Links

MYSL Rules
and Handbook

• New!  MYSL 2019//2020 Coaches Handbook FINAL DRAFT  (includes Constitution and rules of the game)
• Handout from MYSL Fall 2018 Coaches Meeting

General

• Help! I Volunteered to Coach!  (US Youth Soccer)

U6

• WYSA U6 Coaches Guidelines
• U6 Curriculum
• U6 MA Youth State Wide Curriculum
• U6 Lesson Plans and Activities (MA Youth)

U7

• WYSA U7 Coaches Guidelines
• U7 Curriculum

• WYSA U8 Coaches Guidelines
• U8 Curriculum
• U8 MA Youth State Wide Curriculum
• U8 Lesson Plans and Activities (MA Youth)

U10

• WYSA U10 Coaches Guidelines
• U10 Curriculum
• U10 MA Youth State Wide Curriculum
• U10 Lesson Plans and Activities (MA Youth)

U12

• WYSA U12 Coaches Guidelines
• U12 Curriculum
• Coaching 8v8
• U12 MA Youth State Wide Curriculum
• U12 Lesson Plans and Activities (MA Youth)
• US Womens National Teams U12 Curriculum Guidelines

U14

• WYSA U14/U15 Coaches Guidelines
• U14 Curriculum
• U14 Lesson Plans and Activities (MA Youth)
• US Womens National Teams U14 Curriculum Guidelines

U16

• US Womens National Teams U16 Curriculum Guidelines
• US Womens National Teams U19 Curriculum Guidelines

Goalkeepers

• Goalkeeper Development Curriculum U10-U19 (MA Youth)
• Goalkeeper Activities U10 - U16 (MA Youth)

US Youth Soccer

General Coaching
Information and
Age Specific
Guidelines

• US Youth Soccer Coaches Manual
• US Youth Soccer Best Practices
• US Youth Soccer Player Development Model

The following files are large.  If you receive an error message opening any  of them try opening them a second time.

• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 1
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 2
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 3
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 4.1
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 4.2
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 4.3
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 4.4
• US Soccer Coaching Curriculum - Part 4.5

Other

• Backyard Activities (MA Youth) - Activities players can do at home
• Specialized Activities (MA Youth) - other activities for practices

• MYSL - Middlesex Youth Soccer League (travel league for WYSA)
• NVYSL - Nashoba Valley Youth Soccer League (League for Fall HS Age Program)
• Mass Youth Soccer Association  - Massachusetts governing body for youth soccer
• US Youth Soccer (USYS) - US governing body for Youth Soccer
• US Soccer  - governing body of soccer in all its forms in the US
• FIFA - International governing body for soccer

• MA Youth Soccer Coaches Corner - includes practice plans and activities
• US Youth Soccer - Coaches Resources
• US Soccer Coaches Resources

Coaching Overview

& Proposed Curriculum

(Living Documents)

• Soccer Coaching 101: A Crash Course.  What you really need to know, but nobody tells you.
• Draft WYSA Curriculum.
• Age-specific practice plans (K - Gr5/6)
• Some useful cone layouts in support of training