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COACH'S
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Interested in being a WYSA soccer coach?
Contact us at (401)596-8335
or write to WYSA, P.O. Box 547, Westerly RI, 02891-0547.
New to coaching? Then fill out the required release form.
TAKING A TOURNAMENT TEAM - use the online Tournament Team registration: https://www.youthleaguesusa.com/sri/07-08/127/tournament/TournamentTeam.html
Interested in taking a tournament team - here's the basics.
(SEE THE ONLINE LINK FOR MORE INFO)
Here's the Travel Application form (4 copies req'd.)
and here's a team roster form. (3 copies req'd.)
Coaches don't forget to check your mailboxes weekly. Please make sure your sponsors have received a game schedule. Many sponsors like to attend the games. This is extremely important.
Again thanks for coaching and call with any questions or concerns. Watch the website regarding each weekend's weather.
Please check your mailbox slot EVERY week.
Place your completed newspaper summary sheet in the League "Mailbox" after your game.
Players are responsible to bring balls to every practice. All Players must wear shin guards.
always remember to tell your players "Good job"
keep practices fun and interesting, not too easy or too difficult. Start with individual skills, then small groups and finally larger groups, finishing with "Game-play".
Do not coach your team from the sidelines. Even during a scrimmage. Get out in the action, see problems as they occur and pick moments to correct them.
Safety reminder - No player can be left unattended at the field after a practice or a game. Coaches must stay with the players until all have been picked up. If a coach is not able to stay, he or she must make arrangements with another coach or call a WYSA board member.
Coaches, Read this article: Children are not little adults... and this one: Why Small-Sided Games?
Click here for the Y-Primer Course Information
This “Y Primer” course is offered so that you are given some tools to help you
learn appropriate methods for coaching a group of excited and irrepressible young children (not to mention their parents!). This course is the first step on the coaching ladder and covers the basics of organizing and coaching a team.
Scott DiScullio has would like any coach that needs help to make an appointment with him.
Scott reports that there is a great website for games for younger age groups - PE Central. (www.pecentral.com)
