National License Arriving in Tennessee

National ‘C’ License: The National C License will be held in Hendersonville, TN, on August 4-7 and 11-14, 2011. Drakes Creek Soccer Complex will be the site of the field sessions, while the Hyatt will be host hotel and the site of for the lectures.     The National ‘C’ License course is designed to introduce concepts that are targeted toward coaching players ages 11-14. The course focus is on getting coaches to think about, discuss, and recognize the recurring concepts or themes that exist in soccer. Candidates will be challenged to find ways to offer constructive guidance to players while also allowing players to experience the game for themselves.     A primary emphasis in the National ‘C’ License course is the close relationship between technique and tactics. In this course, technique and tactics will be addressed together. In practice field sessions and the final field exam, the candidate is required to address the impact that technique has on tactics.     Three General Goals of the National ‘C’ License Course:    1. To prepare coaches to better recognize problems and solutions as they occur in   the run of play and to communicate this information to their players 2. To create rich soccer environments that allows players to grow 3. To provide a foundation for any coach wishing to pursue higher levels within U.S. Soccer’s Coaching Education Program    For more information, on either course, go to www.TNoccer.org, ‘latest news’ under ‘coaching education’. Please contact Tom Condone, State Director of Coaching with any questions, at coach@tnsoccer.org, or 615-590-2200 x130.