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SASA POLICY ON PRACTICE AREAS AND GAME FIELDS - SPRING 2008
For Coaches and Parents
As we all know, field conditions in the county have experienced a steady decline.  With more people coming into the area and looking to be involved in sporting activities the demand for fields by all sports is at a premium.
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SASA Hosts USSF Coach Education Classes
Better Coaches -->> Better Players
SASA is hosting USSF coaching education courses run by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association’s coaching education staff.  Barry Hill is the contact for each of the classes.
       
F Course -- COMPLETE
Location: Courthouse Community Center
Date: March 8 - Time: 11 AM  -  3 PM
 
E Course
Location: Courthouse Community Center (CCC)
Date: March 28, 29 & 30
Time: Friday night & all day Saturday & Sunday (20 hours total)
Cost: $50 SASA Coach (i.e., VYSA Member)
Fees for SASA coaches will be reimbursed
     
D Course
Location: Courthouse Community Center
Date: June 20, 21, 22 & 27, 28, 29, 2008
Time: 2 weekends - Friday night & all day Saturday & Sunday (36 hours total)
Cost: $100 SASA Coach
Fees for SASA coaches will be reimbursed
 
E Course
Location: Courthouse Community Center (CCC)
Date: August 8, 9 & 10
Time: Friday night & all day Saturday & Sunday (20 hours total)
Cost: $50 SASA Coach (i.e., VYSA Member)
Fees for SASA coaches will be reimbursed
       
F Course
Location: TBD
Date: August 16
Time: Probably 11 AM  -  3 PM
Cost: $30 SASA Coach i.e., (VYSA Member)
SASA is a VYSA member.
Fees for SASA coaches will be reimbursed
 
Please click on the link below to download the application form for ALL courses
 
Please check back periodically for more updates.
MRSA
Our Best Defense Is Education
MRSA Threat To Youth Soccer Players
 
It has been dubbed the “Deadly Super Bug”, a treatment-resistant strain of bacteria which has garnered tons of recent exposure in the national and international media.  While nearly 85% of MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) cases are a result of exposure in hospitals, a significant spike in community and sports related cases has health professionals calling for improved sports hygiene.
 
Click "continue" below to read the rest of the short article with links to other useful sites and pdf files.

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‘Playing to Develop’ versus ‘Playing to Win’
US Women’s National Teams Program - POSITION STATEMENT

“There are many people, particularly in sports who think that success and excellence are the same thing and they are not the same thing. Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person’s control. In contrast, success is perishable and is often outside our control… If you strive for excellence, you will probably be successful eventually... people who put excellence in first place have the patience to end up with success… An additional burden for the victim of the success mentality is that he/she is threatened by success of others and resents real excellence.  In contrast, the person fascinated by quality is excited when he/she sees it in others.”

Joe Paterno – Penn State Football Coach - 1990


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Doing the Right Things - Leadership by Example
From Lawrence Fine of FineSoccer

Youth soccer coaches have a difficult job.  They are the key decision-makers.  They set examples.  Players look to them for leadership.  Soccer club administrators – and parents -- look to them to make good choices.

As adults we often speak to our young people about making choices— preferably intelligent, positive choices.

That said, coaches make choices, too.  They can choose to be the kind of coach that cares only about “winning”, or a coach that has a deeper—and longer-lasting—impact on the young people they coach and the families whose lives they touch.

Here are some tips to help make the coaching experience better for you—and the young people you interact with:


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Coach Guidelines for Handling 10 Common Issues
from the VYSA site

How can I be more positive?

A player broke a team rule.  How do I handle? 

These and other coaching issues addressed.  Click here.

Training Priorities

Training Priorities
(More thoughts from Lawrence Fine of finesoccer.com)

Edition 211

Welcome to the Soccer Newsletter.  Today’s subject addresses the issue of prioritizing what is important in the training of young players and teams.

I was asked recently why I am not spending more time on corner kicks, direct kicks, indirect kicks and so on in the training of some of the younger teams I work with.  The comment was made that other teams seem to spend a great deal of time working on “plays” while I seem to spend a lot more time working on technical and tactical training but not on the dead ball situations.


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Successful Coaching
Classic Coach Article of the Month

What Makes a Coach Successful
(Taken from the writings of Lawrence Fine of finesoccer.com
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Edition 22

Welcome to the Soccer Newsletter.  Today’s topic is a bit different than some of the previous issues because today I will discuss what makes a coach successful.

First of all, we need a definition of success when it comes to coaching.  I had a discussion with a friend a few years ago and we came up with some possible definitions.  First of all, none of our definitions included having a good won/loss record.


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