Sessions planned as of 12/22/08.  Click here for updates about the Workshop posted to the VYSA web site.

General Sessions

• Closed Registrars’ Session - conducted by Lisa Wilson and Debi Honaker
• Running Background Checks 101 for Recreational Clubs - conducted by Lisa Wilson
• Running Background Checks 101 for Travel Leagues- conducted by Lisa Wilson
• Tournament Directors’ Workshop - conducted by Lisa Wilson
• Soccer Across America - conducted by Marcelo Gangotena, Soccer Across America (formerly Soccer Start) Chair
• How and When to Hold a Disciplinary Hearing and the VYSA Adjudication Process - conducted by
       Ray Greenberg, VYSA Vice President and Adjudication Chair
• VYSA Coaching Education and How to Host Courses - Conducted by Paul Shaw and Jackie Burket 
• Open Discussion on VYSA State Cup - conducted by Anne Thompson, VYSA State Cup Director
• Boards That Work - conducted by Scott Leff
• Financial Reporting for Boards - conducted by Scott Leff
• Care and Prevention of Injuries -
• Developing a Web Site for Your Organization - Matt Baehr, Executive Director of Arlington Soccer Association
• Slump Busting- conducted by Dr. Alan Goldberg, Sports Psychologist
• How to Get Parents to Work With, Not Against, You - conducted by Dr. Alan Goldberg
• Psychology Sessions - conducted by Dr. Dan Freigang, US Soccer Sports Psychologist and Consultant to Bayern Munich 
• Field Development - Artifical Turf or Natural Grass - conducted by Arlington Soccer Association 
• Field Development - New Developments in Natural Grass - conducted by Michael "Sully" Sullenberger, President of Game Day Inc.
• Field Development - Running a Soccer Complex -   conducted by Joe Re of PWSI
• Field Development - US Soccer Foundation Handbook - conducted by US Soccer Foundation Representatives

Coaching Lectures

• Topic to be Determined - conducted by Juan Carlos Michia
• Road to College - conducted by a local University Soccer Coach
• The Journey from Youth to Professional Soccer - conducted by players from the Washington Freedom and the VA DC Soccer Hall of Fame

Coaching Lectures

• Working With Our Youngest Players - conducted by Paul Shaw
• Topic to be Determined - conducted by Juan Carlos Michia

Coaching Demonstrations

• Juan Carlos Michia, US National Staff Coach, will conduct a Coaching Demonstration
• Gordon Miller, VYSA Technical Director and US National Staff Coach, will conduct a Coaching Demonstration
• Jim Gabarra, Washington Freedom Head Coach, will conduct a Coaching Demonstration

Referee Sessions

• Four Senior Referee Sessions are planned - conducted by Herb Silva, USSF National Referee
• Youth Referee Session on Managing the Match - Dealing with Sideline Behavior - conducted by Bob Perry
• Youth Referee Session on Certification and Recertification - conducted by Paul Mungra