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We are working harder than ever to use our resources to make supporting a children's soccer team easy for you: #CoachAssist
We are working harder than ever to use our resources to make supporting a children's soccer team easy for you: #CoachAssist
We offer training, weekly on-field support, player discounts, & more as part of our Coach Assist commitment to our volunteers.
We are asking for a couple of hours of your week, so we can continue to provide the youth of your community with the very best community soccer program in the area.
The shirt & the warm fuzzy feeling are yours to keep!
The shirt & the warm fuzzy feeling are yours to keep!
All team volunteers need to create a profile for coaching & register before each season. If you are registering children, you can do it at the same time (see the REGISTRATION button)! If you missed this, create or log into your PowerUp Member Zone profile, select "I want to Help" from the left-hand side of your screen & follow the prompts.
Once you have submitted your information, please wait for Approval. After we set up your team, we will assign you to it, and you will find your roster, schedule, and all the information you need to help your team out within your PowerUp Member Zone profile.
Developed over 20 years of experience, our Coach Assist program is designed to help your comfort level on the field & as a bonus, offers our annual Discounted January Early Registration Access.
We also offer a 50% rebate on the players' registration fees for Fully Qualified coaches on teams they coach - far below.
Up to two qualified team officials for each HL team
Up to three qualified team officials for each Dev/Comp team
Ready to start?
Ready to start?
Take the first step on your coaching pathway with the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) using the online modules below:
Get your NCCP# Don’t have an NCCP#? Create one now!
Training required by Canada Soccer:
Complete your Vulnerable Sector Police Check (most can now be done online & mailed to your home).
Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Ed – Coaching Soccer in Canada Module
Respect in Sport - Activity Leader online course.
Submit your NCCP#, proof of RIS completion & proof of CSA course completion to us using icoach@norwestsoccer.com
Attend our preseason Community Coach Orientation in May
Want more? Good for you; good for our kids!
Read on:
Canada Soccer Coach Education Minimum Standards - Posted by EMSA Jan 30, 2023
The Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster is a progressive package of programs, policies, and procedures designed to ensure that organizations that offer soccer programming in Canada create safe, fun, developmentally appropriate, inclusive, accessible, and welcoming experiences for all participants. For amateur soccer organizations in Canada, the expansion of the Canada Soccer Youth Club Licensing Program, as a requirement of membership, has been implemented as a direct result of the unanimous adoption of the Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Members.
Ahead of the start of the 2023 soccer season, all member organizations (clubs and academies) that offer youth soccer programming in a Canada Soccer Member Association Province and Territory will be required to meet the minimum Standards of Quality Soccer to be recognized as Quality Soccer Provider within the Canada Soccer Youth Club Licensing Program and in support of the guiding principles of the Safe Sport Roster. Within the Standards for Quality Soccer, it is required that coaches are trained and/or certified appropriately for the program(s) in which they coach and aligned to the Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster. The minimum standards are further defined below for the 2023 playing season.
Grassroots – Community Streams
(AKA: Recreational or House League)
Grassroots – Community Streams
(AKA: Recreational or House League)
"Modified Safe Sport Roster" – Required Training
Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen
Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Coaching Soccer in Canada Module with Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education Theory Module (Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
Respect in Sport Activity Leader Program
Highly Recommended Training:
5. Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Practical Module (Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
Offered locally by NorWest Soccer each Feb-April!
Grassroots/Competitive Streams
(AKA: Developmental, Dev/Comp, Rep. Representational)
Grassroots/Competitive Streams
(AKA: Developmental, Dev/Comp, Rep. Representational)
"Full Safe Sport Roster" – Required Training
Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen
Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Theory Module (Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Practical Module (Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
NCCP Make Ethical Decisions Module and/or Online Evaluation
Respect in Sport - Activity Leader Program
NCCP Making Headway in Soccer Module
NCCP Emergency Action Planning Module
NCCP Rule of Two Module
Completion of the above likely makes you a FULLY QUALIFIED TEAM OFFICIAL!
Which would qualify you for money back on your player registration!
What does it take to become a Fully Qualified Team Official?
What does it take to become a Fully Qualified Team Official?
Police Vulnerable Sector Check - roughly $20
- Needs to be redone every three years & waiver submitted between.Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Coaching Soccer in Canada Module
Respect in Sport - Activity Leader - $35
- Must be redone every 5 Years, transferable to/from other children's activitiesMaking Ethical Decisions - $70-$80
- Life-long accreditation,
- transferable to/from other children's activities
- NCCP accreditation.Making Headway in Soccer - Free
- Life-long accreditation
- Soccer-specific
- NCCP accreditation.Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Ed. - $10-$35 per course
- Once ever per stage of development
- Age & Soccer specific
- NCCP accreditation.Canada Soccer On-Field Component - $95-$350
- once ever per stage of development
- Age & Soccer specific
- NCCP accreditation.Keeping Girls in Sport - $17
- for coaches of female players.NorWest Orientation - No Fee
- Needs to be done for every NeW stage of LTPD or when we make big changes!
Contact us via icoach@norwestsoccer.com to learn about the player fee benefits and requirements of participating in our Fully Qualified Team Official Program, how it differs from meeting the CSA's Modified online requirements, and how to register with us to receive your Reward$ and #SWAG).
Taking a holistic approach to coaching
Taking a holistic approach to coaching
Given the diversity of Canada’s population, it’s important to get to know the athletes you’re coaching. No 2 athletes are the same, and to coach effectively, coaches may need to adapt to each athlete’s individual needs. The athlete-coach relationship is a partnership between you and the athletes you coach. Knowing your athlete is about getting to know the whole person, within and outside of sport. To do this well, it’s important to take a holistic approach.
Taking a holistic approach means coaching the whole person, not just the sports skills they’re performing. Getting to know each athlete involves becoming familiar with the factors that make them unique. This helps us think of athletes as whole people. When you know the athletes you coach and are familiar with the factors that make the athletes unique, you can identify what they need and how you can adapt to meet their needs. Athletes are better able to perform to their full ability when they see that they’re recognized as individuals and know their welfare is a priority.
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