Coaches,
As a doctor, lawyer, teacher or any other career, your ability to stay on top of your profession depends on staying up to date with new ideas and improving your understanding of old ones. Are you better now at your profession compared to when you first were hired? Is it in part due to the fact that you have learned and developed over the course of time in your career? As a soccer coach, continuing education is just as important.
Whether you have been coaching for several years or just volunteered, learning about the game, players, and activities is important to helping keep your sessions fresh, informative, and fun. While you may have played in your youth, possibly in High School or even college, the game of soccer has certainly changed and evolved over time so learning about the state of the game is invaluable to you as a coach to prepare and develop your players. Coaching books and videos are good resources, but one of the best resources that you have at your disposal is completely free-observing training or games from the community of coaches here at CASL.
Continuing education could be registering for an NCYSA or USSF coaching course, or just exchanging ideas with other coaches in your association. It is a great idea to watch sessions run by your director of coaching or other coaches in the club. Getting out watching college games or older age groups is also a terrific way to learn more about the game.
Try to make a connection with other coaches in the club, even if they are part of a different playing division, as they are usually apt to make arrangements to talk to you and your players before or after a match.
Ø Be sure to indicate on the Recreation Blog (right hand side of the page) if you will plan to attend a particular training session on either February 9 or February 16, or both sessions as they are unique to each other.
Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation
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