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Coaches Information Page

To get team and player equipment:
ALL coaches, call your division chairman

Click here to download Forms for Coaches
Includes Registration form, Team Roster, Field Permit, and more
ALL Coaches please use the link above

Most of the Forms on the site are in MS Word or Excel 2000 format. 
If you can't open a form please use the link below to download a viewer from Microsoft.
 

Microsoft Office viewers

Get Acrobat Reader from Adobe


Attention Coaches... Please Read!!!

As part of the Risk Management program the Kansas State Youth Soccer Association is implementing, all coaches and assistant coaches listed on the official team roster will be required to complete the online background check form. This background check- screening system is effective for one year which you are required to renew each fall season. All coaches MUST complete this Online Form in order to coach a team. This is for both recreational and competitive teams.


6 v. 6 Rules of play

4 v. 4 Rules of Play

3 v. 3 Rules of Play

Rules of Competition


Equipment/Uniform Pickup for Recreational Teams at club office:


If you have equipment to return please call ahead so we can arrange to collect it.
  913-432-2250

Watch for information on date and time
 in the home page.


The Shawnee Soccer club office is located at 11009 Johnson Drive.


The Shawnee Soccer Club is again hosting a Cleat Exchange. Bring in your gently worn cleats for new or previously used cleats.

We will coincide the dates and times of the cleat exchange with equipment pickup nights. 


Recreational Coaches

Click on the link below for information regarding the upcoming Challenger Club Trainers (CCT) clinics
at Gum Springs park. These clinics are FREE and for recreational players.

Rec-CCT Program Informational letter

Goal Keeper Training Schedule

Trainers info:

Peter Osgood

Scott Henderson


Challenger British Soccer Clinics

 6/2/2008 - 6/6/2008 @ Swarner Park

 7/7/2008 - 7/11/2008 @ Swarner Park

 7/7/2008 - 7/11/2008 Shawnee Elite Player Camp

 8/8/2008 - 8/8/2008 @ Swarner Park


Attention Coaches 
Non-scheduled use of Gum Springs, Swarner and Stump fields is by permit only.
The use of Swarner for practice sessions is exclusively limited to Elite teams.

For more information Contact Andy Alvey at 962-9424

Click HERE for practice field info


Where is:

Gum Springs     Swarner Park     Stump Park

Westridge Middle School     Prairie Center Park     Stoll Memorial Park

Field Layouts for:

Gum Springs Fields  Swarner Fields  Stump Fields  Stoll Fields


Shawnee Soccer Club Uniform Graphics

(the club logo for uniforms)

Take your pick on format:

ZIP FILE CONTAINING ALL LOGO FORMATS

(the above file will unzip onto one, 1.44mb, diskette)

EPS FORMAT, BLACK

EPS FORMAT, COLOR

TIF FORMAT, B/W & COLOR

TIF FORMAT, B/W

TIF FORMAT, COLOR

JPG FORMAT, B/W & COLOR

JPG FORMAT, B/W

JPG FORMAT, COLOR


A Parents' Code of Conduct

We shall endeavor to set a good example to our youth in their soccer development at all times by adhering to the following:

1.  We shall never criticize the referee openly or directly during games.
2.  We shall endeavor to only provide positive feedback to our players.
3.  We shall attempt to cheer at all games within the spirit of fair play and do our best to cheer the effort regardless of the result.
4.  We shall endeavor to not coach the players from the sidelines.
5.  We shall do our best to look for the little successes that our children have during each game and let them know we saw their success.
6.  We shall show the quality of our sportsmanship after each and every game by being modest in victory and gracious in defeat.
7.  We shall do our best to have our children prepared for each and every game.
8.  We shall support the learning effort of players, coaches and referees by demonstrating our patience.
9.  We shall help out children understand the value of patience and hard work in their soccer development and problem solving.
10. We agree to do our best to have as much fun watching the game as our players do playing the game.
11. We shall refrain from discussing problems or concerns with the coaching staff concerning playing time or other issues at the end of the game.  We shall wait until a more appropriate time.


Questions parents may wish to ask a prospective soccer coach:

10.How much experience have you had in teaching children? At what age's?
9. What has been your experience and background with this sport?
8. Why have you decided to coach?
7. Who was the best coach you have ever been coached by?  Why?  What coach do you most admire?
6. What role do you prefer for parents to play within your team's organization?
5. How will you handle decisions on who and how much each child will practice/compete?
4. What do you expect to accomplish at each practice? Is that the same expectation you have during competition?
3. What is your coaching philosophy?
2. How do you continue to learn and improve as a coach?
1. What is your number one goal in teaching these children the game of soccer?

