Hello Coaches,

With the new season upon us, I wanted to reach out to everyone to pass along some important information and reminders.

IMPORTANT :  Recreation Team Packet distribution and Coaches Meeting

What:  New Player Uniforms (U5-U12 New Players) and Packet (U5-U18) Distribution

When:  This Saturday February, 23

Location:  WRAL Soccer Center Radford Building

Time:  Coaches meeting to be held 11:30-12:30 with distribution from 12:30-2:30 

Team Packets will not be distributed during the coach meeting

Additional Information

·         Be sure and check the CASL weather hotline before heading to your particular training or games.  On occasion, even if it is sunny out on a particular day, the fields could be in poor condition from rain on the previous day.   To save yourself and your families a trip, please call in advance.  919-248-9516.

·         I also want to stress the importance of only training on your particular training day, time, and location.  Because of the limited space and the number of teams in the CASL system, training schedules are set to accommodate all teams.  If you are not training on your particular training time and location, you MUST notify me and Mike Walters (field scheduler). 

·         DO NOT WAIT until the start of the games to know your team’s playing rules.  Become familiar with them now.

·         KNOW the code of conduct and adhere to it always. 

Last season I made myself available to coaches and teams to come out and run a training session, and I will be doing the same this season as well.  If you would like me to come out to run a session, please contact me so that I can get you on my schedule.

Bryan Farnsworth

Director of Recreation

Coaches,

I wanted to reach to everyone that made an effort to attend the coaches education clinic at WRAL on Saturday at 1pm.  I ran a coaching education clinic in Garner that morning from 10-12 and once completed I got workd that my father was in the hospital.  The timing of everything was poor to be able to get word out that the sessions were cancelled.

Again I do apologize for the inconvenience. 

I do have another session planned for this weekend on Saturday from 1-4.  Please plan to meet in the training room for the first hour, which is on the lower level of the radford building.

Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation

Coaches,

Reminder that the first coaching education session will be held this Saturday February 9, 2013 at WRAL soccer center from 1-4.  The first hour will be held in the classroom with the final two hours out on Fairway field.  I hope to see many of you out there.

Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation

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. 

NCYSA Coaching Education Schedule

NCYSA Coaching Education Descriptions

NCYSA Recreation Symposium January 24, 2013

CASL Recreation Coaching Education Clinics

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

Recreation Coaches,

I currently have two coaching education sessions scheduled for February, but I need to know how many coaches are planning to attend.  On the right hand side of the recreation blog there is a poll question.  Please take a moment and indicate whether you will be attending any of the sessions.  Also, you can email me at bryanf@caslemail.com .  If I do not get at least 12 coaches for a particular session, I will need to cancel and reschedule.

I have updated the links in the rules and policies section as it relates to the 4v4 and 6v6 playing formats.  If you are the coach in the U7 through U10 age groups, please read and be familiar with the rules for your particular playing format.

One new and final change of note relates to the 4v4 rules and is reflected in the document posted on the recreation blog and on the CASL website.

• All fouls that occur in the 4v4 playing format will be indirect, so no more direct kicks.  Much of the reason for this final change is that all fouls in the 6v6 playing format are indirect, so it makes the most sense to get coaches and players conditioned to only indirect kicks starting at 4v4.

Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation

Happy Thursday Coaches,

Coaching Education
I want to pass along some important information to you as you are planning your schedules and getting ready for the upcoming Spring season.

There will be two (2) Coaching Education Sessions offered in February that will be run by myself.  These sessions will be held at the WRAL Soccer Center on February 9 and February 16 from 1-4pm.  We will start with the first houor being a classroom session on a particular topic(s) and then we will transition out to the field for the remaining 2 hours for on-field practical sessions and topics.  Both of these education sessions are unique to one another and will be a benefit to a coach of any age team, so please make plans to attend one or both if you are able.

Classroom Topics:  The Recreation Coach, The Training Session, The Games Approach to Teaching

Field Session Topics: Dynamic vs. Static Warm ups, Full session -Turns and Changes in Direction, Numbers up Possession and Games, and How to use Active Neutrals in Game.

Please use the polling tool on the right hand side of the blog to indicate if you will attend a particular session, so I can have an estimate of the number of coaches that will be attending.

Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation

Hello Coaches,

First, I hope everyone had a joyous and safe holiday and happy new year!!!

With the start of the new year, I wanted to start my communication with everyone in advance of the upcoming spring season as there are a few items that I want to pass along.  Over the next month or so, I plan to get out information and will do so multiple times over the upcoming weeks in hopes that everyone is able to get the information.

NC Youth Soccer Recreation Symposium
There is a recreation symposium being hosted January, 26 by the NC youth soccer association.  Please access the information at the following address.

http://www.ncsoccer.org/home/default.asp?menu_category=Home&menuid=771&parholdid=463

CASL Recreation Blog
I am in the process of making a few changes to the recreation blog, with one section to note is the coaching education section.  Posted in this section are 3 power point files on different topics to aid the recreation coach.  I am presently working on putting together a schedule in which I will be offering a 9 hour coaching education seminar series held over 3 consecutive weekends offered prior to the start of the Spring season.  Each session will be comprised of 3 hours, one hour of classroom lecture followed by 2 one-hour field sessions on various field session topics.  Please be on the lookout for additional information relating to these coaching education sessions.

In the rules section, I have posted updated rules for both the U7&8 4v4 soccer and U9&10 6v6 soccer.  If you are a coach of one of these age groups, please have a look at these updated documents.  These changes will be communicated multiple times over the next 2 months in hopes that all coaches are aware and become familiar with the modifications to the rules modifications. 

Bryan Farnsworth
Director of Recreation