The T&C Recreational Soccer program offers kids the opportunity to play this great game in a family oriented environment of learning and sportsmanship. T&C welcomes your interest in coaching, whether as a head coach or assistant coach, to ensure we create a successful, positive and fulfilling experience for our youth. Coaching is not only a wonderful service, but many find it highly rewarding and enjoyable.

The most important thing to consider in becoming a soccer coach is if you have an interest in helping kids play the game.  If being on the field having fun with the players and helping them develop sounds appealing, read on.

For recreational soccer, the emphasis is on making it a fun experience for all the players, and teaching very basic skills.  You don’t have to know the game as much as you want to be organized and communicate well with the kids and parents.

To coach at the competitive development level, it’s helpful to know the game reasonably well and to have coached several seasons.

If either the recreational or developmental approach to coaching sounds good to you, the next step is to apply.

There are two steps to becoming a T&C soccer volunteer Rec. coach.  First register using the button below with T&C through our PlayMetrics system.  It’s very brief and enables you to to be assigned as a coach in our platform.

Next, go to GOTSPORT COACH APPLICATION  This is the system used by the soccer governing organizations to track coaching compliance requirments.  There you will run a criminal background check and you’ll be given additional education, ultimately leading to being certified to coach. Click on the button below for detailed Playmetrics and GotSport Information (certifications required, new CAYSA/WDDOA/STYSA rules, etc) and GotSport Troubleshooting.

All volunteer coaches are required to attend one of the Pre Season Coaches Meetings and Clinics. See below for more information.

Recreational Division D4 (U4 – U10)

OPTION 1

• Coaches Meeting Thursday Feb 19th, 6 – 7pm @ T&C Sports Office (by field #2)
• Coaches Meeting Thursday Feb 19th, 7 – 8pm@ T&C Sports Complex field #2

OPTION 2

• Coaches Meeting Friday Feb 20th, 6 – 7pm @ T&C Sports Office (by field #2)
• Coaches Meeting Friday Feb 20th, 7 – 8pm@ T&C Sports Complex field #2

Recreational Division D3 (U11+)

• Coaches Meeting Wednesday Feb 18th, from 6 – 7pm @ T&C Sports Office (by field #2)

See below for our Recreational Coaches Meeting slideshow. We will reference this in our coaches meeting.

• U4-U5 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• U6 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• U7 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• U8 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• U9-U10 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

Here is a link to the US Soccer Coaching Curriculum. We encourage you to to spend some time reading this, especially the Age Group Organization section starting at page 43. It will help you better understand what to focus on when coaching specific age groups.

Here is a link to the T&C Soccer Coaching Curriculum. We have developed season plans for Recreational and Academy Coaches. Please email our to our Soccer Director if you have any questions.

T&C Soccer has partnered with Everton FC and Coaching Manual (TCM) for curriculum and coach education resources. We will send out log-in details to all coaches via email. We also have the season curriculum packs available below.

Downloadable Coaching Manual Season Curriculum Packs

• TCM U4 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)
• TCM U5 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)
• TCM U6 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)
• TCM U8 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)
• TCM U10 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)
• TCM U12 Season Curriculum Pack (PDF)

Other useful Documents

• Principles Of Play Guide For Coaches (PDF)
• TCM Parent Report (PDF)

• T&C Soccer 7v7 Formation & Numbers
• 7v7 Formation (1-2-3-1) Shapes & Support – Adv.

We have some shared coaching equipment (balls, pinnies, cones, stakes, pop-ip goals) that is located in the green and white soccer sheds on campus. If you use the equipment please return it at the end of the practice for others to use.

We have introduced a New Coach Mentoring Program which is designed to help, support and assist new coaches at T&C Soccer. If you are a new coach and would like to be partnered up with an experienced veteran coach as a mentor please reach out to our Recreational Director of Coaches Jaime Llano.