Each year MYSA may offers a symposium featuring a variety of seminars and demonstrations that appeal to administrators, coaches and parents. Registration is required. Feel free to contact the MYSA office at 952-933-2384 (800-366-6972) with any additional questions.

PRESENTATIONS

The following sessions were presented at previous Winter Symposia and are for educational uses only. All are in Adobe PDF unless otherwise noted. Additional sessions will continue to be added to mnyouthsoccer.org as a resource for members. Thank you!

2010 Presentations

Administrative Sessions:

• Ensuring Healthy Growth - Roles and Responsibilities of Club Boards
• Recreational Soccer – A Case Study of Current Programs
• Insurance Seminar
• Grant Writing Seminar
• Referee Seminar
• Fundraising Mechanics
• Club Administrator Roundtable
• TOPSoccer Seminar

Coaching Sessions:

• No Lines, Laps, or Lectures – Foundations of Coaching Children
• First Step: Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Training
• Keeping a Clean Sheet – Goalkeeper Training Principles
• Becoming Friends with the Ball
• The Art of Goal Scoring
• College Recruiting Talk
• Learning Through Play and Games
• Mine! Ours! and You Can’t Have It!
• Developing Better Skills Through Better Games
• Defending - The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack
• Encouraging Creativity and Courage With the Ball
• Combination Play – Unlocking the Defense

2009 Presentations

Administrative Sessions:

• Recreational Soccer: Coon Rapids | Fairmont
• Roles and Responsibilities of Club Boards
• Board Member Job Description template
• Six Steps to Successful Grant Seeking [external link]
• Successful Team Management

Coaching Sessions:

• Training Priorities for the U12 player: A Player-Centered Approach
  Peter McGahey, Minnesota State University, Mankato Women’s Soccer Head Coach
• Training Priorities for the U14 player – Developing Instinctive 1v1 Players
  Roberto Lopez, USSF Men's National Staff Coach
  
• Pairs Training Modules: Maximizing the Team Training Environment for Goalkeepers
  Tony Englund, Burnsville Fire Soccer Club Director of Coaching and Player Development
• Awareness Training For Soccer (17 pp)
  Wayne Harrison, Eden Prairie Soccer Club Director of Coaching
• Playing out of the Back with 3 Defenders
  Roberto Lopez. USSF Men's National Staff Coach
• Fitness In The Game
  Sheila McGill, St. Thomas University Women’s Soccer Head Coach
• Competing to Win In the Right Way: Various Games to Improve Mental Strength
  Lang Wedemeyer, South Dakota State University Women’s Soccer Head Coach

2008 Presentations

Administrative Sessions:

• President/Club Administrator Training Session [19 pages]
• Risk Management Training Session [25 pages]
• The McDowell Agency – MYSA’s background check vendor [15 pages]
• State Cup Informational Meeting [33 pages]

Coaching Sessions:

• Warm-up Activities / Small-Sided Games

Luncheon Open Forum Discussions:

• Organizational Structure Proposal [9 pages]

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