Develop any questions you can think of to help you determine if this person
is a devoted child advocate who can swallow personal competitive drive and
allow children/young adults to gain experience and develop in a positive way?


Positional Specialization Too Early

The disease of winning permeates our sports to the degree that most coaches will position players as young as 6 years of age and keep them in that pigeonhole for a whole season in order to win the league.  The result is a player who sees the game from only one perspective and learns only those skills demanded of that position. Kids love to play and they love to create. They will spend hours setting up their toys and creating imaginary scenarios. These natural tendencies are often stifled by the poor coach who sees the game from a rigid organizational perspective. The child wants to learn and grow. She wants the ball and wants to do amazing creative things with it.  The last thing she wants to do is share it with a teammate. She desires fun, through the satisfaction of the play characteristic.  This involves a lot of movement and lots of contact with the ball in a creative, free spirited manner.

What most coaches ask their players to do is play a position. They first try to give their team structure. Kids don’t want or need structure in their games. It takes away from the things they see as most enjoyable i.e. ball contact and play. Therefore it takes away their motivation to play the sport.

For players in the earlier stages of development the great coach will create a practice environment where the only emphasis is tremendous individual skill and enjoyment. In games there will be no pigeonholing in order to win.  Each player should play an equal amount of time in offensive and defensive positions and be expected to use the ultimate creative skills in all areas of the field. In this way motivation and creative skill acquisition will be maximized leading to even more enjoyment on the part of the individual because creative accomplishment goes hand in hand with a positive self-concept.

Andy Barney
KC Legends Soccer Club,
SuperSkills & Spirit "Head Start" Academy/League Director of Coaching
Tel 1-913-837-3118
e-mail barneys@micoks.net
Web Site www.kclegends.com

 


Tony Waiter Coaching Materials Online

Coaching 6, 7 and 8 year olds

Coaching 9, 10 and 11 year olds

The Team

Coaching the Goalkeeper


KEY LEARNING POINTS FROM THE 
WIZARDS COACHES' CLINICS

1. Keep the Game fun for the kids! We want them to love the Game -- they aren't little adults so don't burn them out with excessive correction. The game is a great teacher itself and the feedback is immediate!

2. Find ways to always have players active in training sessions. Do exercises that involve everyone -- try not to have lines or long periods of waiting.

3. There are three major parts of a training session. Pattern your training
sessions in this way:

a. Fundamental activity -- individual skills, no time or opponent pressure. Every player with a ball practicing the basics - controlling, dribbling, passing, shooting. Give challenges - dribble with left foot only, outside of right foot only, throw the ball up and control with thigh trap, etc.

b. Game related activity -- add time pressure and opponents in exercise.  Set up mini goals to dribble through for a point, place ball between two players and take two steps back and challenge for the ball - how long can the player keep it away from his/her opponent?, continuous shots on goal - keeper faces shooters on both sides of goal and alternates, etc.

c. Game simulation activity -- create game situations, 4v4 with two
keepers, full scrimmage, etc.

4. It's important to follow the above order in the progression of your
training sessions so that players link the importance of individual skill to
team play.

5. Review what you've learned at the end of the session -- not a long,
analytical session -- simply ask the kids, "What did we do today?"

6. Give them a homework assignment.....how many juggles can you do?, name 5
national team players (who are they looking up to? who are they emulating?),
name 5 Wizards, how many different countries play soccer?, identify any
computer jocks and ask if they'd like to run a website for the team, etc

7. Have Fun!


 Some great training ideas... check it out!


A review of Soccer Laws


Shawnee Soccer Club Team Website Links



Sasho Cirovski
Head coach, University of Maryland


"So You Want To Be A Big-Time Player?"
May 24, 2000

The MLS is off to a great start. Women's pro soccer is set to begin next April. College soccer is better than ever. Our youth national teams are busier and more competitive than ever. Soccer-specific stadiums are being built around the country. Clubs are getting more organized. Sponsors are buying into soccer. There has never been a better time to be a youngster aspiring to have a career in soccer in the USA.

So then, what does it take to make it? Well, there is no easy answer to that question. However there are some basic truths:

  • First and foremost, you must be blessed with a certain level of physical ability. Improving your fitness, speed, strength, flexibility, agility, balance, vertical, etc., can all be improved incrementally but unless you have a minimum capacity to perform at your aspired level, then you will struggle.
  • Second and most importantly, you must fall in love! That's right ... fall in love with the ball, fall in love with yourself (don't confuse this with arrogance or selfishness), and finally, fall in love with this beautiful game.

