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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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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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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If you haven’t already registered for the upcoming OSA Coaches Conference (March 24 at the OSA Centre in Vaughan) we encourage you to do so while space is still available. Coaches from all across the province are registering (including one Club that is sending 50 of their youth coaches) in big numbers. We are thrilled more »
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The Ontario Soccer Association is very pleased to announce two internal appointments that will be pivotal in providing leadership around the ongoing phased implementation of Long-Term Player Development. Bobby Lennox joins the team as the Manager of Grassroots Development while Joel MacDonald takes on the position of Manager of League Development. Bobby Lennox, previously Technical more »
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We listened intently during our recent 11-city “tour” of the province and we continue to engage on a daily basis with Districts, Clubs, leagues, coaches and parents from across the province about their support for and/or concerns stemming from the continued implementation of LTPD. Especially in light of media coverage in different parts of the more »
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I want to update you in terms of how we are moving forward with LTPD on the heels of the stakeholder sessions that OSA staff held late last fall in 11 different cities across the province. We are following our timelines and working toward some important deadlines while making significant progress along the way. Many more »
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