Age Group Consolidated Training Nights (AGCTN)

Questions/Inquiries:
Please contact Junro Narita, RRSC Asstistant DOC at
asstdoc@rioranchosoccer.com

Fall 2008 Schedule:

• Mondays 6-7PM: U6/U7
• Wednesdays 6-715PM: U8, U9, U10
• Team Coaches to arrive 15 mins before start
• Will start 15 minutes earlier effective October 6th as the days shorten.
• Fridays: Skills (See skills section)

What Age Group Consolidated Training Nights Are:

• Age Consolidated Training is designed to run facilitated training sessions that will benefit both our volunteer coaches and players of RRSC.
• The DOC and the Staff Coaches will select topics and a lesson plan for the session.
• The DOC and Staff Coaches will then provide support to the volunteer coaches to ensure correct execution and deployment of the exercises.
• In some ways it is a “Teach the Teacher” approach as the volunteer coaches will also be learning which will impact the overall soccer experience of the children.

What it is NOT:

• It is NOT a skills session
• It is NOT a drop off the kids and leave
• It is NOT a “some one else coaches for me”
• It is NOT a kick-back environment for the team/volunteer coach

Expected Results & Benefits:

• DOC and Assistant DOC are more effective in reaching more kids
• Higher quality soccer experience for kids and coaches
• On-going Coaching Education for both our volunteer and staff coaches
• Builds both our coach and player pool; fortifies ties with Westside soccer players
• Engenders a greater club environment; builds cohesiveness

Expectations & Responsibilities of DOC’s and Staff Coaches:

• Conduct pre-session meeting (15 minutes before start time) with Team/Volunteer Coaches to discuss practice plan and key coaching points
• Debrief training session with Team/Volunteer Coaches
• Staff Coach will run session for one team per week with the objective to train each participating team two times over the course of the Fall and Spring seasons.

Expectations & Responsibilities of our Team/Volunteer Coaches:

• Arrive 15 minutes before session for pre-meeting with staff coach; obtain your training plan for the session and to set-up your designated training grid. We plan on giving you the same grid for the whole season.
• Participate in post practice debrief with Staff Coach and other Team Coaches
• When Staff Coach trains your team, participate and observe for learning purposes.
• When Staff Coach trains other teams, conduct training session based on practice plan that was/will be discussed in the pre-training session meeting.
• Commit to participating through out Fall and Spring; partial attendance will not receive their corresponding staff conducted training sessions. 
• You shall bring your own coaching gear (i.e. balls, pennies, cones etc.).
• Ensure your kids bring their gear (water bottle, soccer ball) to teams’ designated training field.
• You, the Volunteer Coaches, will run much of the training session and manage/organize your team.
• Once kids arrive, let them have a ball, have fun by engaging them in a pre-practice “gathering activities” for your age group. Games like tag, everyone’s it, 2v2, juggling competitions.
• The more parental participation, the smoother the age consolidated nights will run. We will have 50-125 kids out there on any given night. So parents play a key role in making sure kids converge to their team’s area, help make sure jackets, water bottles do not get lost or left behind.