The December issue of the NCYSA Sideline Beacon just came out and talks about the very important topic of goal safety.
Entries Tagged ‘NCYSA’
Secrets of Coaching
The November issue of the Sideline Beacon – the NCYSA’s Recreational Soccer newsletter, includes a variety of ’secrets of coaching’ that are worth a look.
Promotion and Relegation in Youth Soccer
The NC Youth Soccer Association recently eliminated the use of promotion and relegation to form U11 through U13 divisions for the state’s top travel teams. Soccer Dad takes a look at why this decision may have been very short sighted.
So I Went Out To Dinner…
A funny thing happened to me this weekend. Our team manager had organized an off-season get together for the team at a local restaurant, kind of a last chance to see everyone before the holidays thing. Little did I know that the team had a surprise in store for me…
Choosing A Team Snack
Seven tips from the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association on choosing a post match snack for your team.
Picking An Assistant Coach
While many of you are already into your fall seasons, some of you still may be looking to recruit an assistant coach to help out. Our state soccer association recently started publishing a Recreational Soccer newsletter, called the Sideline Beacon and the first issue had some good tips. Bill Furjanic, the NCYSA Technical Director of [...]
NCYSA To Offer New ‘F’ Coaching License
The NCYSA is looking to fill a gap between the Youth I/II Modules aimed at U6/U8 and U10/U12 coaching and the ‘E’ License which is aimed at coaching older players in 11v11 matches. So they have developed a new one day (8 hour) course called the ‘F’ License:
The Coaching Education Department of NC Youth Soccer [...]
In Support of the 60/40 Rule
IÂ’m not sure how widespread this is across USYSA affiliates, but in North Carolina, the NCYSA stipulates that new clubs applying for membership must have and maintain a 60/40 ratio between recreational players and travel/select players. While this strikes some as a barrier to entry (and it is), I believe it is there for good [...]
About That No Offside Thing…
Long time readers know that we’ve covered the elimination of offside for U10 Soccer in North Carolina in depth:
No U10 Offside Vaporizes Within Hours
Bye Bye U10 Offside
U10: Teach The Kids Right – Keep Offside
Should Offside Be Called For U10 Small Side?
U10: To Call Offside Or Not
So now that the Fall [...]
Bye Bye U10 Offside
North Carolina finally gave in to peer pressure and joined the rest of the country in prohibiting the enforcement of offside in U10 travel soccer (Challenge). I know this is old news for those of you in NC, but I felt it was still worth sharing for everyone else. Longtime readers know that I’ve talked [...]
U10: Teach The Kids Right – Keep Offside
The second proposal coming up at the next NCYSA Challenge Council meeting is to eliminate offside for U10 match play. This will be the second time this issue is considered, after it was rejected 27-24 last year. This is an issue I have written about before and feel very strongly about. I strongly encourage reading [...]
Let ‘Em Play – And Compete!
For those of you involved in travel soccer in North Carolina, there are two very important proposals coming up for a vote at the next NCYSA Challenge Council meeting (June 9th, 2007). One of them proposes the elimination of the NCYSA Challenge Cup for U10, U11, and U12 and replacing it with a festival, similar [...]
Gotta Love A Good Sense of Humor
I found this over at the NC Soccer Forums, apparently an email from the NCYSA to the coaches who have teams going to the State Cup Final Four in Greensboro. I agree with the poster – I’ll have some of what they’re smoking:
Important Notes Regarding the Final Four. Please review with your players, parents and [...]
NCYSA Academy Program Passes
I’m about a month late posting about this, mostly because it was passed right as our season was winding down and the end of season tournaments and such were ramping up. I’m still playing catchup.
I forgot my folio, so my notes were sparse and the official minutes aren’t out yet. There were somewhere around 40 [...]
NCYSA Academy Proposal – BOD Meets April 14th
The NCYSA Board of Directors will be meeting on April 14th to vote on the proposed Academy Program. A working committee, primarily made up of league DOCs and Presidents, worked to produce the current version of the proposal. I’ve written a variety of opinions on the Academy program, so I won’t rehash them here. I’m [...]
