AW United: 20082009 Programming

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AW United 2008-2009 Programming

• Brian Billings
• AW United Director of Player Development

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Our Club

• We are AW United, not Pacesetter, GTFC, TFA,
  Perrysburg, or any other club!
• What are our unique characteristics?
• What do our members look like?
• Program changes for 2008-09.
• Coaching.
• Tryouts for 2008-09.

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Club Characteristics

• Our challenge is to deal with our wide diversity
  in members.
• For example, commitment levels, playing
  abilities, outlook, etc.
• The goal becomes to provide a basic level of
  programming that appeals to all while allowing
  those more committed/interested players to still
  be engaged.

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My Role

• Write curriculum to guide instruction throughout
  the club.
• Guide the recruitment and introduction of new
  coaches.
• Have less coaching responsibility to allow
  movement to observe and help.
• Continue to set up extra programming.

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Overall Program Changes

• Move to looking at 2-year age groupings.
• Allows more flexibility in player development.
• Offer more optional training
• Allow players who want more soccer to train and
  those with conflicts to make up missed sessions.
• 3 sessions age group, team, optional.
• Offer training across age groups.

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Training Schedule
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Overall Program Changes

• Increasing our technical competency.
• New structure for paid staff coaches.
• U9/U10 none, U11/U12 multiple team trainers,
  U13/U14 head coaches.
• Recognizing each player as an individual!
• Placing them in a situation that will both
  challenge them and allow them to flourish.
• Decreasing the number of games (specifically
  weeknight games) to increase the opportunities
  for training.

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U-8 Academy

• Continue to expand the U-8 Academy.
• Goal being to continue to develop technical
  skills at the youngest ages.
• Went from 13 players in the fall to 23 players in
  the spring.
• Look to hit 28 players in the fall.
• Bring in a dedicated staff coach to assist in the
  running of the Academy.

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U9/U10 Programming

• Volunteer parents with direct oversight from me.
• Dedicated skill training from me frequently (once
  every other week per age group)
• Evaluate numbers and talent bases to determine
  proper team formations.
• Look at what is best for the individual.

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U9/U10 Programming

• Choice between moving to OYSAN SL Academy program
  or staying with NWOYSL.
• Benefits of moving?
• More flexibility in not worrying about player
  numbers.
• Better training to game ratio.
• Club passes allows different team formations.

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U11/U12 Programming

• Examine numbers and age groups to determine best
  team formations.
• A/B teams vs. balanced teams.
• Reasoning?
• Examine competitive divisions to choose league
  play.
• Look to offer more dedicated players more options
  to train/play.

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U13/U14 Programming

• One dedicated A team per gender per age group
  placed into challenging league.
• Form development teams (13/14) to play in NWOYSL
  if numbers allow.
• Each team would be run by a qualified, paid
  coach.

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Coaching 2008-09

• Every interested coach (paid and volunteer) needs
  to apply.
• Coaches will be selected and placed by the DOPD.
• Coaches are expected to follow all club and
  training policies.
• No running to run.
• 50 playing time rule (U9-U12)

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Tryouts 2008-09

• Every kid will be officially evaluated by having
  their own unique number.
• One coach (or multiple if numbers are high) will
  run tryouts while others simply evaluate players.
• Coaches and DOPD will sit down and then create
  teams to best suit each age group.

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Adult League

• We will continue to offer our Adult League this
  summer.
• Last summer, we had Mens Open and Coed.
• This spring we have 5 Womens teams playing on
  Thursday nights.

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Thanks for Coming!

• Questions?
• Comments?