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Space Coast Soccer Coaches Meeting May 17th, 2016
“Charlie & Jakes”
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Agenda
Topics •Club,Structure/updates/New Board/ Positions. •Club Results. •Club Vision •Age Bracket Mandate. •Tryouts. •Paperwork. •Questions. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Club Structure Competitive Team Contacts
•Anne Fuller President.
•Rob Dinnie, Director of Youth Development & Academy •Dean Flexton Junior NPL Director of Coaching. •Scott Armstrong, Executive Director of Coaching (Travel, Select, Academy) •Steve Snow, Scheduler, New Scheduler TBD •Susan Eaton, Web site Co-ordinator •Karen Phillips, NPL/FPL Representative •Beverly Gibbs, Club Administrator ••Lyn Jason Halsey, Uniforms, Spirit wear and Coaches gear Spadacini (treasurer).
Presented by Scott Armstrong
2015/2016 Club Success •U15 Girls Final 4 State Cup. Good Luck Mike Lord and congratulations. •U17 & U13 Girls Final 8 (Quarter finalist) •U12 Boys Regional Cup Champions •U12 Girls President Cup Finalist •Tournaments Success: •Labor Day Disney Tournament. •Casl. •Disney Showcase. •Addidas Tournament (Tampa) •Jefferson Cup •CBS Pre-Season. •Disney Junior Showcase event.
•ID2, PDP,National Training Centers: •16 Players Committed to College scholarships. •6 Girls nominated and playing for U23 National Team •2 Players being recruited to U18 & U20 National Teams. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Club Vision
Vision for the Club “A level for each player with appropriate instruction, guidance, and support from the Coach, the Club, and the Technical staff”
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Developing a Vision: Vision for the Club •Development and expansion of coaching staff: •New Staff: Oliver Twelvetrees, Nick Nazone, Kevin Smith. •Age Bracket Specific Coaches or(1-2 years rotation): •Online Resources becoming more available. Coaches Corner. •Education and always looking to change. •Expanding lights on fields 1 & 2. •Guidance through the Player Development Model: •Place players at appropriate level: PDP ID2/ College Rectuiting . •Develop Larger Pools of Players: •Limited Play Ups: •Introduction of Club formation, implemented this year. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Space Coast Player Pathway
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Presented by Scott Armstrong
Space Coast Club Standards Coach Expectations
•Display professionalism at all times. •Coach/train the team in a professional manner. •Be a leader for the players and parents. •Master Communicators, Social Media, Coaches Fired. •Be an effective communicator, Email the team on a bi weekly basis with updates on how the team is doing: Good or bad, NPL coaches are expected to send an email after every NPL weekend. •Be fair, honest and have integrity. •Remember we are coaching children & young adults. •Promote a developmental model in keeping with the philosophy of the club. •Zoom Reports and Evaluations.
•SOCIAL MEDIA:Updating Staff on all results. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Changing the Culture:
Building a culture is more about subtraction than addition. Must get rid of excuses, comfort zones, and negativity before you add anything."
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Coach Expectations
•Be 15 minutes early and organized with your coaching plans-No winging it.
•Look like a Space Coast Soccer Coach, wear PUMA coaching shirts, shorts, shoes, no flip flops, jeans NO EXCEPTIONS:
•Seek Coaching Education (licenses) ask the current senior staff for advice, watch sessions from other coaches and ask for a copy of the session.
•Drop Box sessions.
•Have a daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, yearly plan: Examples on Dropbox, there will be examples.
•What are your goals for the team? Do they know them and does the team believe in them?
•What, Where, When Why & How. Can you spot the changes? •Be an advocate for the club. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Travel Teams League Play NPL, SSL, FSPL, Region B League
•Space Coast Soccer is one of 14 clubs to form FPL (U13-U18 only) •Freedom of player movement •Ease of Scheduling •Host and travel as a club •Player Development & coaching support
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Additional League Play Select Teams & Comp
• GCF • FSPL
• BYSL
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Clinic and Tryouts
DATES: NPL Id Clinic May 23: Boys May 24: Girls
• • •
FYSA Tryouts: May 31, June 2 Boys: June1, June 3 Girls
Travel & Select coaches lead the tryouts. Players Complete Pre-Registration Tryout Information Sheet: Travel coach is responsible for having enough evaluators-discuss with me so we are not pulling the same coaches.
• Only HEAD COACHES and Space Coast Professional Staff can be • • •
tryout evaluators. It is an open, competitive tryout for ALL players. Players are selected by ability to the Elite and Premier teams. Administrators-Team Managers will provide Master Age Group tryout sheet (w/contact info.)
•At the end of tryouts you must make sure you have all your players •
names and #’s and send them to the classroom to register.
