Question and Answers related to Long Term Player Development in Ontario Soccer.
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We have conducted our first "Active Start" and "FUNdamentals" coaches' workshops in Ottawa and York Region (Woodbridge). The sessions were well attended and as importantly, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Coaches recognized the value of this approach and how it can have a genuinely positive impact on youngsters when it comes to their basic athletic development—as well as their interest in a possible future in soccer.
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I wanted to provide a bit of an update (before we hit the Holiday period and everyone is quite properly engaged in other matters!) with regard to how things are progressing around preparations for the implementation of Long-Term Player Development (LTPD).
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It was great to have the opportunity recently to visit six different regions of the province to host some important workshops for Club Head coaches, Technical Directors and other soccer leaders from various communities.
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Other than our young soccer players themselves, perhaps the most important “faces” of The Ontario Soccer Association’s mission to deliver Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) in Ontario are the coaches who deliver soccer programs in every corner of the province.
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This past weekend in Vaughan, The Ontario Soccer Association hosted a two-day workshop for new Learning Facilitators (LF’s). These men and women will play a critically important role in the delivery of the new Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) coaching curriculum in 2012 and beyond.
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As we come to the end of October, I wanted to provide everyone, as promised, with some additional information about the steps The Ontario Soccer Association is taking with regard to the planning and eventual implementation of the Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) program throughout the province.
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The Ontario Soccer Association will be holding Club Head Coach / Technical Director workshops throughout the province during the month of November.
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This past weekend, the Board of Directors of the Ontario Soccer Association unanimously endorsed the OSA Technical Advisory Council plan for the phased-in implementation of Long-Term Player Development (LTPD).
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With the roll out of the CSA's Long Term Player Development (LTPD) the first new coaching courses will be delivered within Ontario in 2012. The objective of this message is to pass on some basic information for hosts (Clubs and Districts) regarding the new coaching courses in 2012 to assist in your planning and also booking of facilities for next year.
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