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    F your A License

    This is what happens US soccer when you try to make it a business.

    #2
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    This is what happens US soccer when you try to make it a business.
    Could be one of the most ignorant uninformed statements I've read on here. And that's saying something with the amount of mentally challenged posters this site has.

    Why has the tiny country of Iceland excelled recently in soccer? Making the World Cup for this cycle and having a great run last year in the Euros?

    What's soccer super power, Germany, ratio of total players to A licenses coaches? Any idea?

    Let me give you a hint...both are heavily invested in educating and highly licensing coaches. Look it up.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Could be one of the most ignorant uninformed statements I've read on here. And that's saying something with the amount of mentally challenged posters this site has.

      Why has the tiny country of Iceland excelled recently in soccer? Making the World Cup for this cycle and having a great run last year in the Euros?

      What's soccer super power, Germany, ratio of total players to A licenses coaches? Any idea?

      Let me give you a hint...both are heavily invested in educating and highly licensing coaches. Look it up.
      If you took some time to think about the statement and not respond in anger like the OP then the fact is that US soccer is creating their own problems. Requiring coaching licensing but doing little to lessen the cost and improve access to these coaching courses is just compounding the issue.

      Why dont they take that huge surplus of money any train more certified instructors and start by offering lower level coaching courses for free.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        If you took some time to think about the statement and not respond in anger like the OP then the fact is that US soccer is creating their own problems. Requiring coaching licensing but doing little to lessen the cost and improve access to these coaching courses is just compounding the issue.

        Why dont they take that huge surplus of money any train more certified instructors and start by offering lower level coaching courses for free.
        Yes, this makes sense of course. US soccer should invest increase the number of high educated licesnsed coaches without a doubt. The educated and liscensed coaches are not the problem. The lack of HAVING ENOUGH is the problem....whatever the underlying cause of that is.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Yes, this makes sense of course. US soccer should invest increase the number of high educated licesnsed coaches without a doubt. The educated and liscensed coaches are not the problem. The lack of HAVING ENOUGH is the problem....whatever the underlying cause of that is.
          Iceland went whole hog on coach training. All kids from the littlest on up learn from highly trained coaches. Teach them right from the beginning then you aren't spending so much time playing catchup or fixing issues later on

          "there’s a UEFA-qualified coach for every 500 Icelanders. In England, that number is closer to 1 for every 10,000 people."

          That would be even less here in the US.

          http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/..._european.html

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            If you took some time to think about the statement and not respond in anger like the OP then the fact is that US soccer is creating their own problems. Requiring coaching licensing but doing little to lessen the cost and improve access to these coaching courses is just compounding the issue.

            Why dont they take that huge surplus of money any train more certified instructors and start by offering lower level coaching courses for free.
            Because they can make more money taking checks from parents who can't tell good coaching from bad. At the younger ages, where its more about volunteer coaching, it's hard to get parent coaches to attend classes (tried to do this with our town program; people never come). Many volunteers never played the game themselves, unlike with the big 3 sports. They coach while their kid is on the team then leave once their kid does, after finally learning a few things

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              #7
              Here's the problem with US Soccer's licensing format. It's currently more a test of whether you can use their over priced software, instead of a test of what you can do on the field at a session, or on the sideline when diagnosing a match.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Iceland went whole hog on coach training. All kids from the littlest on up learn from highly trained coaches. Teach them right from the beginning then you aren't spending so much time playing catchup or fixing issues later on

                "there’s a UEFA-qualified coach for every 500 Icelanders. In England, that number is closer to 1 for every 10,000 people."

                That would be even less here in the US.

                http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/..._european.html
                Exactly. Coincidental that small country is overachieving in soccer on the world stage? No way

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Exactly. Coincidental that small country is overachieving in soccer on the world stage? No way
                  Go figure - instruction matters.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Here's the problem with US Soccer's licensing format. It's currently more a test of whether you can use their over priced software, instead of a test of what you can do on the field at a session, or on the sideline when diagnosing a match.
                    Also, this is not really licensing. A true professional license is issued by an authority, to allow an activity that would otherwise be forbidden. US Soccer is a private company and has no authority to prevent anyone from coaching soccer. A state issued medical license allows licensees to practice medicine, but the state has the power to prevent anyone without a license to practice medicine. Teaching is the same. It is a shame that anyone with a weekend course can coach children and after 30 days of participation in various courses - where they actually play soccer most of the time instead of learning how to coach - some people can make significant amount of money without any quality assurance, supervision, evaluation or standards. Imagine if these standards would apply to our schools.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Also, this is not really licensing. A true professional license is issued by an authority, to allow an activity that would otherwise be forbidden. US Soccer is a private company and has no authority to prevent anyone from coaching soccer. A state issued medical license allows licensees to practice medicine, but the state has the power to prevent anyone without a license to practice medicine. Teaching is the same. It is a shame that anyone with a weekend course can coach children and after 30 days of participation in various courses - where they actually play soccer most of the time instead of learning how to coach - some people can make significant amount of money without any quality assurance, supervision, evaluation or standards. Imagine if these standards would apply to our schools.
                      Changes coming 2018 for us soccer license structure coming from fysa. Do you think all classes will be X months longer with a 5k price tag? More standards or less...we ill see.

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                        #12
                        Someone needs to explain why it costs 5k to get a license. That seems to be naked profiteering.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Someone needs to explain why it costs 5k to get a license. That seems to be naked profiteering.
                          Just like the rest of youth sports - profiteering. Not only can coaches not afford it but they also can't afford the time off. If clubs or even USSF are serious aboit raising coaching standards they have to assist with the cost and time.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Someone needs to explain why it costs 5k to get a license. That seems to be naked profiteering.
                            Getting A and B combined is over $7,000. Why so much?

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Getting A and B combined is over $7,000. Why so much?
                              I'll take it up the arse for $7k....give me a break. You listen to the instructors try to teach the old method of training kids...which doesn't work. You are paying for a piece of paper. After this debacle on the national team, I think their business model "non-profit" will change along with coaching curriculum.

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