The Sports Path Newsletter
Number 30
  June 2015 

20,000 Online Students for US Soccer  

On June 16th US Soccer tweeted that in the first 5 months over 20,000 coaches had signed up for the US Soccer 'F' License Course which is delivered 100% online Details here

We here at Sports Path believe the introduction of this online course  is a real ' Tipping Point ' in the future of coach education.

When so many National Associations report both high numbers of coaches without ANY training and high turnover of coaches at grassroots/recreational levels this initiative by US Soccer shows clearly that online learning can play a part as part of an overall Coach Education Program

 
NEW WEB IDEAS for COACHES

Online Webinar - ' Scouting the Opposition '  

Hugo Langton is the 1st Team Coach of recently promoted Bromley FC in the 5th Tier of English Professional Football - The Premier Division of the 

Football Conference. He is also a Coach Educator with Chelsea FC. He has devised a course on ' Scouting the Opposition ' and this is available now as a webinar Details here 

 

My Soccer Moves 

The My Soccer Moves soccer app is for players to learn new soccer skills, upload their own videos, receive feedback and tips from their virtual coach, and compete against their friends and teammates.

Go here 

 

 

American Academy of CPR and First Aid- 
FREE Online Courses available in CPR and First Aid 

 

The American Academy of CPR & First Aid provides training courses designed by a team of U.S board certified and licensed medical doctors.Their  certifications are signed by authorized board certified U.S medial doctors

There is a  free online healthcare provider course to acquire skills that could save lives. This course cover a wide range of critical life-saving skills.

For more details click here 

 

Using the web in Physical Education 

We will be publishing our Research Paper on this subject in August
For Details go here 
It is interesting also to note that the UK Sports Charity ' Youth Sport Trust ' outlined recently that:

'Schools should embrace wearable technology and gamification in PE lessons' 

 Click here for details 


 

There is some interesting work going on specifically with IPads in Soccer Coaching - more next month - but for the time being please see this feature here 

Win $1,000 for your club 

Sports Path Awards for 2015


 

We have had a number of applications from Youth Soccer Clubs for this Award.

The  Panel of Judges for these awards have been confirmed. 

Sports Path is providing an Award of $1,000 for the Youth Soccer Club which has developed the best Online Learning Network to support the development of coaches at their club.Entrance is free

For Further details please click here

 
I hope you have found something useful in this month's newsletter.If so please pass on this email to your colleagues and ask them to sign up for future newsletters
We can promise you more material in our July 2015 newsletter to help you use the web to support coach and player development 

Best Wishes
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Robin Russell 
RRussell@sportspath.com