The following objectives are important to understand as we move forward this year.

            Coaching Clinic: this year the curriculum was broken down by age group and specifically showed examples of ball mastery, individual moves, and games and activities that are age appropriate and that the club would like you to use while training your team. The goal is to provide each player with technical development and growth so each player can experience success. Your role as a coach is to use the information provided in the curriculum and bring your coaching experience and personality to use when coaching your team.

• The coaching clinic breaks down each technique/activity so there is better understanding of the coaching methods used while training your players. Each curriculum is broken down into sessions and times recommendations for each activity. For example, session 1 & 2 is dribbling with activities that should be used for training. The clubs goal is to offer you as many opportunities as possible to support your coaching and your team.

            Player Academy: The sessions are designed for your players to come together to see other experienced coaches and high school players perform the ball mastery, individual moves, and games and activities. This will allow you to evaluate your players while introducing a glimpse of each activity listed in your curriculum. The goal of the club is to allow as much time on the ball as possible during the session. This will also help you to be more prepared so when you team begins training there is a prior understanding of what you are trying to do.

• The Academy was created to allow you and your players the opportunity to practice each activity 3-5 minutes within the 1-hour period. That is not how you should run your training sessions. You should follow the sessions outline and use a model of simple to complex when using the activities to bring out each technique.