Coaching Resources

Here are a number of links and documents that could be helpful to our coaches:

Administrative Requirements

• All coaches, activity leaders, and other adult participants with JPYS must register with Massachusetts Youth Soccer. This includes completing SafeSport training, the CDC's concussion training, and a CORI background check.

Coaching Philosophy

• JPYS Code of Conduct

• JPYS Coaching Principles, by Dean Conway (to be posted)

• MYSA Coaching Conversations Videos

Formal Coaching Training

• US Soccer Coaching Portal

  • Grassroots coaching, 4v4/7v7/9v9/11v11 licenses (on-line, in-person, or blended), more advanced licensing

• United Soccer Coaches

  • 4v4/7v7/9v9/11v11, plus specialty coaching courses including futsal, goalkeeping, and others

JPYS will reimburse volunteer coaches who take any of the grassroots coaching courses. Contact your Travel Director for more information.

Coach, Parent, and Spectator Behavior

• BAYS Respect Campaign

• BAYS Zero Tolerance Policy on disrespect toward match officials

• Soccer Parents Sideline Project - Promoting more positive and supportive sideline behavior from parents and spectators

• Documents

  • Tips for Parents (to be posted)

  • Encouragement not Advice (to be posted)

Practice Session Planning

• US Soccer Learning Center (Note: This requires a different account than the regular "US Soccer" log-in.)

  • Session Plans (you will need to create an account and have taken a US Soccer coaching course in the last year to have direct access to these)

• Mass Youth Soccer

  • Sample Session Plans

• MOJO Coaching Application

• A series of excellent Coaching Workshop Videos from the Capital District Youth Soccer League (Albany)

• Our friends at Lexington Youth Soccer have put together a great series of session activity plans

JPYS Training Activity Manuals

Safety and Injury Prevention

• CDC's "Heads Up" Concussion Prevention Training (required for MYSA credentialing)

• Mass Youth Soccer COVID-19 Hub (current requirements and best practices for clubs)

Game Management, Mechanics, and Logistics

• BAYS Coach Responsibilities (this has a lot of information for coaches for before, during and after a match)

• Rules of Play

  • The Official IFAB Laws of the Game

    • A great video to teach kids about the offside rule

  • BAYS Rulebook (Modified Laws of the Game for BAYS matches)

• BAYS Policies for Matches

  • Lopsided Score Management

• BAYS JPYS Page (with links to JPYS travel teams, schedules, and home games)