The National Soccer Coaches Association of America will hold its inaugural Summer Symposium, Aug. 1-3, 2013 at the Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL.
The event includes special soccer education for coaches who coach boys and girls from ages 6-18. There will be nine lecture hours and 16 hours of field sessions.
Presenters include NSCAA Director of Coaching Education Ian Barker, University of Florida head coach Becky Burleigh and former U.S. MNT player Tony Sanneh.
Bob Gansler, former U.S. MNT coach, and Tony DiCicco, former Women’s National Team head coach, are both on the list of session presenters.
All sessions will be held indoors in air conditioned conditions inside the Orlando World Center.
Former U.S. defender, Major League Soccer executive and television personality, Alexi Lalas, will open the Symposium with a Friday evening keynote session.
The sessions are designed to meet coaching educational needs at all levels, including college, high school and youth coaches.
An awards brunch will be held for high school All-America honorees named in the winter and spring seasons of 2013 who would already be in college during the 2014 NSCAA Convention, which will be held next January in Philadelphia.
The weekend program includes several diploma courses: Club Development Diploma, Level 2 Diploma and NFHS/NSCAA Professional Development Certifcate.
In addition to the clinics and meetings, the NSCAA Foundaton will hold a golf tournament for Symposium attendees.
A complete schedule is available online at www.nscaa.com/summer-symposium.
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