Coach's Corner

The Coach's Corner is the one resource for coaching information concerning the Club and within the state.

For Guest Player Form for Tournaments please click here.

SCHEDULES and STANDINGS

Click here for schedules and standings for all SLSC non-House/Academy Leagues.

CLUB TRAINING INFORMATION

Below are PDF files created for each age group as described by Jeff Wilkinson, the Director of Coaching. Please click on the appropriate age group to download the information.

Practice Sessions U6	Practice Sessions U8
Practice Session 2	Practice Session 1
Practice Session 3	Practice Session 2
Practice Session 4	Practice Session 3
Practice Session 6	Practice Session 4
Practice Session 7	Practice Session 5
Practice Session 8	Practice Session 6
Practice Session 9	Practice Session 7
Support Players Must move at the Same Time	Practice Session 8
	Practice Session 9
	Support Players Must move at the Same Time

Technical Skills U10	Technical Skills U12
U10 Combination Play	U12 Attacking shape small groups
U10 Dribbling	U12 Combination play 2 players
U10 Basic Defending	U12 Combination play 3 players
U10 Curriculum Summary	U12 defending
U10 Defending Pressure U10 Dribbling Penetration	U12 defending cover
U10 first touch short passing	U12 defending cover/pressure
U10 Goalkeeping	U12 Defending cover/pressure/balance
U10 heading	U12 Zonal Defending
U10 Passing Long	U12 Zonal Defending 2
U10 Passing Short	U12 Finishing (from combination Play)
U10 Receiving Lofted Balls	U12 Passing and Control
U10 Receiving low balls	U12 dribbling passing shooting
U10 Shooting	U12 dribbling passing shooting 2
U10 Shooting 2	U12 Possession (in larger groups/open spaces)
Support Players Must move at the Same Time	U12 Spatial awareness
	U12 Speed of play
	U12 Speed of play 2
	U12 training activities
	U12 translating the technique to the game
	U12 Playing recommendations
	Support Players Must move at the Same Time

Technical Skills U14

U14 Possession with a Purpose

U14 Boxing

U14 How & When to Dribble

U14 How & When to pass/receive

U14 Attacking & Finishing in final 3rd

U14 Attacking in the Defensive 3rd

U14 Functional Training of Forwards

U14 Functional Training of Forwards (1)

U14 Functional Training of the wing midfielders

U14 Vision/Support Play

Support Players Must move at the Same Time

Below are zip files created for Tactical and Technical training for all age groups.

Tactical Training

Technical Training

Below is a zip file that contains First Aid information.

First Aid Information

LATEST COACHING NEWS

Proposed Soccer Player Bill of Rights (To be adopted by the SLSC Board of Directors to the Club Constitution)
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