Coach Training

Recreation League Coaches

Because we believe in not only having fun, but also in building soccer skills, Dynamo strongly encourages recreation league coaches to take a U5-U8 or U10-12 Youth Module license course by PA West Soccer. There is no fee but you will have to REGISTER to take the course.

SPRING 2013 Y CERTIFICATE CLASS INFO:

Dynamo recreation league is sponsoring two PA West coaching courses in March 2013. The courses are free to our coaches and participation does not require you to coach beyond the Spring 2013 rec season. Here are the courses being offered:

March 16, 9 AM-3 PM - U10/12 Module
March 23, 9 AM-3PM - U6/8 Module

Pre-registration with PA West Soccer is required: http://www.pawest-soccer.org/coaches/Coaching_Calendar.htm

Coaches for U9 and older can also benefit from the E-license courses.

Coaches Handbook--revised 8/2012

U5/6/7 Activities*

U8/9 Activities*

U10/12 Activities

U6-16 Activities

*note: for both the above .pdf files, you will need the password provided by your age level commissioner (i.e. the combination to the green lock boxes)

Travel League Coaches:

Beyond the Youth Modules course, the Dynamo board has established a policy whereby travel league coaches are required to obtain an E coaching license offered by PA West. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that coaches have the teaching skills to be able to teach players the game of soccer consistent with the Dynamo philosophy. All coaches, including those who have played soccer in high school, college or beyond, will also benefit from taking coach courses.



Coaching Resources

We strongly encourage all our coaches to take advantage of these great resources and incorporate their suggestions to enhance your practices. It will make your practices easy for you and fun for your players and keep you on track with Dynamo philosophies:
Youth Division Rules
US Youth Soccer Player Development Model
Trainability in Childhood and Adolescence

For help with the organization of your practice and for drills specific for your age group, please check the excellent resources at the US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, and PA West websites:
Help ! I volunteered to coach
Best Practices (US Soccer)
Schedule of upcoming license courses
PA West Coaches' Resources
PA West Coaching Schools Information

Anyone want to help our site have good stuff like this one?:
mayouthsoccer.org