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Grassroots Coach Education Program Workshops
The Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education Program
The Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education Program has four workshops based on Stages 1, 2, 3, and 7 of the Long Term Player Development Model. The first three workshops, Active Start, FUNdamentals and Learn to Train, deal with soccer training and the importance of physical literacy for players up to 12 years of age. The fourth workshop is called Soccer for Life and focuses attention on working with players between the ages of 13 through to “masters soccer” which includes a wide array of participants who play for fun and fitness, those who enjoy recreational soccer, as well as those who prefer to play competitively but not at the high performance level.
Coaches wishing to gain training through the Grassroots Coach Education Program would do so in the following manner:
Note: coaches do not undergo an official evaluation process in the Grassroots Coach Education Program, therefore they are not designated on their NCCP transcript as a Certified Coach. These workshops provide training only in developmental stage specific areas of coaching. Coaches taking part in these workshops will receive the status of Trained Coach (or will be considered In Training if they have still to complete a module of the particular workshop they have taken).
To get more information about Making Ethical Decisions (MED) click here.
The Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education Program has four workshops based on Stages 1, 2, 3, and 7 of the Long Term Player Development Model. The first three workshops, Active Start, FUNdamentals and Learn to Train, deal with soccer training and the importance of physical literacy for players up to 12 years of age. The fourth workshop is called Soccer for Life and focuses attention on working with players between the ages of 13 through to “masters soccer” which includes a wide array of participants who play for fun and fitness, those who enjoy recreational soccer, as well as those who prefer to play competitively but not at the high performance level.
Coaches wishing to gain training through the Grassroots Coach Education Program would do so in the following manner:
- Active Start Workshop: Completion of a workshop totaling 1-2 hours online & 2 hours on-field (Active Start Stage of Development – players U4 - U6). No pre-requisites required.
- FUNdamentals Workshop: Completion of the workshop totaling 1-2 hours online & 3 hours on-field (Fundamentals Stage of Development – players U6 - U8). No pre-requisites required.
- Learn to Train Workshop: Completion of the workshop totaling 1-2 hours online & 4 hours on-field (Learning to Train Stage of Development – players U9 - U12). No pre-requisites required.
- Soccer for Life Workshop: Completion of a workshop totaling 1-2 hours online & 4 hours on-field (Soccer for Life Stage of Development – players U13 & older). No pre-requisites required.
Note: coaches do not undergo an official evaluation process in the Grassroots Coach Education Program, therefore they are not designated on their NCCP transcript as a Certified Coach. These workshops provide training only in developmental stage specific areas of coaching. Coaches taking part in these workshops will receive the status of Trained Coach (or will be considered In Training if they have still to complete a module of the particular workshop they have taken).
To get more information about Making Ethical Decisions (MED) click here.
Grassroots Practice Resources
Manitoba Soccer provides weekly practice plans for grassroots coaches. If you would like to request a session theme/topic reach out to the Technical Team.