"Learn. Participate. Belong." The core competencies of the NSCAA are the driving force behind the new and improved NSCAA.com. The new website marked a shift from an NSCAA-centric website to one which is member-focused and member-driven. As the largest soccer coaches’ organization in the world, the NSCAA strives to provide all coaches with the opportunity to become a better coach through education, membership services and networking opportunities.

More specifically, our community focuses on the wants and needs of all soccer coaches across the world as the online space allows us to connect with members without regard to geographical boundaries. 

With that in mind, we are proud to announce the launch of the NSCAA Online Community here on NSCAA.com.

The online community will begin to take shape over the coming weeks and months as we continue to roll out content and new features to members. The first step in this is the launch of the NSCAA forums, located at NSCAA.com/forums. 

We encourage everyone to come in and not only find information, but also share knowledge with coaches all over the world. Our forums serve as a way for our members to make new connections and build their reputation.. Just as we encourage our players to practice and develop their skills at home, we encourage coaches to head to the forums and belong to a group of like-minded coaches who are in this journey together. 

Forum notes to keep in mind

To access the forums, you will need to login to myNSCAA. You can do this by clicking the myNSCAA button at the top right of the navigation bar. Once logged in, you will see a link for the NSCAA Forums on your myNSCAA dashboard. If you are already logged into myNSCAA, you can access the forums directly at NSCAA.com/forums.

The forums are for members only. Non-members or members not logged in have very limited read-only access to the forums, but cannot reply or add comments unless they are logged in. Also, there are hidden threads, which contain practice plans, and members-only information that are not made public and can only be seen when logged in.

We've developed a set of community guidelines to help you get the most out of the NSCAA Online Community. You can review those guidelines in the Announcements section of the forums. You will see a sticky thread entitled NSCAA Community Guidelines. This is a good place to start if you want to learn the do's and don'ts of the NSCAA Online Community. 

Practice Plans and Ideas are located under the "Learn" section of the forums. We've uploaded several articles and practice plans from our NSCAA Academy Staff members. We will be uploading and adding to the resource library as times goes on. 

Add your resources! We encourage our members to upload and share their practice plans and tips/tricks with their fellow coaches. You can upload .pdf and word files in the threads for easy attachments.

We look forward to your feedback! If you have any questions, please get in touch with Digital Manager directly at cburt@nscaa.com, send him a private message on the forums or tweet us on twitter @NSCAA. 

Thank you and welcome to the beginning of what will be a vibrant online community of coaches.

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