Pike Soccer Club & Indy Burn Coaching

 

Register to Coach PSC Recreation U4-U12 and Indy Burn Plus U13-U18

Pike Soccer Club believes coaching education is a cornerstone to its commitment of providing the best possible environment for area youth and key to achieving its goal of fun, fair play, and player improvement.

PSC KidSafe 101 Risk Management
PSC Coaching Certification Course 101 9/1 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
PSC Coaching Certification Course 101 9/2 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Held at Northwestway Park in the big shelter behind the snack bar.
If you coach PSC and your name is not listed here, you must attend.

Minimum Coaching Standards
Minimum coaching education standards adopted by IYSA & PSC/IB 3/19/05, revised 4/21/06.  Indy Burn and Indy Burn Plus coaches should exceed these standards. PSC Rec coaches are required to obtain Youth Modules 1 or 2.

Pike Soccer Club Presentation Overview - 2009

 

Recreation Coaching Information

Spring 2010 Rec U5-U12 Game Schedules - Have your team number from upper right of your official roster.  Use no other source.  Read all instructions.

Spring 2010 U5-U12 Recreation Game Day Team Volunteer Assignments - Each Rec team has been assigned a game day team volunteer duties.

Spring 2010 Recreation Game Day GAME MARSHALS - TBA

Spring 2010 Recreation Game Day OFFICER of the DAY- TBA

Spring 2010 Rec & Indy Burn Plus Picture Envelope

PSC Community Coach Training Session 201 (3v3 & 4v4) - Fall 2010 TBD

PSC Community Coach Training Session 301 (6v6 & 8v8) - Fall 2010 TBD

PSC Recreation League Rules of Play

Rec Coaching Guide
Great material from Vince Ganzberg, IYSA Director of Coaching and Player Development, for every youth Coach, includes child development, why children play sports, why children quit sports, training sessions.

Tots
Tots U4 Training Sessions
8 unique training sessions for the Tots coach.

U5 & U6 
Principles of U5 & U6's Part I

Principles of U5 & U6's Part II

U5 & U6 Lesson Plans (6 week program)
Session 1 - Balance

Session 2 - Coordination

Session 3 – Dribbling with the Head Up

Session 4 – Dribbling to Get Away

Session 5 – Dribbling in a Crowd

Session 6 – Striking a Ball

Additional U5/U6 Training Sessions
8 unique training sessions for the U5/U6 coach.

U7 & U8
Principles of U7 & U8's

U7 & U8 Lesson Plans (6 week program)
Session 1 – Dribbling to Keep Possession

Session 2 - Passing

Session 3 –  Cooperative Passing

Session 4 – Making Connections

Session 5 – Striking a Ball

Session 6 – Receiving the Ball

U10
U10 Principles & Lesson Plans (6 week program)

U12
U12 Principles & Lesson Plans (6 week program)

Indiana Youth Soccer Rec Coach Lesson Plans
Click here for lessons by age group

Indy Burn & Indy Burn Plus Coaching Information

Coach Dan Kapsalis Training Schedule 

Indy Burn 2010-2011 Teams Proposed League Play & PSC Recommended Tournaments
Please visit this page for each team's approved tournaments

Indy Burn & Indy Burn Plus Training Field Assignments


Indy Burn Goalkeeper Training Schedule
ALL training sessions are open to Indy Burn and Indy Burn PLUS GKs of any age.:
Monday's - Mary & John Geisse Soccer Complex North, Field 35, south goal, 5:30pm-6:30pm with Coach Mike Sanich.
Tuesday's - Northwestway Park, Field 42, south goal, 5:30pm-6:30pm with Coach Matt Reiswerg.
Wednesday's - Mary & John Geisse Soccer Complex North, Field 35, south goal, 5:30pm-6:30pm with Coach Matt Reiswerg.

 

Referee Evaluation Form

INDOOR TRAINING LINKS
Reserve 2011 Gym Time Indoor Training - TBA

Winter 2011 SportZone Training schedule - TBA

 

Coaching Resources

Fundamental Ball Skills School Manual
By US Youth Soccer Coaching Director Sam Snow, Coaching Director.  Key coaching points of each major technique in soccer are presented and there is an example training activity for each technique.  Major training concepts for learning specific physical movements are discussed.  11/11/09

US Youth Soccer Vision Statement Youth Soccer in America How Do We Measure Success?
Winning and losing are not the correct measures of success in youth soccer.  Instead we should measure the development of the players.  The next obvious follow-up question then is, “How do we measure the development of a single player?”  How do we measure success?  How do parents know if the team coach is doing a good job of teaching soccer to the players?  How does the novice coach know if the kids are growing within the game?  By US Youth Soccer Technical Department

FIFA nutrition information for soccer players.  
Author Dr. Don Kirkendall is a contributor on sports medicine for US Youth Soccer and U. S. Soccer.

Best Practices for Coaching Soccer in the United States by USSF

Pike Soccer Club Coaching Certification Course

Indy Burn Coaches Lesson Plan Form