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MSI COACH DEVELOPMENT
NSCAA DIPLOMA COURSES
MSI Classic’s affiliation with US Club Soccer brings exciting opportunities, including the opportunity to align ourselves more closely with the superior coaching education programs of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). During the month prior to each Fall and Spring season, MSI hosts the NSCAA’s Regional Diploma Course, and this course now is the required course for all Classic coaches. During the same weekend, we will be offering either the Advanced Regional Course (equivalent of the USSF "D" license) or the State Goalkeeping course. Attending coaches will have the opportunity to register for one OR both of the courses. (Coaches from all MSI programs are invited to enroll.)
The Regional course will focus on teaching the basics for working with children, emphasizing the guided discovery method of coaching. Individual techniques and skills demonstrated include short passing, ball control, screening and turning with the ball, winning the ball, and movement skills/speed. Basic tactical concepts are also covered. The Regional course runs 13 hours and will be held on Friday evening and all day on Saturday. The Advanced Regional Diploma is an 8-hour course devoted to technical and tactical uses of small-sided games, the study of systems of play and a practice teaching component. In order to take the Advanced Regional Diploma course, coaches must have obtained the Regional Dipoma in a previously offered course. (Sorry, but the NSCAA does not recognize the USSF "E" license as a pre-requisite for their Advanced Regional course.) The overall objective of the State Goalkeeping Diploma is to explore some of the myths and mystiques surrounding the goalkeeping function. The six-hour course is directed towards the team coach - not the specialist goalkeeper coach. The object is to empower the coach with knowledge and practice methods that will enable the coach to evaluate a goalkeeper in game situations and then design an appropriate practice program for goalkeepers in and outside of team practices. The course includes lecture (theory) and field (practical) sessions.
LAWS OF THE GAME CLINIC
This clinic covers the laws of the game and MSI modifications in an easy-to-follow manner. It is open to all MSI coaches and mandatory for all NEW MSI coaches of players in grades 3-12. There is no registration or fee required to attend the Laws of the Game Clinic. Just bring a notebook and pen and be ready to learn.
Tuesday, August 31- 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Julius West MS (cafeteria), Rockville
Instructor: Peter Clardy
PDP (1st Grade) COACHES' ORIENTATION AND CLINICS: COACHING THE U-7 PLAYER
These sessions cover the basic principles of coaching U-7 (1st grade) players including an orientation reviewing the structure of MSI 1st grade soccer, practice organization, attention-getting techniques, three skills (dodging/dribbling, running with the ball, and shooting) emphasized during the fall season of 1st grade, and the basic principles of 4 v 4 soccer. They are open to all MSI coaches and mandatory for all new MSI 1st grade coaches. There is no fee or registration required to attend the Spring PDP Orientation and Clinics. Coaches should bring a pen and paper and come prepared to participate (bring a properly inflated soccer ball in good condition and appropriate soccer attire including sneakers and shin guards.) Participation is encouraged but not required.
Session 1: New Coach Orientation, Practice Organization, Attention-Getting Techniques, and Dribbling
Tuesday, September 7- 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Julius West MS (gym), Rockville
Session 2: Running w/ the Ball, Shooting, and the Principles of 4v4 Soccer
Wednesday, September 15- 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Richard Montgomery HS (gym), Rockville
Instructor for Both Sessions: Jim Bruno
2nd GRADE COACHING CLINIC: COACHING THE U-8 PLAYER
This session will cover the basic principles of coaching U-8 (2nd grade) players including review of the structure of MSI 2nd grade soccer, practice organization, attention-getting techniques, the basic principles of 4 v 4 soccer, and the five-way partnership of the field marshal, the game leader, the coach, the spectators, and the players. It is open to all MSI coaches and mandatory for all MSI 2nd grade coaches. There is no fee or registration required to attend the Fall 2nd Grade Coaching Clinic. Coaches should bring a pen and paper and come prepared to participate (bring a properly inflated soccer ball in good condition and appropriate soccer attire including sneakers and shin guards for indoor clinic, sneakers or cleats for outdoor clinic.)
Thursday, September 2- 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Julius West MS (gym), Rockville
Instructor: Doug Schuessler
2nd Grade Curriculum
SYSTEMS OF PLAY- 7v7, 8v8, AND 9V9 COACHING CLINIC
This session will cover the basic principles of coaching U-9/Older (3rd/Older grade) players including review of the structure of MSI 3rd/Older grade soccer, practice organization, attention-getting techniques, the basic principles of 7v7, 8v8, 9v9 soccer, and field set-up requirements. It is open to all MSI coaches, and there is no fee or registration required to attend. Coaches should bring a pen and paper and come prepared to participate (bring a properly inflated soccer ball in good condition and appropriate soccer attire including sneakers and shin guards.)
