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What is required of a NIS coach?  We don't expect you to be a soccer expert or a coaching expert.  We do require that you make the NIS experience fun for the kids.  The NIS leagues are designed to be low pressure, fun leagues.  We have boys and girls playing together, premier soccer players playing next to players who have never played the game before.  The high skilled players tend to play a great deal of highly structured, pressure soccer.  For this player these leagues allow them to play just for fun, to try new moves or new positions without the constant pressure to "not screw-up" that they face in traveling leagues.  For the casual player, they get to benefit from playing with more experienced players who can help make them a better player without the pressure of having to meet some "standard of play" that they can't meet.  For all of the players they have an opportunity to play with and against friends that they ordinarily don't get to play with or against because of their different skill levels.  It also allows each of the players the opportunity to player with new players and to make new friends,  Too often players play with the same group of players every year and don't get a chance to make new friends.
 
  

TEAM REGISTRATION 

In the U10, U12 and U14 leagues, players are assigned to teams.  In the U16, U19 and adult leagues, you have the option of putting your own team together.  A player pool of players who register individually will be kept to add to teams or to form new teams.  If you wish to form a team, please fill-out the information requested in the below form and submit it to the league.  This will give us a better idea of how many teams are looking to join a league and which teams may need extra players.  Once your team is assembled, the individual registration forms and registration fees must be submitted. 

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PLAYOFFS

For the U10, U12, U14, U 16 and U19 Leagues, there will be a single elimination playoff tournament that follows the regulation season.  Teams will be seeded by the order of regular season standings.  In larger leagues, we will split the leagues into an upper and lower divisions. 

 


ORGANIZATION 

The first task for a coach is to organize the team.  This means getting the schedule, shirts and roster to your team.  You will be given each at the Coaches Meeting that will held approximately one week before the season starts.  You will need to contact each player before the start of the season to let them know when their first game is and what time they should be at the arena so that you can hand-out their shirts, schedule and roster.

It's a good idea to have a team helper that can hep with the administrative part of the team - calling, reporting scores, making sure that you have a volunteer to work the arena clock for each game, etc.  This can greatly help you so that you can concentrate of the players and the games.

You should find another parent to help you on the bench during games.  It will make your job much easier if you have an assistant on the bench to help substitute to players during the game.  Each of you can man one door, open the door to let players onto the field and to get off the field and into the bench area.  Quite often, the defenders will use one door and the forwards will go through the other.  You can sit the players in the order that they will go back on to the field to make substituting an easier job.  You can keep track of the playing time by watching the arena game clock.

The NIS Rules are online and should be read.  The rules are different from outdoor soccer rules and even other indoor leagues.  We have adopted many rules designed to make sure that each player is safe and that skill and passing is emphasized over physical strength..kind of like no-check hockey. 

Make sure you promptly report the scores of your games so that they can be posted online.  Do not add players without going through the league.  Do not allow players to play on your team that are not registered with the league and rostered on your team.    

Good luck with your season. 

PLAYING TIME
 
In the leagues where players are assigned to a team, coaches should strive to play all of the players equally.  Winning is not the most important goal of teams and each player pays the same to play.  One way to make sure all of the players get equal playing time is to play your less skilled players more when you have a safe lead to make for games where they may not have gotten as much time as other players.  Put your weakest players with a strong group of player so that the weaker player can develop some confidence and, quite often, will improve their play and become a valuable part of the team.  

Good Sportsmanship

Most of the soccer players will never play college or professional soccer.  The most important thing they can learn is good sportsmanship.  This will help them in life no matter what they chose to latter in life.  Be an example to them by treating all players, coaches and referees with respect.  If you do not provide a good example, nothing you say to the team will matter.  

Some common problems that we run into are teammates not being supportive to other lesser skilled players, taunting players on opposing teams and arguing calls made by referees.  This type of behavior will not be tolerated.  Another problem is teams running up the score.  This disrespects the other team and provides a bad example for your players.  This is made even worse when the players on the wining side taunt the losing team by words or their actions.  While you cannot stop you team from trying, you can play your weaker players more than you stronger players, you can put your players in positions that they are not used to playing so they can work to improve and you can require your players to only shoot with their non-dominate foot or by a header.  These restrictions allow your players to continue to play hard, work on their weaknesses and at the same time keep the score down.         

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