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Top Ten Things YOU NEED to Know as a SOCS Coach
Updated: 04/12/2010 at 9:41 PM
Top 10 Things YOU Need to Know as a SOCS Coach (in no particular order)
9.
SOCS is guided by OPERATING RULES, which apply to you and your team.
You can read and download these rules from our website.
Be sure to refer to them for answers to your questions.
We follow these rules to insure safe and fair play, and so should you!
8.
SOCS has an outreach program for children ages 5-18 with disabilities.
It’s called Total Outreach Program for Soccer or TOPSoccer.
Know a kid who’d benefit from this program?
Contact our TOPS Manager Sue Ann Larabell at
248-890-6593
or
berkleyTOPS@yahoo.com.
7.
When the season seems to get on top of you, take a breath, step back and remember the kids on your team.
They are your reason for coaching!
Are they having fun, getting exercise, learning teamwork?
If so, you are doing your job well.
6.
Our goal is to provide as much professional support to our teams and coaches as possible, including coaches’ clinics and training for our recreational teams.
Lots of opportunities for this exist.
Want to know more?
Contact your Division Manager, who is dedicated to supporting your coaching efforts, with questions, comments or to share your successes.
5.
All our playing and practice fields are insured through Michigan State Youth Soccer.
Please let your Division Manager know where you practice so he or she can put it on the “insured fields” list.
4.
Player safety is our top priority.
Game cancellations and field closures, as irritating as they are, protect our kids and allow our fields to be maintained to the highest possible safety standards for the entire season.
3.
Our website (www.southoaklandsoccer.com) is your go-to place for the latest on field closures!
Always check 24 hours prior to a game to make sure your field is open.
Check again even closer to game start time.
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Referees should be treated with respect by you, your players and spectator parents.
Never allow your players or their family members to raise their voices or abuse the referees.
As a coach, you may ask a referee to clarify a call, but please remember:
a referee’s decision is final.
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