COACH'S CORNER

NEXT COACHES MEETING - tba

TECHNICAL STAFF

Club Head Coach - Andy Kennedy

Technical Director - Mirco Schroff

Technical Director - Jens Kraemer

Goalkeeper Coach - Paul Nesbitt

Staff Coach - Steve Airlie
Staff Coach - Chris Reilly

Staff Coach - Jeff Hicks

Staff Coach - Goran Bebek

Staff Coach - Billy Blake

Staff Coach - James Frazer

FORMS FOR COACHES

COACHES AND TEAM STAFF

SCREENING INTERVIEW IS REQUIRED TO BE PART OF A COMPETITIVE OR ALL STAR TEAM STAFF

Have you brought in your final police check?

BOOK YOUR SCREENING INTERVIEW NOW !!! APPLY FOR YOUR POLICE CHECK IMMEDIATELY TO COVER YOUR 2010 SEASON - DON'T FORGET ANY STAFF TO BE ON YOUR ROSTER FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR MUST ALSO BE SCREENED AND REGISTERED.

NEW COACHES must complete required forms below and book an appointment as soon as possible in order to be covered.

RETURNING COACHES please read requirements below.

Year 1: Screening interview, Police Records Check, OSA form, Club Application form, 3 references

Year 2: Evaluation, OSA form,

Year 3: Evaluation, OSA form, Police Records Check (PRC every second year afterwards)

Returning team officials will no longer be required to book a re-screening interview providing they coached for WISC in the previous consecutive year. All team staff, please arrange to drop by the office during business hours to leave a copy of your Final Criminal Record Check or at a minimum, your receipt that you have applied for a police check. This will enable the office to process your paperwork for your team. If you have your Final Criminal Record Check, you will need to sign a form once it is presented to acknowledge we have not kept a copy and it has been returned to you. This can only be done with an official screening officer. Please send an e-mail to Sandy Arrowsmith at admin@whitbysoccer.com in order to attend at the office to present your final document and sign off on it.

TO BOOK A SCREENING INTERVIEW - New coaches and new team staff must have a screening interview (it takes about 5 minutes) - please send e-mail to: admin@whitbysoccer.com providing your availability preferably Monday or Tuesday evening during regular office hours to attend at the Club office with two screening officers.

If you have not completed the above, you will not be registered, placed on a roster, able to apply to go to tournaments, participate in a league, exhibition games, book fields, use gyms, sit on the bench, etc.

NOTE: These are requirements of our governing bodies - not rules initiated by this Club.

ALL competitive, select and all star team staff are now required to maintain an OSA Team Official ID book - books may be obtained at the Club office. Books used by leagues in previous years are no longer valid. This is a requirement of our governing bodies - OSA, DRSA.

COMPETITIVE TEAM COACH SELECTION

Please note the following criteria and deadlines for coach selection:

1. Demonstrate coaching experience which will include but not be restricted to technical
knowledge and tactical / functional knowledge;
2. Demonstrate commitment to WISC and the philosophy of Fair Play;
3. Possess and exhibit strong interpersonal skills, organizational skills, and the ability to relate
appropriately to the age level applied for;
4. Complete and submit Club Coaching Application Form by August 15th each year;
5. Attend initial hiring interview prior to September 15th;
6. Attend initial screening interview prior to September 28th;
7. Be certified as an OSA Senior Community Coach prior to start of season;
8. Returning coaches must attend annual performance and evaluation interview.

Outdoor Recreational Coaches

SCREENING INTERVIEW IS NOT REQUIRED TO COACH A HOUSE LEAGUE TEAM

Have you handed in your
1. Police Check or Receipt to prove you have applied for a PC (every 3 years)
2. OSA Coach Application Form (every season)
3. 3 References
Every season, ALL Coaches are required to register as a coach online or submit a completed OSA Coach Registration Form prior to being assigned a team. All individuals applying for the first time to coach a recreational team for the outdoor season must also submit a Criminal Record Check (CRC) to a Club Screening Officer along with 3 references. The police check MUST be dated no earlier than September 30 of the preceding year. Your submitted police check will cover you for 3 consecutive years as a coach. As there is a lengthy wait for police checks each year, you may submit a receipt from the Police Department to confirm that you have applied and are waiting for your actual Police Report. You will be required to present the actual Police Record Report as soon as it is received. Police Reports are returned to applicant immediately upon presentation.

All Star Coaching Staff

SCREENING INTERVIEW IS REQUIRED TO COACH AN ALL STAR TEAM

All Star teams are considered "travelling teams", and staff are subject to the same scrutiny through screening measures as Competitive Teams. Proof must be provided by the Club to the Durham Region Soccer Association. Please ensure you read and comply with the following:
All coaching staff must register as a coach online or submit a completed OSA Coach Registration Form, 3 references, and a current Police Check (or receipt to prove application has been made).
Coaches who are NOT currently approved to coach a Competitive or All Star Team must provide a current Police Check and schedule a screening interview through the Club office.
Coaches who are currently approved to coach a Competitive Team must complete and submit to the Club office an OSA Coach Registration Form specifically for the All Star team registration or register online if you are not currently registered as an Outdoor recreational team coach.

You MUST HAVE HAD a screening interview to coach an All Star Team !! Contact the Club Office to arrange a time.

Bytesize Coaching

The Byte Size Coaching Program is a coaching website built to assist coaches by having a quality curriculum designed to benefit the players and coaches alike, as well as assist coaches with no formal training.

The program is designed for community soccer programs which rely on volunteer parent coaches, most of which are new to coaching and may not have played the game of soccer. Well over 60% of the children playing soccer in North America are under the age of 12. Paradoxically, over 75% of the coaches in North America coach this age group.

The ideas put forward in the Byte Size Coaching Program cover all fundamental aspects of the game and will give coaches at every level, grassroots or competitive, some good ideas to work with. It's a great program for the kids and a wonderful tool for our coaches. The Byte-Size Coaching Program offers excellent examples of how practices should be organized for the enjoyment of the players.