Coaches
"We see him gnawing his fists or shouting instructions that would certainly turn the game around if anyone could understand them."
--Eduardo Galeano
Last season, our Region had 415 volunteers coaching 444 teams. Our coach volunteers range from parents with no soccer experience coaching for the first time to seasoned vetrens who have coached 10 seasons or more.
As a coach you will motivate, congratulate, teach, encourage, drill, console, strategize, lead, and mentor a small group of children or young adults for 20 weeks. Even if you have no soccer experience, AYSO will help teach you the principles of the game and how to coach kids to have fun and learn soccer. You'll learn about the game and you'll likely love it so much you'll become a coach again next year.
Useful Links
Coaching Center
Here we have a collection of useful informaiton for our coaches. Take a look around and see what information is available. If there is something you'd like to see here, please e-mail the webmaster with your suggestions.
Injury Reminder
As a coach, you try to avoid injuries by making sure your players have good conditioning, they stretch properly before training and games, they are properly hydrated, they wear shin gurads and not jewlery, and they know how to use proper technique. Dispite all this effort, sometimes injuries happen. When they do, there are a few things you should remember:
- Within 24 hours of the injury, fill out an incident form and an injury notification form and turn them in to the Safety Director.
- Encourage injured players to attend practice and games. Keep them participating and part of team. Do not allow players to practice or play if they are wearing a cast, but have them keep statistics, help with practices, and other useful work.
- Injured players must give you a participation release form signed by their parent to resume play.
Safety Policies
Here in New Mexico, we coaches need to be concerned about three dangers to our players: lightning, dehydration, and hypothermia.
