{"id":114458,"date":"2026-03-16T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snapraise.com\/?p=114458"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:06:22","slug":"losing-track-of-wins-and-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/blog\/losing-track-of-wins-and-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing Track of Wins and Losses: A Surprising Team Building Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Soccer Coach Andrea Scott shares the approach that helped her build competitive, successful teams every year.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>As a coach, you could end up being one of only a few positive adult influences in a student\u2019s life, so it\u2019s important to act as such.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritizing wins can be detrimental to the development of your students, and still may not produce the desired results.<\/li>\n<li>The time students spend in your program may be short, but can impact and guide them long after they leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As coach of Arlington High School\u2019s girls soccer team, Andrea Scott has developed a tried-and-true team building philosophy, stemming from the years she spent as a player there. Through 14 years of consistent success, Coach Scott\u2019s Lady Colts continue to make regular appearances in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>However, Coach Scott doesn\u2019t actively track her wins and losses.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Coach Scott focuses on the intangibles, things like the relationships she builds, the lessons her athletes learn, and being a positive influence. Below, Coach Scott reflects on these steps and more, and how they\u2019ve contributed to her program\u2019s sustained success.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Leading them Down the Right Road&quot; | Arlington Soccer Program Spotlight\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kXu2mAud2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Not Fixating on Wins<\/h3>\n<p>In her own words, Coach Scott has never made win\/loss records the focus of her team building philosophy. In fact, they aren\u2019t the focus of anything in her teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea how many wins and or losses I have as a coach. But what I do know is we\u2019ve been to the playoffs the last eleven years. We\u2019ve been to regionals [for] two years and we\u2019ve had 99% of our girls go to college straight from high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To Coach Scott, if she were to fixate on wins, that would take away from the team. For her, building a program where athletes become good people and give back to their communities is a much more worthwhile effort.<br \/>\n\u201cI want my players to know what hard work is and that it matters even when no one else is looking. <strong>But I also want them to take life a little bit lightheartedly.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Be Positive and Empathetic<\/h3>\n<p>As her career developed, Coach Scott learned to be more open and honest with her teams, instead of being an angrier, colder coach. \u201cIt\u2019s important for them to see you be vulnerable because then they trust you and respect you if you give that back to them,\u201d Coach Scott says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to be able to teach kids to care for someone else more than themselves. My philosophy has changed over the years as I\u2019ve gotten older. Now I really think that I may be one of the only positive things that these kids see. So we really try to be empathetic and caring but we still have high expectations. We\u2019re not as rough around the edges, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114460\" src=\"https:\/\/snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1.png\" alt=\"Photograph of Coach Scott staying involved, energized, and active in practice.\" width=\"936\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1.png 936w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1-690x389.png 690w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1-122x69.png 122w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-pic-1-60x34.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Coach Scott staying involved, energized, and active in practice.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Prioritize Relationships<\/h3>\n<p>As Coach Scott puts it, \u201cYes, winning is really fun, but the relationships you build? Irreplaceable.\u201d This belief comes up often when talking about the Lady Colts\u2019 team building philosophy, which is by design. The relationships she builds with her students is Coach Scott\u2019s favorite part of her job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favorite moments and one of the most precious treasures that I\u2019ve gotten from a student is a Guatemalan national team jersey. It came from a kid who has dual citizenship for the U.S. and Guatemala.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student committed to a Division 1 school as a junior, but lost her offer at the end of her senior year due to test scores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was destroyed. But then she found out that a junior college was going to let her go play and that opened up a million doors for her. She ended up representing Guatemala and played against the U.S. She got to play against Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd. And when she came back from Guatemala she gave me her jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on this moment, Coach Scott says, \u201cSomething I\u2019ve heard before is that it takes three strong adults in a child\u2019s life to make them successful. You never know if you\u2019re going to be that for a kid. <strong>As a coach, why pass up an opportunity to be that for someone?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114463\" src=\"https:\/\/snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-scott.png\" alt=\"Photograph of Coach Scott sharing a picture board from a past player.\" width=\"702\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-scott.png 702w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-scott-690x387.png 690w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-scott-123x69.png 123w, https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-scott-60x34.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Coach Scott sharing a picture board from a past player.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Balance Work and Life<\/h3>\n<p>Any leader can attest to how many long days it takes to get things running right, and Coach Scott knows and recognizes this. \u201cDuring the season I see these kids more than their parents do. And I see these girls more than I see my own girls at home,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greatest challenge for me at this point in my life is balancing my personal life with work. Being a mom and a wife and a daughter and then adding my coaching on top of that can be challenging. As hard as that might be, when my daughters walk in and see twenty-two sisters, that\u2019s very rewarding.\u201d<br \/>\nWhile her team building philosophy may not focus on it, you might like to know that Coach Scott and her Lady Colts went 16-8-1 and made it to the second round of the 2022 UIL girls soccer playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>However, having one of her players be named the 2022 District 8-6A MVP and making the University of North Texas\u2019 Soccer Team may bring a proud smile to her face.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Share this article with other coaches and leaders on social media, and help grow our community of leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soccer Coach Andrea Scott shares the approach that helped her build competitive, successful teams every year. As a coach, you could end up being one of only a few positive adult influences in a student\u2019s life, so it\u2019s important to act as such. 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