AYSO East Central Iowa - Youth Soccer for Cedar Rapids, Marion, Mount Vernon

Coaches

Slides of Fall 2010 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 14, 2010)

Coaches Meeting - Fall 2010/Spring 2011 Season Kick-off

Every year, all AYSO coaches have a short meeting to kick off the season, and have opportunities for additional training. This is our beginning of the season meeting where each coach will get a roster of the players on their team, uniforms for their players, etc. All coaches should plan on attending.

Date:

Saturday, August 14th

Location:

St. Mark's Lutheran Church,
8300 C Ave NE, Marion.
(Location is different from last season's coaches meeting!)

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:30	Safe Haven Class (Only for coaches that have never taken Safe Haven before.)
9:30 – 10:00	Registration (Please be on time as we have 200+ coaches to process.)
10:00 – 11:30	Annual Refresher Meeting and Division Specific Discussions
11:30 – 12:00	Pick Up Uniforms & Equipment (No early distribution. Make other arrangements with the coach administrator if unable to attend.)

Coaching clinics are planned for August 7th and August 14th (following the coaches meeting). The clinics on both days will be identical, you can either attend the clinic on the 7th or on the 14th. The training on the 7th and the 14th is at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 8300 C Ave NE, Marion. Please notify the Coach Administrator at coachadmin@ayso-cr.org if you are planning to attend any of the clinics.

Saturday, August 7th
U06 Coaches Clinic	8:00 am - 11:00 am
U08 Coaches Clinic	9:30 am - 12:30 pm
~~U10 Coaches Clinic~~	~~11:00 am - 2:30 pm~~
U12 Coaches Clinic	12:30 am - 5:00 pm
Lunch will be provided

Saturday, August 14th (directly following the coaches meeting)
U06 Coaches Clinic	12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
U08 Coaches Clinic	12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
U10 Coaches Clinic	12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Lunch will be provided

Extra clinic Saturday, August 21th
U06 Coaches Clinic	8:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Faith Lutheran Church 155 Boyson Road (at Alburnett Road) Marion, IA 52302

Extra clinic Saturday, August 28th
U10 Coaches Clinic	9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Faith Lutheran Church 155 Boyson Road (at Alburnett Road) Marion, IA 52302

Please check the Referees page for referee courses. We strongly encourage coaches to take the Basic Referee course.

Slides of previous Coaches Meetings

	Slides of Fall 2010 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 14, 2010)
	Slides of Spring 2010 Coaches Meeting presentation (March 13, 2010)
	Slides of Fall 2009 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 15, 2009)
	Slides of Spring 2009 Coaches Meeting presentation (March 7, 2009)
	Slides of Fall 2008 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 16, 2008)
	Slides of Spring 2008 Coaches Meeting presentation (March 15, 2008)
	Slides of Fall 2007 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 25, 2007)
	Slides of Spring 2007 Coaches Meeting presentation (March 19, 2007)
	Slides of Fall 2006 Coaches Meeting presentation (August 19, 2006)

What’s required to become an AYSO coach?

If you’re willing to contribute your time and effort to ensuring that kids have a fun experience in a fair and safe program, then you possess the necessary prerequisites to become an AYSO Coach. Regardless of whether or not you know a lot about soccer, AYSO will provide the training and tools to help you become a good coach. We’ve had plenty of moms and dads that started out knowing little about soccer that have gone on to become terrific coaches.

If you would like to coach or assistant coach your child's soccer team, please mark this on your child's registration form. Contact us for more information.