Preseason

• Age Appropriate coaches’ clinics provided for coaches. The schedule of coaching clinics is released in July and posted on the club calendar.
• Specialty Clinics are given each fall to touch on areas of the game that cross over between age groups. In the past these have included a Coerver, goalkeeping, and athletic enhancement coaching clinics.
• At the beginning of March the club holds the Ice Breaker Coaches Clinic. At this clinic top coaches from across the country present coaching methods and sessions to our coaches.

In Season

• Coaches’ newsletters are sent during the season to all SAC HC coaches. The newsletter contains observations from the past weeks games and practices with suggestions on methods to improve these areas through a practice progression. If you are not receiving the newsletter email Director of Coaching-Men’s program and request for your email to be added to the SAC HC coaches’ email list.
• Clinic Coaches newsletters are also sent to distributed.  This newsletter is developed from observations from the past weeks’ clinic sessions. If you are a clinic coach in SAC and do not receive this newsletter email Director of Coaching-Men’s program and request for your email to be added to the SAC HC clinic coaches’ email list.
• A portion of the each travel coaches’ meeting is devoted to coaching education. Throughout each season lectures, panel discussions, group discussions, and guest speakers are used to help our coaches learn.
• Each age group in the recreation program meets throughout the season to discuss methods used to improve their players.

Constant

• The coaches’ room (lower level of administrative building) has materials with a goal to keep each coach current with new coaching ideas and methods. Also on file are numerous files, magazines, and coaching documents.
• MSYSA holds coaching education courses throughout the year. SAC HC’s goal is to host an “E” and “D” course each year. Check www.msysa.org for a complete list of courses offered.
• SAC HC’s resource library is stocked with an abundance of coaching education DVD’s, videos, and books.
• Coaches have access to an animated library of coaching materials.