The following coaching courses are available. If you are interested in attending, please contact technical@nanaimosoccer.ca

For more information directly on dates in other areas, go to the BC Soccer Website - click here

If you are a NYSC Coach, the cost of the course is covered by the Club (not including transportation or other expenses), but you must apply to the Technical Department prior to registering to ensure you are registered with the proper code, so you are not charged.

Grassroots Development Course - TBD For 2010/11 Season (Please check back)

The Grassroots Development course is designed to help coaches understand and apply the prociniples of coaching over a 16 week period. BC Soccer has developed a book and lesson plans that will allow coaches to work towards their personal coaching development.

This session is being held at Beban Park for Oct 3. For the Oct 4th session, please arrive at the turf field for 10:00 am

Community Coach Children’s - TBD For 2010/11 Season (Please check back)

The Community Coach Children’s course is tailored to coaches working with players in the 6 to 10 year old range.  The contents of this course are based around the FUNdamentals of mini-soccer and touch on the following areas: stages of development, basic practice planning, the role of the coach, ethics, safety and liability, review of mini-soccer rules, basic skill development and ample amounts of sample practice sessions.  This course meets the NCCP standards for the soccer technical and practical components.

Community Coach Youth  - TBD For 2010/11 Season (Please check back)

The Community Coach Youth course is tailored to coaches working with players in the 11 to 14 year old range.  The contents of this course are based around coaching players at the recreational youth level of soccer and touch on the following areas: stages of development, conducting and planning training sessions, the role of the coach, ethics, safety and liability, team development, technical skill development and information on coaching youth players.  This course meets the NCCP standards for the soccer technical and practical components.

Community Coach Senior - TBD For 2010/11 Season (Please check back)
The Community Coach Senior course is tailored to coaches working with players in the 14 to 18 year old range.  The contents of this course are geared towards coaching at a more competitive level of youth soccer and touch on the following areas: stages of development, advanced technical skill development, aspects of coaching, coaching team play (systems/tactics), set plays, coaching the goalkeeper, attacking and defending principles, fitness, physical preparation (warm-up and cool-down), first-aid, ethics, and safety and liability.  This course meets the NCCP standards for the soccer technical and practical components.

B Pre-Test
The B Pre-Test is a non-certification course that is a mandatory pre-requisite for any coaches wishing to pursue the Canadian Soccer Association’s B License Program.  The main purpose of this course is to give coaches the proper methodology needed to detect and correct errors in technical skill development and small-sided game situations.  This course does involve some theory components, but is heavily geared towards the ability of the coach to plan and run effective sessions based on pre-selected technical and tactical coaching topics.  Successful participants will be eligible to move forward in pursuing B Provincial License certification.

B Provincial
The B Provincial License (B License - Part 1) focuses on working with high performance athletes up to the age of 14 years old.  This course involves both theory and practical coaching work.  The theory components include: first and liability, stages of development, methodology of training, seasonal planning, session planning, match observation and analysis and the laws of the game (11-a-side).  The practical components are heavily geared towards the ability of the coach to plan and implement effective training sessions based on a variety of pre-selected technical and tactical coaching topics.  Each participant will undergo two (2) practical coaching assessments.  .Successful participants will be eligible to apply for completion of Part 2 of the B License Program.

B National
The B National License (B License - Part 2) focuses on working with high performance athletes 14 years of age and older.  This course involves both theory and practical coaching work.  Each participant will undergo two (2) practical coaching assessments.  Successful participants will receive a Canadian Soccer Association B License.