INTERESTED IN COACHING A KYSA TEAM NEXT SEASON?
All you have to do initially is download a KYSA Coaching Application Form (below) and forward the
completed form to the KYSA office in person, by fax or electronically if you can scan the completed form
and email it as an attachment.
Someone from the KYSA will contact you to acknowledge the receipt of your application.
Volunteer parent-coaches are always in demand.
To coach a KYSA "House" team, no minimum qualifications are required.
To coach a KYSA "Rep" team in the Provincial B Cup, the head coach must have a Community Coach-Youth Certification.
To coach in the Provincial A Cup. , the head coach must have a Community Coach-Senior certification.
All those individuals who choose to coach in the KYSA program must complete and submit a Criminal Record
Check Form before they will be appointed to coach a team.
Please be sure to complete the form in full, as some of the information taken from these forms will help
the KYSA determine which coach education programs to offer new coaches on an annual basis.
Click here to download a 2012 KYSA Coaching Application Form
Please note: This letter must be taken in to the RCMP detachment in order to have a criminal record check completed for you.
THE ROLE OF THE SOCCER COACH:
The Primary responsibility of a youth soccer coach is to help the young player to have fun, learn and improve. This
responsibility makes a youth coach different from any other official in the club, league or association. We (coaches)
should coach for the joy and success of the players––and no other reason.
A coach should help to improve the performance of the players (and the team) both physically and psychologically.
The position of coach is demanding and multi-faceted. Parent, teacher, counselor, disciplinarian, organizer...these are
some of the duties demanded of the coach. When players sign-up with a club, they expect to receive something for
their registration fee. They want to play and learn and they also want to do so in an enjoyable environment.
Shaping the lives of young people is a large responsibility, effected not only through what we teach, but also
the way we teach. The process of learning is at least as important as the product. In addition to what they learn
about soccer, children may learn to be better people. You may be overwhelmed by your influence, but you accept
that influence when you assume the position of coach. To develop players, you must have a sound knowledge of the game.
This knowledge relates to skill, technique, tactics, fitness, and Laws of the Game.
Coaches are, generally, knowledgeable about some of these aspects, but weak in others.
Good coaches are always seeking new ideas to develop their knowledge of the game and players.
As coaches, we must try to find out what potential a player has so that we can develop that potential and
make the player the best player he or she can be.
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