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NSCAA Goalkeeper Courses - Deadline Approaching09:30AM / Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Both courses will be led by NSCAA National Goalkeeper Staff member and MCLA's head women's soccer coach, Deb Raber. All lecture sessions will be held on the MCLA campus (specific classroom TBD). All field sessions will be run on Shewcraft Field on West Shaft Road, a state of the art turf facility home to the women's and men's Trailblazer soccer programs.
The [ http://www.nscaa.com/ ]National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) helps its members excel in their coaching careers as well as advances the coaching of soccer, thereby improving players, through a commitment to provide the best coaching education, convention, and member services and benefits to the soccer community. The NSCAA will be the leading organization in the world dedicated to serving the needs of soccer coaches. Based in Kansas City, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches' organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than 26,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. It fulfills its mission of coaching education through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more than 4,000 soccer coaches each year.
State GK - Sunday April 19th
http://www.nscaa.com/courseDetail.php?it=1284
@ MCLA
Sponsor - MCLA Women's Soccer
$50 / candidate (checks to MCLA Women's Soccer)
site coordinator - Josh Mendel (413.662.5409) [ mailto:j.mendel@mcla.edu
]j.mendel@mcla.edu
instructor - Deb Raber
9:00am - 4:00 (hour break for lunch)
State Goalkeeping Diploma (Level I)
The overall objective of the State Goalkeeping Diploma is to explore some of the myths and mystiques surrounding the goalkeeping function. The six-hour course is directed towards the team coach - not the specialist goalkeeper coach. The object is to empower the coach with knowledge and practice methods that will enable the coach to evaluate a goalkeeper in game situations and then design an appropriate practice program for goalkeepers in and outside of team practices. The course includes lecture (theory) and field (practical) sessions.
Regional Goalkeeper - Friday May 1st and Saturday May 2nd
http://www.nscaa.com/courseDetail.php?it=1285
@ MCLA
Sponsor - MCLA Women's Soccer
$75 / candidate (checks to MCLA Women's Soccer)
site coordinator - Josh Mendel (413.662.5409) [ mailto:j.mendel@mcla.edu
]j.mendel@mcla.edu
instructor - Deb Raber
Friday 5:00-9:00
Saturday 9:00-5:30 (1/2 hour for break)
Regional Goalkeeping Diploma (Level II)
The overall objective of the Regional Goalkeeping Diploma is to create an optimal learning environment for this specialized position. The twelve-hour course is geared towards the specialist goalkeeping coach and the team coach looking for in-depth information surrounding the coaching of goalkeepers. The course includes both lecture (theory) and field (practical) sessions. An NSCAA State Goalkeeping Diploma is a prerequisite for this course. |
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