All coaches must have a risk management card on file. When you are rostered as a coach, you will receive an email with the link to the risk management for the state. Your risk management card will come back to you in an email. Please print that card to have on yourself at games and tournaments and forward the email to Sara Wiles for the league to have a copy. We will also be needing a coaches code of conduct signed and brought to Sara as well. Click HERE to download the code of conduct.

We are having a coaching seminar with Patrick Moran before the fall season. You can find his book The Soccer Advantage at Amazon.com.
We are very excited to have this opportunity to partner with Patrick to further our club's education and techniques. Patrick will also be building a curriculum for our levels u6 - u19. Each coach will get a binder with philosophy, drills, and games. This is about as mandatory as it gets for the seminar:

Experience the joy of sharing the game with young kids. Volunteer to coach today! Afraid you don't know enough to teach the kids? We are putting in manuals, quick references, and coaching clinics to help you feel solid in what you do. Volunteer today to become trained in the ways of the force.

Sample Team Roster with Snack Schedule

All coaches, assistants, and board members are required to have their risk management cards on file before the first contest by the league. No coach or assistant will be allowed on the sidelines without it starting this spring. Changes have been made to the process. If you need help getting your management card, please contact Ryan Berends .

Thank You, Coaches, For Volunteering

Thank you to all coaches for volunteering your time and talents as an investment in our youth. You are helping to shape a better future through soccer. Below is the coaches code of conduct to help keep the proper focus throughout the seasons for yourself, your players, and the parents.

• Create a positive, enjoyable experience for the players.
• Be a role model and encourage sportsmanship, teamwork, respect, and good work ethic.
• Give all players equality in enthusiasm and playing time regardless of their ability.
• Concern yourself with player skill development, not wins and losses.
• Develop practice plans that engage as many athletes as possible.
• Be prepared, organized, and on time.

Players not only represent themselves, but also you as a coach, the team, and the NMSC. Their actions are just as loud as their words. It is imperitive that you demand good sportsmanship out of your players in all aspects of the game both on the field and off.

• Respect the officials, opponents, team mates, fans, and themselves at all times.
• Be competative, but have fun. It is a game.
• Be modest in winning (the loser is still disappointed)
• Have dignity in defeat (give the winner their dues)

Parents have the ability to really add to the soccer experience, or really detract from it. Encourage your parents to be as positive as can be and allow the game to be played by their son or daughter. A parental huddle before the first game can be very beneficial. Here are a few topics that may help.

• Respect the officials and their decisions.
• Allow the coaches to coach during a game (kids get confused with directives coming from all over)
• Learn the rules of the game.
• Win with pride, lose with dignity.