From  the  desk  of  Technical  Director,  Ciaran  McMahon…  

KYSA  Coaches  Attend  First  Coaching  Course  of  2016!

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A bi-monthly publication of the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association

SPECIAL THANKS TO KYSA’S OFFICIAL SPONSORS

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As coaches we needto maximize thelimited time we

have with each player.Our instructions need tobe brief, our feedback relevant and our organi-zation on point. I havehighlighted some basicareas of organization that

will help us be more prepared for every sessionthis season so that we can improve the level ofservice we provide to the players in our trust. Organize your thoughts…

Far too much time is wasted because we donot give thought to our thoughts. Effective andefficient communication that advances aplayer's understanding of the game is one ofthe most difficult challenges of any coach.● What is your “theme” for the session? Plan

each activity and every coaching pointaround that theme...what ONE THING doyou want the players to be better at afteryour practice?

● How will you introduce your session in themost effective way? What is the leastamount of information you need to conveyto get the players started? Once they havestarted you can gradually introduce com-plexities, restrictions, zones, etc…

● How will you introduce your coachingpoints? What words or message gets yourpoint across? Are we encouraging inde-pendent thought and problem solving orpunishing creativity? Are we guiding playerthought or commanding it?

● When will you introduce your coachingpoints? We tend to point out failure far tooearly. Allow players to struggle and failthrough the activity. They will problemsolve on their own. Praise those who findsolutions and gently nudge those who needa bit of help.

● Ask don’t tell. Question decisions and guidelearning vs dictating answers. Players donot improve from your knowledge of thegame but from your ability to help themthink about the game.

● Reflect on your session. What went well,what didn’t? If you ran that same session/activity again how would you improve yourdelivery and player engagement?

Organize Your Session Flow…Coaches should strive to get a good flow to

their sessions. Too many water breaks, too muchdown time in transitions from activity to activ-ity and too much time to explain an activitycan disrupt a player's desire to perform. umbro.com

The group photo above was taken at the first BC SoccerCoaching Course of the year. There are several more age-specific Coaching Courses scheduled in April.

Visit the KYSA web site at www.kysa.net/coaching-courses/for a listing of available dates and times.

They want to be active, play and learn so strivefor this as much as possible.● Are you getting players active and partici-

pating in your activity ASAP? We spend fartoo much time explaining every aspect of anactivity before players get to experience it.Plan your activity to start with the fewest in-structions necessary. Let the players experi-ence the activity then introduce layers ofcomplexity bit by bit.

● Have you planned how you will transitionfrom one activity to the next? Strive to putdown and pick up as little equipment as pos-sible once the session starts. Can you use thesame area or cones from one activity to thenext? If equipment needs to be picked up ormoved can you have the players do this tosave the group time?

● Are you fully aware of your Work:Rest ra-tios? Player inactivity leads to boredom anda lack of focus. Managing your work to restratios can help you enhance player attention,increase touches on the ball and improveplayer fitness. Four players in a line whereone player is active while the other 3 waittheir turn is a 1:3 work to rest ratio. Strive tohave 3 or fewer players waiting their turn atall times. Can you add another line to getmore players active? For shooting activities,can you add a second target? Can you haveplayers negotiate an obstacle course on theirpath back to the line after they have takentheir shot?

Organize Your Equipment...● Are the soccer balls pumped up? Pumps are

provided in your equipment bag!● As much as possible set up goals, pinnies

and cones before the start of your session (orwhile players run their warm-up routine).

● Use differently coloured cones to separategrids/activities/areas.

● Make players responsible for picking upequipment and putting everything away.

Organize Player Safety...● Tripping hazards are left too close to the

playing surface (water bottles, trainingequipment, player bags and kit - Keep alltripping hazards 3m away from your play-ing area when possible).

● Collision hazards such as goals you are notusing should be moved as far back fromyour playing area as possible.

● Falling hazards should be addressed as soonas possible. These include anchoring goalswith weights or pegs where possible.

● Soccer socks and shin pads/guards aremandatory equipment for all players at allpractices and games. ■

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All the Aprll coaching courses are held at the Soccer Dome. The association refunds 100% of the registration fee for all active

coaches who attend a BC Soccer coaching course in Kamloops orelsewhere in the province––50% upon completion of the course;50% after the individual has coached a KYSA team for a season.

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Congratulations to the individuals who took part in the FUNdamentals coaching course, March 11 and 18 at the Soccer Dome. Back Row, LtoR: Volker Wolf, Bryce Egdell, Mike Helfrich, Jaime Foulger, Mike Decicco, Geoffrey Gagnon, Teague Brinkworth, Cody Baker, Kathryn Weicker. Front Row, LtoR: Carole Gray,

Jennifer Currie, Amanda Marchi, Shauna Boyko, Dennis Piva, Paul Ross, James Sutherland, Jaime Welch, Jenny Gayfer & Ciaran McMahon (Facilitator).

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance,

learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you

are doing or learning to do!”– Pelé

From  the  desk  of  Executive  Director,  Keith  Liddiard…KAMLOOPS YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident

GRAHAM COPEVice-President

CANDACE-DODSON WILLISDirectors

TONY CUZZETTOCOLIN GUISE

ROD GURNSEYRYAN SUSHESKI

CHRIS WILKINSON•

PROFESSIONAL STAFFExecutive DirectorKEITH LIDDIARDTechnical Director

CIARAN McMAHONOffice Manager

CAROLYN BIRCHOffice Assistant

DONNA MARSHALLSelect Coordinator

CLIVE LOVETTProgram CoordinatorSARAH JOHNSON

BookkeeperJUSTINE RINALDI

•KYSA Headquarters

1550 Island Parkway DriveMcArthur Island, Kamloops

Mailing Address:P.O. Box 24081

#70 - 700 Tranquille RoadKamloops, BC V2B 8R3

Phone: Fax:250-376-2750 250-376-4347

Email: Web:kysa@telus.net www.kysa.net

•MISSION STATEMENT

KYSA is a volunteer organization that is dedicated to offering youth in

Kamloops a positive, fun soccer environment at the recreational and

competitive levels, with coaches who arededicated to the players and their

development, while at the same time promoting sportsmanship and

fellowship amongst all its members.