Monday, September 13- 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Julius West MS (gym), Rockville
Instructor: Jim Bruno
Click Here for the Systems of Play Syllabus
11v11 PLAY- FORMATIONS AND TACTICS
This clinic will focus on the organizational principles of play for 7th-12th grade teams playing in the 11v11 format. It is open to all MSI coaches, and there is no fee or registration required to attend. This will be a "chalk-talk" style session, covering several alternative formations of play, along with the roles/responsibilities for each player within those formations.
Wednesday, September 1- 7:00-8:15 p.m.
MSI Office Park Conference Room, Rockville
Instructor: Doug Schuessler
POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE DOUBLE GOAL WORKSHOP
MSI has teamed up with the nationally recognized Positive Coaching Alliance to offer a series of workshops for our coaches. The first of these is the Double-Goal Coaches Workshop that provides coaches the tools they can use to help win games and develop the character of their players. More and more area soccer leagues have begun requiring PCA certification for their coaches and attendees have typically reported that they found the workshops interesting and energizing. Attending a PCA workshop is mandatory for 3rd through 7th Grade Recreational coaches, and U10-U13 Classic Coaches.
Wednesday, September 1- 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Executive Office Building (cafeteria), Rockville
Instructor: PCA
Registration for the PCA course is free but pre-registration is required. To register, please click here.
2010 WINTER COACH DEVELOPMENT SERIES
MSI considers our coaches our most important resource with regard to player development, and that the more education our coaches receive, the better an experience our players will have. We also realize that many of our coaches are very busy and cannot travel to attend costly and lengthy coaching courses. Therefore, MSI is committed to bringing high quality, no cost, short, coach development opportunities to Montgomery County for all of you. We hope you enjoy the clinics and pass on the knowledge you acquire to your players.
Each date includes two one hour presentations by highly qualified coaches followed by 15 minutes of Q & A. There is no fee or registration required to attend any of the clinics. Just show up with pen and paper ready to take notes and learn.
Winter 2010 Dates
All Session will be held at the Walter Johnson High School Gym in Bethesda, MD.
February 21, 2010
7pm - "Midfield Movement - teaching players to understand angles, distances, and principles of movement off the ball"
Presenter - Glen Waudby, UK Elite Assistant Regional Manager
8:30pm - "Dynamic Warm-up"
Presenter - Micah and Judah Cooks, DC United Academy Coaches & former DC United players
February 28, 2010
7pm - "Incorporating Goalkeepers Into Your Possession Drills"
Presenter - Kyle Swarts, Loyola University Goalkeeper Coach - Bio
8:15pm - "Managing Concussions in Youth Sports"
Presenter - Dr. Marla Shapiro
8:30pm - "Passing Exercises and Speed of Play"
Presenter - Mark Mettrick, Loyola University Head Men's Soccer Coach - Bio
March 7, 2010
7pm - "Small Sided Games to Improve Tactical and Technical Development"
Presenter - Dr. Tom Martin, James Madison University Men's Head Coach - Bio
8:15pm - "Maximizing your Warm-up: Improving Performance and Preventing Injury"
Presenter - Courtney Salgado - CSCS, Injury Prevention Research Lab, USUHS, and Sarah de la Motte - PhD, CAT, Injury Prevention Research Lab, USUHS
8:30pm - "Technical Exercises to Develop Combination Play"
Presenter - Rick Stimpson, Coerver Coaching - Director of Training for Maryland
2009 WINTER PRESENTATIONS HELD
Travis Beuchamp
Men's Soccer Coach, Catholic Univeristy
"Switching the Point of Attack"
Roy Dunshee
Director, Coerver Coaching
"Back to Basics: Let the Principles of Play Be Your Guide"
Katherine Vettori
Women's Soccer Coach, Loyola College of Maryland
"Finishing in the Final Third"
Kyle Swartz
DC United Academy Coaching Staff, Loyola College GK coach
"Working Your Goalkeepers into Practice Time"
Matt Fletcher
Regional Manager, UK Elite
"How to teach players to maintain a team's shape via awareness and 1st touch"
Herb Gainey
Mens Soccer Coach, St. Mary's College
"Defending from back to front"
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