CITY Futures Program

OUR MISSION

Together with Missouri Youth Soccer Association we aim to provide coaching education to support coaches throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.

TARGET GROUP

CITY Community coaches, club coaches, coaches from our partner organizations, basically everyone that wants to improve their coaching abilities to better care for their players.

CONTENT

During the next 4 years we are offering 48 training sessions (theory & practice, 90min each) that deal with the following topics:

Improve the individual player:

  • Emotional Competencies
  • Physical Skills
  • Technical Abilities

Become a stronger team:

  • Social Competencies
  • Tactical Principles
  • Cognitive Skills
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TIMES AND LOCATION

5/27: Empathy & Compassion (Alton)
Impact on performance: Improve team spirit, adapt easier to play in different positions and better understand each other’s strengths and areas to improve.
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7/1: Self-confidence (Fairmont City)
Impact on performance: Strengthen each players’ self-confidence on the roster, support the development of a healthy self-concept and boost player performance through steadily growing self-esteem.
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8/19: Responsibility & Integrity
Impact on individual performance: Align intention, word, and action within your team to further grow responsible and integer actions within your group.
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9/9: Shooting & Finishing (SLUH)
Impact on performance: Refine shooting technique, know how to use different shooting techniques and finishing with the first touch.
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10/21: Reaction (Kolping Kicks Soccer Club)
Impact on performance: Improve reaction time, with and without ball, to better deal with the high-speed demands of the soccer game.
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11/18: Offensive Tactics: Penetration (Bayless High School)
Impact on Performance: Identify the right moments to push towards the goal, using dribbling or penetration passes behind the defensive line.
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12/2: Defensive Tactics: Delay
Impact on performance: Slow down the opposing attack by delaying the ball carrier of the opposing team to get support from your teammates.
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