Workshop Sessions

Workshop Session Topics May Change
Updated 1/12/08

• Closed Registrars’ Session - conducted by Regional Registrars
• On Line Travel Registration - conducted by Peggy Borgard
• US Youth Soccer: Present and Future - conducted by Larry Monaco, President of US Youth Soccer
• Contractor or Employee? Determining the Classification for IRS Purposes - conducted by Jim Bonfils, VYSA Treasurer
• Insurance, What the VYSA Policy Covers - conducted by Brenda Lodado from Bollinger Insurance
• Goal Safety - conducted by VYSA Board Member Paul O’Connell and Mike Sidlak of MSYSA
• Risk Management - conducted by Mike Sidlak of Maryland Youth Soccer
• Background Check Procedures - conducted by Lisa Wilson, VYSA Program Administrator, and Julie Caramanica, VYSA State Administrator
• Team Managers’ Workshop -conducted by Lorelle Myer and Debi Honaker, VYSA Board members
• How and When to Hold a Disciplinary Hearing and the VYSA Adjudication Process - conducted by Ray Greenberg, VYSA Vice President and Adjudication Chair
• US Futsal - conducted by a representative from the US Futsal Association will speak to VYSA members on Futsal.
• Slump Busting- conducted by Dr. Alan Goldberg, Sports Psychologist
• Parents from Hell - Getting Parents to Work With, Not Against You - conducted by Dr. Alan Goldberg
• Components of a Successful Rec Program - conducted by VYSA Board Members Roger Underhill (also President of Colonial Heights Soccer Club) and Bob Maynes (Coaching Director of McLean Youth Soccer)
• Recreational Club Officials:  An Analysis of the US Youth Soccer Grassroots Survey - conducted by VYSA Recreational Commissioners 
• Building and Maintaining a Soccer Complex - conducted by Karen Knott of Hampton Roads Soccer Complex in Virginia Beach and John Burrill, Executive Director of Massachusetts Youth Soccer
• Recreational Academies:  What They Are and How to Set Them Up - conducted by Bob Maynes, VYSA Recreational Committee Chair, and Paul Shaw, VYSA Director of Coaching Education
• Coach Can you Teach Me? - conducted by Dr. Dan Freigang 
• Bouncing Back - Teaching Resiliency - conducted by Dr. Dan  Freigang

Coaching Lectures

• The Inner Workings of the Liverpool FC System - conducted by John Owens
• Technical Soccer Leaders and Their Political Pitfalls - conducted by Dave Dengerink
• Learn to be a More Powerful Player - conducted by Pat McClosky
• Give Me the Blueprint for Player Development - conducted by Gary Allen 
• Can the Hispanic Player Make the Difference? - conducted by Rene Miramontes

Coaching Demonstrations

• A Liverpool Session for the Senior Player - conducted by John Owens of Liverpool FC
• Maintaining Ball Possession Utilizing Liverpool Methods - conducted by John Owens of Liverpool FC
• Teaching Flair and Creativity for the Individual Player - conducted by Rene Miramontes, full time US Soccer Federation National Coach, fluent in English and Spanish
• Attacking Options Going to Goal - conducted by Gordon Miller, VYSA Technical Director
• Fun Games for U8-U10 Players - conducted by Paul Shaw, VYSA Coaching Education Director
• Details of Training the Youth Goalkeeper - conducted by Andre Christian, VYSA ODP Goalkeeper Coach
• Technique: To Be Successful, You Must Have It - conducted by Steve Swanson, UVA Women’s Head Soccer Coach
• Small Group Defending - Matt Badiee, VYSA Assistant Technical Director 

Referee Sessions

• World Cup Germany 2006 - Greg Barkey, FIFA Assistant Referee
• Angles/Spaces, The Real Game - Bill Dittmar, MLS Assistant Referee
• The New/Old Referee Academies/Pre-Game/Professionalism - Andrew Chapin, MLS Referee and
                                                                                                                     Jim Conlee, National Referee
• Handling, Hands On - Greg Barkey, FIFA Assistant Referee