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Danville
Soccer Association coaches are parents and community
volunteers who make it possible for the kids to play
and learn soccer. Most of the coaches in the organization
have no personal soccer background, and have learned
their soccer from others in the soccer community, their
kids, books and videos, and by paying attention to games
that they have seen. In other words, you have all the
background and qualifications needed to start your coaching
career.
The
"links" section of the DSA Website has many great sources
of coaching information to apply directly to day-to-day
youth coaching. Happily soccer is a simple game (especially
at the younger ages) and it is easy for the youth coach,
with a little innovation and preparation, to stay ahead
of the kids.
Coaches
in the youth recreational leagues usually have a couple
of practices per week, and coach the weekly game on
Saturday. Traveling coaches come from the same pool
of people, but are often those who have coached recreational
soccer for a while, or who have played the game themselves.
There are coaching licensing clinics available sometimes
through Central Illinois Youth Soccer League www.ciysl.com,
and DSA has less formal training sessions as needed
before the season starts.
Practices are in the local community, a park, a playground,
at any other suitable site, or at the complex. Games
are at the Danville Area Soccer Complex on Winter Avenue.
DSA
always needs volunteer coaches to keep the program going.
Coaches are picked annually at the team assignment time
in late July or early August. Anyone with an interest
should contact a board member at the time that kids
register, or indicate on the child's registration form.
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