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The KYSA is pleased toannounce the signingof yet another new

sponsor! Chopped Leaf hasagreed to partner with theassociation as title sponsorof our Fall Season Wind-UpJamboree scheduled for September 24/25, 2016, withan option to continue spon-

sorship of the event indefinitely. The Fall SeasonJamboree is expected to involve approximately2,300 boys and girls in the U5 through the U12 agegroups. “I am thrilled to have Chopped Leaf jointhe KYSA family. Support from our corporatesponsors enables the KYSA to provide enhancedprogramming with no additional cost to ourmembers,” says associationPresident Graham Cope. “Weintroduced the Fall SeasonJamboree two years ago as agreat way to end the seasonfor our small-sided teams."The Chopped Leaf, a healthyrestaurant concept, believesthat everyone can live theirown "Chopped Life"––ahealthy lifestyle in whateverway they choose, combinedwith high quality nutritious ingredients to keepyour body feeling good after you eat. ChoppedLeaf’s menu includes chef-designed salads andwraps, soups, sandwiches and appetizers. All thedressings and soups are Chopped Leaf recipesthat focus on being natural and flavourful! Local Chopped Leaf retaurant owner BrendaChornohus, who has two locations in Kamloops––one in the North Hills Shopping Mall in NorthKamloops and one in the Summit Shopping Cen-tre in South Kamloops––says, “The Chopped Leafand KYSA go together as well as fitness and nutri-tion. Starting our youth on the right path to ahealthy lifestyle early on can shape their lives for-ever, and we want to help instil positive eatinghabits and the benefits of physical activity inthem."

Coaches and Managers… Have you submittedyour criminal record check to the RCMP yet?Please don’t procrastinate, it is a very simple andreasonably expedient process. The forms you needto complete are available at the KYSA office oryou can download them from the KYSA web site.Remember not to sign the forms until you get tothe RCMP and take two forms of identificationwith you. If your name and birthdate falls on thesame day as someone with a criminal record, youmay be asked to return to the RCMP detachmentto be finger-printed to disqualify you from a per-son who does have a criminal record. This is notan unusual circumstance, so do not be alarmed ifyou are called back (I was called back last year!).Any individual who will be in close contact, su-pervising or inter-acting with youth players is re-

quired to complete a CRC.This includes but is not lim-ited to head coaches, assistantcoaches, team managers, per-sons serving as first aid atten-dants, trainers or as a physio.The KYSA directors who aresupervising respective agegroups for the coming yearwill be chasing after you ifyou have not completed your

CRC once the 2016 seasonstarts. Also remember that last year the RCMPchanged their confirmation protocol. Now, whencontacted, each applicant has to go to the detach-ment and pick up their completed CRC and thendeliver it to the KYSA office (sorry folks, theKYSA has no influence on how the processworks!). CRC requirements are mandated by BCSoccer, though the KYSA accepts its responsibilityto children, young adults, parents and volunteers(and association staff) involved in the operation ofits programs and is committed to ensuring adher-ence to policies that support a sound, safe andhealthy soccer experience in our community!

Our congratulations to Kamloops born and bredMichelle Pye on being chosen as the Sport BC“Official of the Year” at the organization’s 50th

Annual Athlete of the YearAwards held last month inVancouver. She was alsonamed “Official of theYear” at the North Van-couver Sports Awards Cer-emony on March 28th. Asreported in this space onmany occasions, Michelleis a shining example ofwhat an individual canachieve in refereeing cir-

cles, especially developing their skills in a smallercommunity, away from the soccer “spotlight” onthe coast. Far from retirement, Michelle still hasmuch more to accomplish in the sport. The CSAhas just announced her re-appointment to theFIFA list for 2016. She has also been invited to at-tend an elite course for prospective referees forboth the 2018 Men’s World Cup in Russia and the2019 Women’s World Cup in France. The course isbeing held April 24-29 in Miami. Michelle man-ages to handle all this while raising three smallchildren and being married to another aspiringreferee who has his national badge.

Youth soccer players in the U5 to U14 age groupswho would like to get extra training in the spring

and summer months are invited to register for theKYSA’s Annual Skill Development Academy,which starts in mid-April at McArthur Island.New this year is the addition of a "Travel Option"for the U11 to U14 age groups. The Travel Optionprovides participants with a choice of out-of-towntournaments to attend as an Academy team.Specifics are outlined on the KYSA website. TheSkill Development Academy falls under theKYSA’s Centre of Excellence umbrella. The ninesessions for U13/U14 boys only are set to runMonday nights from 4:30pm to 5:45pm startingApril 18th. The eight sessions for U5 to U10 boysand girls runs Friday nights from 5:00pm to 6:00pmstarting April 22nd. Goalkeeper development ses-sions for U9 and U10 boys and girls will run con-currently. The nine sessions for U11/U12 boys andgirls and U13/U14 girls only is set to go Fridaynights from 5:00pm to 6:15pm starting April 22nd.The registration fee for the Skill DevelopmentAcademy is $95.00 per player (U5 to U10) and$110.00 per player (U11 to U14), which includes aKYSA Skill Development Academy training T-shirt. The Travel Option for U11 to U14 comeswith an additional cost which is also outlined onthe association's website. Parents can register theirchildren at kysa.net. Inquiries should be directedto 250-376-2750 or by email to kysa@telus.net.

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