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NUAYSA needs soccer coaches!!!

NUAYSA Coaching Registration Form  in MS Word format

     Coaching Registration Form  in pdf format

MYSA Adult Disclosure & Consent Form in pdf format

Parents and other volunteers serve as Coaches and Assistant Coaches. Training is offered. Serving as a coach or assistant coach fulfills the requirement of volunteer hours.  To become a coach you need to fill out the two forms listed above and submit them to our coaching coordinator. 

Please contact our Coaching Coordinator:
     Paul Smyth
     354-3927
     boreas@wildblue.net

Coaching Guide

Coaching can be a very fulfilling experience. Not everyone is cut out to be a coach but most people have some sort of leadership ability and can learn the sport they coach in due time. That's one great feature of the game of soccer. You don't have to know the sport like an expert in order to coach it. Learning the rules and teaching them to the players is not that difficult. You do not need a soccer background to become a great soccer coach.

Our club is always looking for coaches.  We offer lifetime benefits such as great smiles, many "thank-you's," new friends, light exercise, training, and best of all lots of memories. If you are interested in becoming a soccer coach, you found a great club in which to do so!

The following items will help you become familiar with teaching the sport of soccer and coaching in general. There are many resources available to you on the Internet, book stores, and video tapes that can show you proper teaching methods and tools. We've done some of the research for you. [ Thanks to the Highland Soccer Club of Indiana for this helpful information!! ]

• Help! I volunteered to coach...what do I do?

• Coaching the U6 to U10 Player

• Coaching the U10 to U14 Player

• Quick Practice Tips for the "Rush Hour" Coach

• Maintaining Team Discipline

• Treating Injuries

• Referee Signals

Coach's Code of Conduct 
  Coaches...please read these common-sense principles

Player Code of Conduct
  Coaches...please share these principles with your players!

Coaching Links

This list is designed to assist you with coaching tips, links to soccer drills, and more. If you have a suggestion that can help other coaches, please email our Coaching Coordinator and we'll consider adding it to this page.

• Soccer Coach-L Coaching Manual

• Laws of the Game (official FIFA rules)

• Soccer Clinics on-line (variety of drills, coaching tips, team tactics, and much more)

• Better Soccer More Fun

• FineSoccer.com

• Coaching Advice by Scott Hankins

• Sample Memo to Distribute to Parents

Coaching tips from eteamz.com

• Coaching

• Conditioning

• Control

• Dribbling

• Drills

• Goalkeeping

• Individual Tactics

• Passing

• Shooting

• Team Tactics

• Throw In

More Coaching resources

• Coaching Two Central Strikers

• Ball Wizards

• Receiving and Turning

• Sanctioned Tournaments

• Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Website

• Strategy when you have very few subs