Club Coaches Clinics & Courses

The Clinics and Courses offered by Sigma Sports act as an ideal educational tool for clubs and individual coaches wishing to enhance their teaching abilities both on and off of the pitch. Sigma offers a wide array of programs which suit the needs and availability of club coaches.

The programs offered by Sigma Sports Coaching Development Division are intense and informative, based on concepts from basic and advanced coaching theories of technical and tactical abilities. The program is structured on certified UEFA technical training support and philosophies which deal with the proper development of children in soccer as seen fit by the top directors in European youth football. Sigma Sports Coaching Development programs will allow clubs and coaches to question themselves on various concepts from the European system and afford them the ability to gain vital answers on these topics and thus better focus their ongoing efforts as educators.

Sigma Sports understands the unique demands placed on clubs and their coaches in order to lead the development of their young and hopeful players. The driving goal via these programs is to increase the knowledge of coaches at the youth level in order to play an integral part in the development of soccer in Canada. Soccer is a sport played in the majority of countries across the world and talented young soccer players are found in all of these nations. It is the role of proper coaching to shape these players into the athletes needed for success in the sport at any level.

2006-07 Coaching Clinics and Programs

Sigma Sports Coaching Development offers a variety of specialized options to choose from. Offered at your location, league, club, facility, this allows clubs maximum flexibility in having their coach’s best benefit under the Sigma Coaching Philosophy.

Topics to be covered include:

  • The Modern Coach
  • Technique and technical ability
  • Teaching of technical/tactical aspects, Organization of Practice
  • Long Term Planning (Ages 6-18)
  • Physical Conditioning (endurance, Speed)
  • Physical Conditioning (Power, power of speed)
  • Scouting young players, Creating top level players
  • Competitive games in training
  • Tactics in Soccer - Individual Tactics
  • Tactics in Soccer - Group Tactics
  • Modern Formations in Soccer
  • Team Tactics in Soccer - defense and offense
  • Factors which interfere with Tactics in Soccer
  • The psychology of players in training
  • Basic rules of building a team, Analysis Model of a Club
  • Weekly planning
  • Yearly planning
  • Reading and Analysis of a match
  • Set Plays
  • Nutrition
  • Teaching Ball Oriented Defence
  • Position Play (ages 10-14)
  • Position Play (ages 15-19)
  • 4v4 to 11v11: "How to build up your team"
  • Goalkeeping for ages 8-18
Day Clinics

1 Day, 5 hours of instruction
Two on-field sessions of 1.5hrs
Two lectures of 1hr

Day Clinic Fees:
$100/coach 		Evening Clinics

4 Evenings, 10 hrs of instruction
Four on-field sessions of 1.5hrs
Four lectures of 1hr

Evening Clinic Fees:
$150/coach 		Weekend Clinics

2 Days, 12 hours of instruction
Five on-field sessions of 1.5hrs
Three lectures of 1hr

Weekend Clinic Fees:
$200/coach
Comprehensive Course

15 Days, 45 hours of instruction
Fifteen on-field sessions of 1.5hrs
Fifteen lectures of 1hr
Sigma Coaching Course Certificate

Evening Clinic Fees:
$425/coach

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