Friday of the 2013 Convention is a day of even more sessions, as well as many opportunities for coaches to meet with their respective groups.

High school and youth coaches will get a jump on the day and honor some of the great accomplishments from the previous year at the NSCAA High School and Youth Coaches Awards Breakfast at 8 a.m.

There are a lot of new aspects of the 2013 Convention, one of them being the US Youth Soccer Workshop hosted in conjunction with the NSCAA event. The day starts off with several classroom and field sessions that would be of interest to youth coaches and administrators.

In the 9-10:15 a.m. block, coaches can take advantage of:

• “Growing the Game-Soccer Across America” by Greg Vallee, Technical Director for South Carolina Youth Soccer
• “Educating Referees in your State Association: How is it being done?” by Jeff Kollmeyer, Missouri Soccer Association; Doug Marshak, Minnesota Soccer Association; and Chip Walaska, Iowa State Director of Education
• “The State of Youth Soccer in Urban Areas” by Ed Foster Simeon, president and CEO of the US Soccer Foundation

Other lecture sessions throughout the day that may be of interest to coaches at any level include:

• 10:30-11:30a: "Texting/Internet Warning Information and the 2012 Top Insurance Claims - Risk Management” by Dan and Pat Pullen, Pullen Insurance Services; and Bob Brantley, Don Bohnet, Pat Dunham, Tom Faro, Rick Tompkins of the Risk Management Committee
• 1-2:15p: “Coaching the Public: Differentiating Yourself across the Sports Landscape” by Andy Wilson and Jeremy Riffle of the Bohlsen Group
• 2:30-3:45: “Soccer as a Lifetime Sport” by Mark Sheldon, Technical Director-Kansas State Youth Soccer
  
   

Some of the field sessions include:

• NSCAA Assistant DOC Doug Williamson’s “Small-sided Games to Inspire Tactical Creativity” at 9 a.m.
• Idaho Youth Soccer’s Steve Adlard presenting “Winterbottom: Games to Targets” at 1 p.m.
• Technical and Tactical Coordinator of the Mexican Youth National Teams Juan Carlos Ortega Orozco’s “Training Session/Mexican Youth National Teams” at 1 p.m.
• US Youth Soccer’s Sam Snow’s “The Game is the Best Teacher” at 2:30 p.m.

Attendees can also participate in the day’s roundtable discussion, “Intentional Team Chemistry,” hosted by Brad McCarty, head men’s coach from Messiah College.

There are numerous other classroom and field sessions going on so make sure to add them to your customized schedule after you register. Midday, lunch will be provided in the Exhibit Hall, allowing attendees to not only meet with 280+ vendors but also network with each other.

Also when you register, be sure to purchase your ticket to the NSCAA Awards Banquet to witness some pioneers in the soccer world be honored.

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