist guards can increase severity of a fracture by sending "shock" up arm to a larger bone. A new snowboard specific safety glove and wrist guard is now on US Market. It was designed by a French Emergency Room physician who has worked on thousands of snowboard fractures, and it is supposed to reduce snowboard wrist injuries by up to 60%.

Butt/Tailbone Protection for Snowboarders--