Soccer Parent Education

Soccer Interactive has partnered with Sports Path Parent E-learning courses to bring you the best on soccer parent education. Read more about the courses below as well as watch an intro video. The info below provides a good summary of issues facing parents and clubs. You can check out the courese at Here:

There are Four Soccer Parent Courses:

1. An Introduction to Soccer Parenting.
-Who are you and why are you doing this?
-What attitudes, skills and characteristics do you want to portray?
-What attributes do you want your children to display?
2 Preparing your child to enjoy playing soccer
-Recognising and responding to their initial interest in the game
-Feeding and maintaining their Passion
- When to progress and what to look for: Choosing Recreation Programs and Day Camps
3. Helping them compete enjoyably
-Choosing a Club: When is the right time to join?
-Game Days: What is your role?
-Maintaining the passion: How to retain enjoyment and participation
4. Assisting the gifted young player
-Recognizing potential talent
-Supporting excellence and maintaining a balanced childhood
-Dealing with disappointments and set backs

Course 1 will involve the learner in approximately 45 minutes of e-learning. Courses 2, 3 and 4 will involve the learner in approximately 2 hours of e-learning per course

All courses involve video, audio, graphics, animations, photos and text with high degrees of interactivity, involving learning activities and questions

Benefits for the Soccer Parent
The benefits of the courses for the soccer parent will include:

-A range of interactive issues and problems to solve
-Range of response mechanisms and feedback to help the learner understand the -consequences of all their responses
-A Knowledge bank with over 100 downloadable resources including:
-Recommended practices
-Backyard games illustrated by computer generated graphics
-Skills tips & challenges
-Case studies
-Diaries &, log books

What Soccer Educationalists say about Sports Path ™ Soccer Parent Courses:

Mike Singleton, Director of Coaching Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association: ‘These Courses demonstrate a very good structure’
Ian Mulliner, Director of Coaching Education, and Illinois Youth Soccer Association: ‘I really like the building block approach from unit to unit and module to module there is a natural flow and progress’
Tom Goodman, former Director of Coaching US Youth Soccer:’ Very comprehensive: I like the format; it’s simple and clear’
Paul Halford, - Director of Coaching PA West : ‘ The ability to brand the courses with the Association Logo is most valuable as this lets the parents know it is supported by the Association‘

Watch the Intro video for the Sports Path E-learning courses:

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