#616: Grassroots Pt. 2 — Jim Harte on how kids engage with organized soccer

Jim Harte is one of the people really fighting to grow soccer in
America and he’s spent most of his life working with kids,
working in the trenches of helping them learn to love the game.
He's a six-time high school soccer state champion in Florida as a
coach, and was simultaneously an elementary physical education
teacher and club soccer coach for decades in the Tampa area. He’s
also the founder of the high school champions league, and he’s
the perfect bridge between Tom Byer and the third episode of this
little series, which is going to be focused on practical tips for
rec soccer coaches. (That third part is already available to
paying subscribers on the Patron feed.)


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