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Niagara Soccer Association – Administration

 

 
       
NSA District Administrator Teri Dunleavy niagarasoccerassociation@hotmail.com
 
       
NSA Assistant Administrator Joanna Collini nsastaff1981@hotmail.com  
       
NSA DRC Tony Maddalena nsadrc@hotmail.com  
       
NSL Administrator Teri Dunleavy niagarasoccer@cogeco.net  

 

Coaching Development

The Canadian Soccer Association offers the following NCCP workshops. Click the link to view more information.

 

 

Youth Soccer Coach

 

Coach COurses

ACTIVE START (U4-U5)

What do you learn? Develop a basic understanding of Physical Literacy. How to run a practice session that is fun, safe and keeps children actively engaged. How to communicate to this specific age group.

FUNDAMENTALS (U6-U8 FEMALE/U6-U9 MALE)

What do you learn? How to develop the ABCs of movement: Agility, Balance, Coordination and speed. How to explain the FUNdamentals of a game in a way that children can understand. How to run a practice session that is fun, safe and keeps children actively engaged. How to communicate to this specific age group.

LEARN TO TRAIN (U9-U12)

What do you learn? How to teach basic principles of play. This is a key time to train speed, flexibility and skills and understand your role in developing these skills. How to establish training ethics and discipline in a fun and challenging environment. How to communicate to this specific age group. How to plan coaching sessions considering the development stage of the players coaches are working with. How to provide a safe practice/game environment for your players.

SOCCER FOR LIFE (13+)

What do you learn? How to plan and deliver effective, enjoyable, age-appropriate practices and how to provide feedback to your players. This is a key time to train technical and tactical skills and understand your role in developing these skills. How to be able to better understand the role of the coach, and the developmental stage of the players you are coaching. How to provide a safe practice/game environment for your players.

 

Additional Mandatory Requirements

Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders (Soccer)

Make Ethical Decisions

Making Head Way in Soccer

These courses have everything you need to get started with coaching young children for ANY sport. Incredibly informative, helped me feel confident to coach my son's team

― Joe G, Niagara Soccer Coach

 

 

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