Now, what exactly do I mean by that?

Well, I've had the privilege of coaching some of the best young players our country has produced over the past 10 years. I've also had a chance to observe and follow the careers of many of the best soccer players all over the world.

For sure, I've read biographies and autobiographies of many of the great athletes as they achieved their greatness. In all of these success stories, there are many similarities. The best way for me to summarize what they did to succeed and what you can do to give yourself a better chance of succeeding is to live like a champion.

Below is the C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N acronym that I've developed for athletes who care enough and are prepared to work to achieve greatness.

C - Commitment: Decide if being a great player is important to you. If the answer is yes, don't wait for an environment to be created for you. Don't wait for a coach to make you great. If you are not going out on your own and working on your individual techniques daily -- for at least an hour a day (especially on those days when you are not playing or practicing with a team) -- then you don't have the heart to be a champion!

Remember, soccer is a very easy game to play, but it's an extremely difficult one to play well! In that sense it's a little bit like golf. Do you think Tiger Woods spends at least an hour a day on his technique? I can tell you that Marco Etcheverry does!

H - Humility: It's what you learn after you "know it all" that really counts. The great ones all possess this quality that inspires them to get better because they all have the greatest amount of respect for the challenges issued to them daily by the opponents and the special demands of the sport. They are courteous and gracious both in victory and defeat.

A - Attitude: Remember, you are in charge of your attitude. It is the most important attribute that we have directly in our control. Therefore it's vitally important that you choose to have a positive, optimistic outlook at all times.

Many great athletes never even give themselves a chance to succeed because their attitude is negative, or they spend so much time and energy worrying about things they can't control.

One of my favorite quotes is "whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." So every night before you go to bed, look in the mirror and ask yourself how your attitude was today. If it was not positive and inspiring then change it! It's that simple. Make playing a labor of love!

M - Model the Way: Yes, that's right, you are a role model and you must understand and accept the responsibility that goes along with the goals you've set for yourself of becoming a big-timer.

Once you understand its significance, it can be an internally inspiring force that gets you going on those days you think nobody cares. The great ones understand that it's what you do when you think nobody is watching that's really important. Because invariably there is someone always watching! Accept the challenge.

P - Pride: Every time you practice or play, you always autograph the quality of your effort with the name on the back of your shirt ... your family name. Also, when you play a game, you represent your team with the name on the front of the shirt. It's absurd for me to think that to give less than 100 percent effort at all times is not possible. "If it's to be, it's up to me" is another one of my favorite quotes.

I - Initiative: Be a leader. Come up with ideas to make yourself a better athlete, a better person and a better player. Go out and buy 10 balls and a ball bag, so you have no excuse not to train. Go to a top college or pro game and actually study the player from whom you can learn something. Read a soccer book. Watch a soccer video. Continue to log on to websites. You get the idea. Some people dream big and others wake up and realize their dreams. So get going, now!

O - Overcome: Invariably, it will not be an easy road to your ultimate success. You will face obstacle after obstacle. Your persistence and ability to overcome adversity, frustration and disappointment, and all other obstacles that come your way will determine the heights you reach. Many times, the actual exhilaration we feel when we accomplish something worthy is directly proportional to the number of obstacles we had to overcome along the way. Make all obstacles your challenges (speed bumps), and go out and conquer them!

N - Never say never: Never stop believing in yourself. Sometimes, we have to change our destinations or the roads we take to get us there, but don't ever quit. Promise yourself that you will always work hard and always persevere to the very end! Quitters never win and winners never quit! I'll never forget the first time that the Houston Rockets won the NBA Championship and a reporter asking Hakeem Olajuwon, "how does it finally feel to be Champion?" After a few seconds of pause, Hakeem looked at the reporter and said

"It feels great to have won, but I don't need a trophy to tell me that I am now a champion. I feel like every day I am a champion by the way I train, play and live my life."

I thought it was perhaps the best response I have ever heard by an athlete and in part has inspired me to put in perspective what athletics is all about.

 

I hope this will inspire you to take a more active role in your own future.



FIFA Laws of the Game

   -To View FIFA Laws of the Game-   from FIFA 

    -To View the Laws from Soccer-Coach-L

   Coaching information links    

    -To View  Internet Soccer Clinics

    -To View Conditioning and Drills Information (See, Soccer Categories)


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