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August 2024 Coach Education

Categories: EducationFront Page News
Published on: July 30, 2024
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The summer months can typically be an off-season for players, but for coaches, we use this time to continue to learn and grow in our own craft. CRYSC used the summer months of June and July to connect with full-time staff and part-time/volunteer coaches through both formal educational licensing through U.S. Soccer and in-house coach development.

CRYSC believes in providing educational experiences and opportunities for coaches and has built a pool of educators and coach developers that can help deliver on our coaches’ needs. Our club has the most licensed U.S. Soccer Coach Educators of any club in the country and can serve coaches interested in obtaining formal licensing through U.S. Soccer Grassroots, D, C, and B courses. In June and July, over 60 coaches obtained various Grassroots licenses in courses led by CRYSC Next Wave Director Kathryn Balogun and South Region RTD Miguel Rodrigues. CRYSC has two more Grassroots courses on the schedule for August in Castle Rock led by RTD Joe McNabb. Coaches who have earned their Grassroots licenses may be eligible for the upcoming D Course (focused on coaching 8U-12U players) that starts in late August (space still available).

While formal licensing is just one avenue for development, there are other opportunities for coaches to engage in learning through club-hosted events. During the week of July 15-19, we hosted a Summer Symposium Series featuring some pilot tests of workshops featuring newly created club belief structures like the Stages of Development, the Key Qualities of a Self-Regulating player, and our club’s updated Style of Play (or Game Model). External experts Dr. Sara Campbell (Professor of Kinesiology and Sports Studies at the DU Graduate School of Sport Psychology) and Dr. Colin Barnes (Associate Head Coach at the University of North Carolina Wilmington) helped facilitate learning for our directors and coaches on several topics in both the classroom and on the field to observe players in action. Dr. Campbell helped lead sessions with North RTD Michael Balogun on the Key Qualities of a Self-Regulating Player, which coaches will use to help identify and develop players. Players will use them to self-reflect and identify personal goals. Dr. Barnes facilitated workshops alongside Chief Technical Director Zac Crawford on our CRYSC Attacking Game Model with a specific focus on observing principles during live play to begin the process of performance analysis. During these workshops, full-time staff was able to learn alongside some of our recreational and volunteer coaches as we were able to collect feedback on the experiences so that these workshops could be delivered to our regions this fall.

CRYSC will take the learnings from this summer and will be providing regional workshops on the various topics mentioned above so please be on the lookout for opportunities to engage with your directors of coaching. Additionally, CRYSC will host a club-wide coach development session focusing on the role of the goalkeeper in today’s game. The modern goalkeeper is required to do more than just stopping shots and making saves. The modern goalkeeper is also expected to organize and communicate, as well as initiate the attack. Our Goalkeeping Symposium will feature Colorado Rapids 1st Team Assistant Coach and CRYSC Goalkeeping Director Chris Sharpe and the CRYSC Goalkeeping Directors.

During this workshop, Chris Sharpe will offer an overview of our goalkeeping program and services; coaches will be able to interact and ask questions to create a deeper understanding of one of the country’s most unique goalkeeping programs for club soccer. During the on-field portion, our GK Directors will provide three different sessions:

  • The Basics: an overview of the basic technical skills and movements of the GK, including footwork and basic handling (this is a great one for all coaches to understand some foundational concepts)
  • Goalkeeper Training: an insight into what our GK staff does when training a pool of GKs
  • Goalkeeper Coaching: a look at coaching the GK with the team setting

The workshop will be hosted in September (dates TBD), led by the CRYSC GK Directors, and will start in the classroom before heading to the fields to observe players, identify our main principles, and discuss how they can be used to create ONE CLUB/ONE COMMUNITY.

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