Make Up days, co-ordinate with me or Beverly Gibbs as to time of tryout.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Difference between NPL ID & FYSA • First Look At players • Coaches away FYSA Tryouts • Understand how the parents are thinking about the shift. • Preparing to close the teams quickly.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Age Bracket Mandate
Tryout Issues • Not clear of actual Numbers • Play ups, how do we monitor this? • Coaches fighting over players. Club mentality over individual needs. • Don’t lie and work with your staff, any issues call me.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Transition of Coaching Staff for 2015-2016 Season •New coach should be in contact with current coach team manager and preferably have watched them play. Get a list of players that you know for sure are returning.
•Attend games/practices/parent meeting or end of year party. •Seek current coaches input on players/team players by
go through current roster of players and find out who is returning and who is not, New coaches please introduce yourself to existing coaches to discuss team and smooth transition.
•Tryouts. •Current coach should seek to attend at least one of the tryouts. •New Coach should take input. •New Coach makes final team decisions after sharing ideas with previous coach. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Structure of Tryout
•15 minute group warm up – all players with ball. •20 minutes – Technical Passing Patterns •30 minutes –6v6-11v11 where appropriate. •Move players to correct level. •Tryout Evaluation Sheets. •Grading process = 1, 2, & 3. •Take notes on EVERY player for feedback. •Coach cooperation. •Coaches responsible for equipment. •Paper work for tryouts. •Team Meeting no later than June 10th.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
What to look for in players. •Technical Ability •Speed •Character/Attitude •Awareness of opponents and team mates •Defend/Attack transition •Coachable? •Work Ethic •Decision Making •Parents
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Low #’s in teams or 2nd 3rd teams in age Brackets
• Do we have at least 14 players? • Can we support coaching & training
(check with me) • Discuss with Travel Coach & Designate who will make the calls to gain commitments, no guessing or assumptions.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Post FYSA – Tryouts DAY 1 & DAY 2 • Coaches come to agreement on which players are selected to which team ASAP. • ALL players must be notified your top players and players ready to commit send to register at the site. • Travel Coach contacts or approaches Travel players first to register, then Select Coach, (in phone/in person). Make your offers as early as second tryout and get commitments, push the player to register on the day, once you make the offer push for a decision there and then, if they do not commit wait 24 hrs then if you have not heard call again and then move down the list. • NO COACH is allowed to contact players before assigned coach has contacted them. • EVERY player MUST be contacted. • Organize the date for your team meeting let me, Steve Snow and Marissa when that is and I will need to attend some meetings. • Have a date and time set for team meeting, don't wait, get them registered and set coaching plan out. • Registration process: Beverly Gibbs & Cheryl Roe.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Questions?
Questions?
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Space Coast Soccer Coaches Meeting May 17th, 2016
“Charlie & Jakes”
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Agenda
Topics •Club,Structure/updates/New Board/ Positions. •Club Results. •Club Vision •Age Bracket Mandate. •Tryouts. •Paperwork. •Questions. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Club Structure Competitive Team Contacts
•Anne Fuller President.
•Rob Dinnie, Director of Youth Development & Academy •Dean Flexton Junior NPL Director of Coaching. •Scott Armstrong, Executive Director of Coaching (Travel, Select, Academy) •Steve Snow, Scheduler, New Scheduler TBD •Susan Eaton, Web site Co-ordinator •Karen Phillips, NPL/FPL Representative •Beverly Gibbs, Club Administrator ••Lyn Jason Halsey, Uniforms, Spirit wear and Coaches gear Spadacini (treasurer).
Presented by Scott Armstrong
2015/2016 Club Success •U15 Girls Final 4 State Cup. Good Luck Mike Lord and congratulations. •U17 & U13 Girls Final 8 (Quarter finalist) •U12 Boys Regional Cup Champions •U12 Girls President Cup Finalist •Tournaments Success: •Labor Day Disney Tournament. •Casl. •Disney Showcase. •Addidas Tournament (Tampa) •Jefferson Cup •CBS Pre-Season. •Disney Junior Showcase event.
•ID2, PDP,National Training Centers: •16 Players Committed to College scholarships. •6 Girls nominated and playing for U23 National Team •2 Players being recruited to U18 & U20 National Teams. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Club Vision
Vision for the Club “A level for each player with appropriate instruction, guidance, and support from the Coach, the Club, and the Technical staff”
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Developing a Vision: Vision for the Club •Development and expansion of coaching staff: •New Staff: Oliver Twelvetrees, Nick Nazone, Kevin Smith. •Age Bracket Specific Coaches or(1-2 years rotation): •Online Resources becoming more available. Coaches Corner. •Education and always looking to change. •Expanding lights on fields 1 & 2. •Guidance through the Player Development Model: •Place players at appropriate level: PDP ID2/ College Rectuiting . •Develop Larger Pools of Players: •Limited Play Ups: •Introduction of Club formation, implemented this year. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Space Coast Player Pathway
Text
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Space Coast Club Standards Coach Expectations
•Display professionalism at all times. •Coach/train the team in a professional manner. •Be a leader for the players and parents. •Master Communicators, Social Media, Coaches Fired. •Be an effective communicator, Email the team on a bi weekly basis with updates on how the team is doing: Good or bad, NPL coaches are expected to send an email after every NPL weekend. •Be fair, honest and have integrity. •Remember we are coaching children & young adults. •Promote a developmental model in keeping with the philosophy of the club. •Zoom Reports and Evaluations.
