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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands - Director of Education at Minnesota Youth Soccer Association, Andrew Coutts - is to conduct the United States Soccer Federation “E” Licence Course this weekend, 21 – 23 February 2014.
This training programme forms part of the Turks & Caicos Islands Football Association’s (TCIFA) Guest Coach Program where in which the Football Association (FA) has been inviting top-level coaches to the Islands to conduct coaching sessions with the youth and senior players within the program. Additionally, the visiting coach will also conduct coaching clinics with local coaches that work within the TCIFA's Academy and Center of Excellence Programs (CEO).
Coutts, a former Men's Soccer Head Coach at Hamline University who led Hamline University to their first playoff berth in school history, was also MIAC Coach of the Year and Men's Soccer Assistant Coach at Colgate University.
The National “E” license is an 18-hour course, which covers the elementary principles of coaching and prepares interested coaches for the “D” licence course. The National “E” course is only administered and instructed by State Soccer Associations instructors, for which Coutts is a member.
The “E” Course is designed to develop the core coaching competencies necessary to effectively teach the 9-12 year old athlete and team. Participants will be able to understand the characteristics and needs of an athlete in the basic stage of TCIFA’s Youth Development Programme. What is more, they will establish a foundation of knowledge and experience in order to proceed through the sequence of coaching development courses.
The specific target outcomes of the course is for participants to understand and effectively apply the principles of athlete development; demonstrate competency in planning an age-appropriate training session; demonstrate the essential competencies to execute a team training session that is focused on a technical function of the game; and understand concepts and recognize the principles of attacking and defending in a small-sided game environment.
Of Mr Coutts visit and the “E” Licence Course, Craig Harrington, TCIFA’s Technical Director said: “…Its a fantastic opportunity to have a coaching license, a license that gives you credibility and it must be the priority for all coaches to upgrade their license and go on a course like the one we are hosting this weekend. TCI will benefit from all the candidates taking the course as their knowledge and capability to educate our players at the next level will grow. It is something we badly need here and with people taking the time to go on a coaching course it gives our country’s football credibility.”
For more information on the TCIFA, kindly contact Sonia Bien-Aime, Secretary General on 941-5532 or email tcifa@tciway.tc.
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