If you want to hear why Dwayne DeRosario, Diana Matheson, John Herdman, Nick Levett and many more very well respected soccer leaders world wide feel so strongly about the benefits of Long Term Player Development, then click here. The purpose of this OSA "LTPD" YouTube channel is to share with all those who visit more »
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For some of our Clubs, the 2013 outdoor season will be their first opportunity to move “full speed ahead” with next steps in terms of the implementation of Long-Term Player Development (LTPD). Some Districts and Clubs are further along the path than others, but all should now be poised to make real progress based on more »
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We have added another 2 B Licences to Coach Centre: 1) August – Scarborough – August 9-11, 16 & 17 2) September – Waterloo – September 6-8, 14 & 15 Applications require the following documentation: Successful pre b assessment Letter of recommendation from CHC/TD Once applications have been approved by the coaching dep’t then coaches more »
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York Region along with the OSA will be hosting its first ever Female ONLY- Pre B assessment course on the weekend of May 11th, 2013.There are still some spots available to register for this course. For information on the Pre B Assessment Course, please visit here: http://www.ontariosoccer.net/Coach/CoachingCoursesInOntario/PreBAssessment.aspx To register for the Pre B Assessment Course, more »
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The weekend of April 13 and 14 brought together soccer leaders from across the province, representing a wide range of Districts and Clubs. Much of the Soccer ’13 Conference focused on the Soccer for Life (U13 and up) pathway, though there was a bit of something for everyone in the presentations that were delivered on more »
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The Coaching Association of Canada has recently launched, for a limited time only, free online concussion awareness training. Making Head Way is part of a series of eLearning NCCP Professional Development modules dedicated to ensuring coaches are concussion smart. Taking the Making Head Way multi-sport module will help you gain the knowledge and skills required more »
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We were absolutely thrilled to see close to 500 coaches—many volunteer youth coaches—on hand from all across Ontario this past weekend for our annual Coaches’ Conference. It was uplifting for us to see the passion that was on display all day Sunday. The Conference followed on the heels of the very well attended and highly more »
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On Wednesday, March 2013 from 7 to 8 pm, join OSA President Ron Smale on "Red Card" with host Anthony Totera for an open discussion on the beautiful game of soccer in Ontario. You are invited to call in and ask questions of the President regarding "Grassroots Soccer" in Ontario. The call in number more »
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OSA Membership! The CBC asked me to write a short piece on “scoreless soccer” because they had received a lot of reaction to my update a week ago posted on the OSA web site. Let me start by simply saying the premise of that statement is not correct. The OSA is not introducing across-the-board more »
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The OSA would like to invite (1 ) individual from your club either a Club Head Coach or Technical Director to attend the workshop during the 2013 Coaching Conference. This workshop will provide attendees a wonderful opportunity to observe and connect first hand with guest clinicians Sam Snow, John Herman and Nick Levett! To register more »
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