Association's A License Coaching Program in Vaughan
Posted on 2 August 2011 in Coaching
The Canadian Soccer Association A' License Coaching Program opens in Vaughan, ON. Part One of the program runs 2-12 August 2011. The program is led by Ray Clark, the Association's Director of Coaching & Player Development.Twenty-four coaches, all of whom already have their B License, are taking part in the course. Their backgrounds vary, but the group includes some former national and national youth players. Along with instructor Clark, the program will also feature staff coach Valerio Gazzola and Manager of Technical Programs David Benning.
The Association's A' License Program is divided into two annual periods of ten days. Both periods will be conducted as residential courses, approximately twelve months apart, at the National Training Centre in Vaughan. Each candidate will be required to complete a Log Book, involving a number of team related assignments between parts 1 and 2. Both Part 1 and Part 2 will include practical and theoretical aspects of study with the Final Practical assessments being held during Part 2 of the course.
The Canadian Soccer Association's A' License Coaching Program aims to educate and develop coaches into leaders in the technical/tactical development of soccer in Canada. Candidates will be trained in the practical and theoretical developments in modern soccer, so that they may devise, organize, conduct and evaluate coaching sessions in advanced skills, tactics, strategies and systems of play. Candidates will also better understand and employ the complimentary managerial, and coach-related aspects, appropriate to the role of the coach at the elite levels of soccer.