•SOCIAL MEDIA:Updating Staff on all results. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Changing the Culture:
Building a culture is more about subtraction than addition. Must get rid of excuses, comfort zones, and negativity before you add anything."
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Coach Expectations
•Be 15 minutes early and organized with your coaching plans-No winging it.
•Look like a Space Coast Soccer Coach, wear PUMA coaching shirts, shorts, shoes, no flip flops, jeans NO EXCEPTIONS:
•Seek Coaching Education (licenses) ask the current senior staff for advice, watch sessions from other coaches and ask for a copy of the session.
•Drop Box sessions.
•Have a daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, yearly plan: Examples on Dropbox, there will be examples.
•What are your goals for the team? Do they know them and does the team believe in them?
•What, Where, When Why & How. Can you spot the changes? •Be an advocate for the club. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Travel Teams League Play NPL, SSL, FSPL, Region B League
•Space Coast Soccer is one of 14 clubs to form FPL (U13-U18 only) •Freedom of player movement •Ease of Scheduling •Host and travel as a club •Player Development & coaching support
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Additional League Play Select Teams & Comp
• GCF • FSPL
• BYSL
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Clinic and Tryouts
DATES: NPL Id Clinic May 23: Boys May 24: Girls
• • •
FYSA Tryouts: May 31, June 2 Boys: June1, June 3 Girls
Travel & Select coaches lead the tryouts. Players Complete Pre-Registration Tryout Information Sheet: Travel coach is responsible for having enough evaluators-discuss with me so we are not pulling the same coaches.
• Only HEAD COACHES and Space Coast Professional Staff can be • • •
tryout evaluators. It is an open, competitive tryout for ALL players. Players are selected by ability to the Elite and Premier teams. Administrators-Team Managers will provide Master Age Group tryout sheet (w/contact info.)
•At the end of tryouts you must make sure you have all your players •
names and #’s and send them to the classroom to register.
Make Up days, co-ordinate with me or Beverly Gibbs as to time of tryout.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Difference between NPL ID & FYSA • First Look At players • Coaches away FYSA Tryouts • Understand how the parents are thinking about the shift. • Preparing to close the teams quickly.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Age Bracket Mandate
Tryout Issues • Not clear of actual Numbers • Play ups, how do we monitor this? • Coaches fighting over players. Club mentality over individual needs. • Don’t lie and work with your staff, any issues call me.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Transition of Coaching Staff for 2015-2016 Season •New coach should be in contact with current coach team manager and preferably have watched them play. Get a list of players that you know for sure are returning.
•Attend games/practices/parent meeting or end of year party. •Seek current coaches input on players/team players by
go through current roster of players and find out who is returning and who is not, New coaches please introduce yourself to existing coaches to discuss team and smooth transition.
•Tryouts. •Current coach should seek to attend at least one of the tryouts. •New Coach should take input. •New Coach makes final team decisions after sharing ideas with previous coach. Presented by Scott Armstrong
Structure of Tryout
•15 minute group warm up – all players with ball. •20 minutes – Technical Passing Patterns •30 minutes –6v6-11v11 where appropriate. •Move players to correct level. •Tryout Evaluation Sheets. •Grading process = 1, 2, & 3. •Take notes on EVERY player for feedback. •Coach cooperation. •Coaches responsible for equipment. •Paper work for tryouts. •Team Meeting no later than June 10th.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
What to look for in players. •Technical Ability •Speed •Character/Attitude •Awareness of opponents and team mates •Defend/Attack transition •Coachable? •Work Ethic •Decision Making •Parents
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Low #’s in teams or 2nd 3rd teams in age Brackets
• Do we have at least 14 players? • Can we support coaching & training
(check with me) • Discuss with Travel Coach & Designate who will make the calls to gain commitments, no guessing or assumptions.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Post FYSA – Tryouts DAY 1 & DAY 2 • Coaches come to agreement on which players are selected to which team ASAP. • ALL players must be notified your top players and players ready to commit send to register at the site. • Travel Coach contacts or approaches Travel players first to register, then Select Coach, (in phone/in person). Make your offers as early as second tryout and get commitments, push the player to register on the day, once you make the offer push for a decision there and then, if they do not commit wait 24 hrs then if you have not heard call again and then move down the list. • NO COACH is allowed to contact players before assigned coach has contacted them. • EVERY player MUST be contacted. • Organize the date for your team meeting let me, Steve Snow and Marissa when that is and I will need to attend some meetings. • Have a date and time set for team meeting, don't wait, get them registered and set coaching plan out. • Registration process: Beverly Gibbs & Cheryl Roe.
Presented by Scott Armstrong
Questions?
Questions?
Presented by Scott Armstrong
