Coaching Demonstrations:
Exhibit Hall C (back section)
9:00 - 10:00 am Technique: To be Successful, You Must Have It - Steve Swanson
Steve Swanson, UVA Women’s Head Soccer Coach will join VYSA to share his experience in teaching technique.
10:30 - 11:30 am Fun games for U8-U10 Players - Paul Shaw
Paul Shaw, VYSA Coaching Education Director will teach fun games to use in training for our young players.
2:00 - 3:00 pm Details of Training the Youth Goalkeeper - Andre Christian
3:30 - 4:30 pm Small Group Training - Matt Badiee
Matt Badiee, VYSA Assistant Technical Director, will teach a field session on small group defending.
Exhibit Hall D
9:00 - 10:00 am Attacking Options: Going to Goal - Gordon Miller
Gordon Miller, VYSA Technical Director, will focus on the different movements and runs of the attackers and the midfielders in the attacking third of the field and ways the midfielders can combine with the strikers and different movements that attackers can use to lose defenders and strike effectively on goal.
10:30 - 11:30 am A Liverpool Session for the Senior Player - John Owens
John Owens of Liverpool FC will guide the older players through a typical session that you might see on the training fields at Liverpool’s Youth Academy. He will take the team through a warmup, developmental phase and end in a match, all the while maintaining high demands that are necessary to play at the highest level.
2:00 - 3:00 pm Maintaining Ball Possession Utilizing Liverpool Methods - John Owens
Liverpool has always been known as a team that looks after the ball. They have a long and storied reputation of playing ini a respected and successful manner. John will run a training session on how to keep the ball both individually and collectively in a group.
3:30 - 4:30 pm Teaching Flair and Creativity for the Individual Player - Rene Miramontes
Rene Miramontes, full time US Soccer Federation National Coach, fluent in English and Spanish, will focus on the development of the individual player and how they acquire creativity. The activities will be designed to teach flair and allow the individuals to maximize his/her impact on the field in a group setting.
NOTE: This session will be conducted in Spanish.
Coaching Clinicians
Matt Badiee
- VYSA Assistant Technical Director
- VYSA ODP Coach
- VYSA Coaching Education Instructor
- USSF "A" License and National Youth License
Andre Christian
- VYSA ODP Goalkeeper Coach
Gordon Miller
- VYSA Technical Director
- US Soccer National Staff
- US Soccer A License
- US Soccer National Youth License
- Former NASL and MISL professional player
- Former U17 Canadian National Team, assistant coach
Rene Miramontes
John Owens
Paul Shaw
- VYSA Coaching Education Director
- VYSA ODP Coach
- USSF "A" License and National Youth License
Steve Swanson
- Women’s Head Coach University of Virginia
Coaching Lectures:
Technical Soccer Leaders and Their Polictical Pitfalls - Dave Dengerink
9:00 am - 10:00 am Room E24a
This session will discuss how the 3 pipelines (technical, political, and administrative) in your club work togehter in order to achieve immediate, as well as lasting, success. Learn what high achieving clubs do and how they are effective
Give Me the Blueprint for Player Development - Gary Allen
10:30 am - 11:30 Room E24a
This session will talk about both the positives and negatives of placing players in travel soccer at a young age. Gary will also go into detail about the qualities, benefits, and detrimentsof tournament play and how players should progress through the player development.
Can the Hispanic Player Make the Difference? - Rene Miramontes
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Room E24a
Rene Miramontes will discuss the qualities of the Hispanic player and how they differ from other players. He will talk about what to look for in player identification and will discuss in length the differences in communication styles. He will discuss the differences in training the Hispanic player in order to maximize player performance. NOTE: This session will be conducted in Spanish.
Learn to be a More Powerful Player - Pat McCloskey
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Room E24a
This session will be part practical and part lecure. Pat will go over the most up to date training techniques that are designed to maximize soccer performance. He will give practical demonstrations that will increase power, strength, speed and flexibility. His methods are being used at major soccer clubs around the world.
Coaching Lecture Presenters
Gary Allen
Dave Dengerink
Rene Miramontes
- US Soccer Full Time Staff Member
- USSF "A" License and National Youth License
Pat McCloskey
- Trainer at One to One Fitness
- Fitness Guru
