CASL Coaches Connection

Hello Coaches,

 I hope everyone had a good weekend of soccer as I had the opportunity to be out on the fields and observe several games on Saturday.  On Friday afternoon I send out a communication to the U7 & U8 coaches, which I am sure was late notice, so I plan to provide additional details within this message.

With the overall goal to improve the experience for the players, there are a couple of game rule changes that I would like to implement.  Again, these rules changes need to be implemented on the field by the head coaches, as you are the leaders on the field.

1.       Once a team gets ahead by a 6 goal lead, one of the attacking goals for this team needs to be removed.  This ensures that the leading attacking team now will have only one goal to attack.  Once the team that is behind in score gets to within 4, this removed goal can then be added back into the field of play.

a.       Essentially think of this as a 6/4 goal rule.  Once a team is up by 6 goals, one of their attacking goals is removed and can only be added once the score is within 4.

2.       Goal Kicks:  a change to goal kicks must occur such that the defending team must be 16 yards (2 boxes) away from the ball, not 8 yards (1 box).  The team that is taking the goal kick can have players within this space.

a.       This encourages teams to be able to pass to a team mate and have a little more time to play.

I am going to be communicating these changes weekly through the Fall season as reminders, with plans to make these rules "official" starting in the Spring.  Be sure that you communicate with the other coach prior to the start of the match, so that you are both on the same page.

Thanks,

Bryan Farnsworth

Director of Recreation