Officials v Coaches: The Age Old Story
 We recently came across a great article by Dr. Jay Martin about the coach/official relationship. Dr. Martin is the long time men's coach at Ohio Weslyan University, past president of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, and editor of the NSCAA Soccer Journal. At the 2007 NSCAA convention in Indianapolis Dr. Martin was the 67th recepient of the prestigious NSCAA Honor Award.
Read the Article
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Educating Parents
he MVYSA board encourages coaches to urge their parents to visit the
MVYSA Parents page and take the online Postive
Parenting course. After completing the course they can print
out a certificate of completion. Coaches can handle this as they wish
- team meeting, email, handout, etc. Possibly you could arrange for a
simple
reward for each player whose parent shows you his/her
completion
certificate.
Here is an Adobe PDF version you could print for those without web access
- Positive Parenting PDF
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US Soccer Areas Of Concern In Youth Goalkeeping
US Soccer and the US National Goalkeeping Network have provided an article
which is the begining of an effort to develop a national program for training
future US keepers. Read the
article
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Parent Behavior - The Coaches Responsibility
MVYSA experienced a rash of situations with parents and officials during
fall 2006 that were less than positive. For all future league play referees
are instructed to not deal directly with parent conduct problems
but to rather hold the coach responsible for parents behavior. Referees
can and will card the coach if in their opinion the problem warrants. Coaches
are reminded that if a team finds its self without at least one carded
coach because of red cards being issued the game in progress will be forfeit.
Coaches are advised to demand that parents always be models of good sportsmanship
before, during and after games in a meeting with their parents prior to
games beginning this spring.
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Coaching Article
Brett Thompson, OSYSA Director of Coaching, found this excelent article on coaching. It begins with a great quote from Bill Beswick (who is now an assistant coach with the English national team) “A good coach is able to take a player where they have never been before and will not get to on their own.” Read the article
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The Olympic Creed
"The most important thing in the Game is not to win but to take part, just
as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well"
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