WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington Youth Soccer is currently seeking volunteer coaches for its spring in-town soccer program. No prior coaching experience is needed. Click HERE to sign up to volunteer. Coaching expectations can be read HERE or below:
Pre-K and Kindergarten
You only meet on Game day and here is how the day is run:
1) 30 minutes before your assigned time you will need to be at the fields. Here all coaches will review 2 activities with our Technical Director. He will walk everyone through the activities and you can ask questions. Essentially our Technical Director will teach you 2 drills and then you will in turn then teach the kids on your team.
2) The first 25 minutes of your scheduled time coaches will run these activities with your team. (Team sizes are about 5-6 players per coach)
3) 5 minute break
4) 25 minute scrimmage – 3 players from each team on the field.
– You will have to rotate your players (approximately every 5 minutes)
– The coaches will help with coordinate the scrimmage (No Ref’s at this level).
That’s it…. Pretty simple, 90 minutes of your time one day a week!
Grade 1
1) Attend a preseason Coaches meeting – Information, uniforms, and discussion (1-2 hours of your time to be run by WYSA)
2) Contact your team (team sizes are about 6-8 players) – hand out uniforms and schedule
3) Fall – No Practice during the week – Same as Kindergarten format
4) Spring – One practice a week – Team training night – Each season a night will be selected for you and your team – roughly 1 hr long- The Technical director will provide the Session plan
5) Game day (4v4 format)- arrive 20-30 min before game time – during the game rotate/substitute players every 3-5 min
6) Cancellations – contact players – (WYSA will also post cancellations on the web site)
7) Each team is usually assigned an Assistant Coach as well to help out
Grade 2
1) Attend a preseason Coaches meeting – Information, uniforms, and discussion (1-2 hours of your time to be run by WYSA)
2) Contact your team (team sizes are about 8-10 players) – hand out uniforms and schedule
3) One practice a week – Team training night – Each season a night will be selected for you and your team -roughly 1hr long – The Technical director will provide the Session plan
4) Game day (6v6 format) – arrive 20-30 min before game time – during the game rotate/substitute players every 5 min
5) Cancellations – contact players – (WYSA will also post cancellations on the web site)
6) Each team is usually assigned an Assistant Coach as well to help out
Grade 3-5
1) Attend a preseason Coaches meeting – Information, uniforms, and discussion (1-2 hours of your time to be run by WYSA)
2) Contact the team (One group) – hand out uniforms and schedule
3) One practice a week – Team training night – Each season a night will be selected for you and your team -roughly 1 hour long – The Technical director will provide the Session plan
4) Game day (6v6 format) – arrive 20-30 min before game time – Divide up the group into teams
5) Game Day Coaching – during the game rotate/substitute players every 5 min
6) Cancellations – contact players – (WYSA will also post cancellations on the web site)
7) Each team is usually assigned an Assistant Coach as well to help out
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(NOTE: The above information is from the Wilmington Youth Soccer Association’s website.)
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