"THE VISION TO SEE PLAYERS FOR WHO THEY CAN BE IN LIGHT OF WHO THEY ARE"

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MANAGING:  The process of planning, decision making, organizing, leading, motivating and directing on behalf of and for the team's resources, to help achieve the team vision, and carry out the team mission ON BEHALF OF THE PLAYER.

THE RESOURCES YOU MANAGE AS COACH

INFORMATION 
RESOURCES

INFO RESOURCES

• League Info & Compliance
• Scheduling (training & games) 
• Budgets 
• Club Communication
• Athlete Feedback (injuries, mental well being) 
• Player Availability
• Staff Feedback 
• Age Group Coordination within club 
• Daily Training, Weather, Facilities, etc..
• Parent Feedback
  
• Athlete Feedback (team manifesto, athlete IDAPs)
  

PHYSICAL 
RESOURCES

PHYSICAL RESOURCES

• Facilities & Fields
• Equipment 

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

• Budget
  • ​6 month for u6-u10
  • 12 month for u11-12
  • ​18 month for u13-u19 
• Team Revenue
• Team Expenses 
• Team ProForma
• Team Fundraising
• Club Fundraising

HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES

• YOUR ATHLETES
• CLUB'S ATHLETES
• YOUR PARENTS
• PEER COACHES (internal to WSA)
• CLUB LEADERS 
• CLUB ADMIN
• OPPONENT ATHLETES
• PEER COACHES (external, other clubs)
• PROSPECTS and RECRUITS (the recruiting prospects you invite into your team)
  
• ADVOCATES (Referees, Athletic Trainers, Sports Performance Coaches, Other Support Staff, whether internal or external) 

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TASK ASSOCIATED TO COACH'S MANAGEMENT ROLE

SCHEDULING 

SCHEDULING TASKS

• Calendar 
  • Team's Annual Calendar (seasonal for Youth Academy) ready before June 1 of each year 
  • Revised Calendar presented before July 1
  • Finalized Calendar presented before Aug 1
• Game Schedule - resolve conflicts 
  • Execute all League Required Scheduling of Matches 
  • Commit to all Tournament Dates & Locations 
• Training Schedule - create regular schedule w/ regular days, times, locations 
  • Submit to team contingency plans for Act of God cancelations (weather, facility closures, etc) 
  • Reschedule Training Days Canceled 
  • Always provide a 6-month outlook for training & events 
• Event Schedule -
  • Futsal, Sports Performance Training, Indoor Soccer, Winter Programming, Camp Programs 
  • Club Events 
  • Team Functions 

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS

• Team Registration
  • Player Registration & Roster Completion 
  • Submission of all documents
• Team Onboard -  
  • Complete Team Onboard on time 
• Coach Onboard -  
  • Submit Compliance items
    • Background Check
    • SafeSport
    • Training/Required Certifications  
    • Payroll if applicable  
    • Coach Onboard (commitments, communication portals, etc) ​
• Financial Collections 
  • ​Assist if required in team collections 
• Game Day 
  • ​Maintain Roster, Player Credentials
• Other
  • ​Execute club initiatives for fundraising, community service, culture building 
  • Coordinate and schedule participation amongst players 
• Player Promotion 
  
  • ​Execute College & Pro & Pro-Am opportunities on behalf of your athletes 15U-19U
    

PLANNING & PREPARING

PLANNING & PREPARING

• Team Calendar 
  • See Schedule Tasks, include travel
  • Schedule Team Meetings (frequency varies from 2-5 per year pending age group & program) 
• Team Periodization 
  • Micro Cyles, Meso Cyles, Macro Cycles
  • Conform to guidelines regarding load, volume, and intensity 
• Session Plans  
  • Written & Shared Training Session Plans
  • Schedule Player Feedback Meetings ​
    
  
  

ROSTER MANAGEMENT, EXECUTION

ROSTER MANAGEMENT

• Seasonal & Monthly 
  • Macro Plan to ensure you have a healthy roster for game day & travel
  • Recruitment when/if needed
  • Assessment & Appraisal of team or age group needs 
  • Prepare for Guest Players
  • Be aware of any players you are loaning to other teams or events
• Weekly  
  • Execute & Finalize all roster changes, club player pass is executed  
• Responsive 
  • Respond to unforeseen changes (i.e. injuries, move-aways, players who quit) 
  • Coordinate with your Director & Age Group Staff 
  • Respond to players achieving at a signficant margin higher than the level of the team, or significant level below the level of the team
• Game Day/Playing Time
  • Manage Playing Minutes abiding by the Club's GAME TYPOLOGY GUIDELINES
  • Generate Team Sheet for Game Day to effectively prepare substitution patterns
    • ​Regional Leagues with "Restricted/Limited" subs require calculated planning & communication 
      • ​Manage "no reentry" rules balancing compliance with team success 
  • Contingency plans
    • ​Go up a man, or down a man
    • Go up a goal, or down a goal
    • Non-controllables, injury or weather or referee alterations 

COMMUNICATION 

COMMUNICATION

• Your role as a communicator is bound at a high level to your role as a coach.
• Below is an outline of your "management role" as a coach and communication within that role.
• The WSA Way also provides more info in different sources as a foundation for communicating in the various soccer environments:  Game Day, Training Sessions, Player Feedback. 
  
  
• TEAM
  • LISTEN 
  • NOTICE
  • REFLECT
  • RESPOND
  • ​PROACTIVELY COMMUNICATE
    • ​Inform team, including parents, regularly, of your appraisal & plans
      • ​Weekly when in season
      • 2-3 week intervals out of season 
• CLUB   
  • READ 
    • ​Club Correspondence will be via written messaging (email, social media) 
  • RELAY
    • ​Relay club info to your team 
    • Filter professionally (do not hide info from parents or players) 
  • RESPOND 
    • Execute requests from Club Leaders & Admin
    • ​Provide Feedback to Club Leaders that is solution-oriented 
• PLAYER   
  • NOTICE 
  • LISTEN 
  • REFLECT
  • RESPOND 
    • ​The objective of all communication with players should be to first help players feel safe, and then to obtain understanding 
    • Once understanding is achieved, it is time to motivate, and if possible inspire towards a transformation that is mission-oriented and value-driven within the WSA Way