Together in the UEFA B and together in the US B
Together in the UEFA B, and together in the US B.
Girls Director Joey Messina, and Boys Director Vince Laleau, are no strangers to furthering their education in the coaching world, and this past year they embarked on their US B License course at our very own home fields, Viera Regional.
This will not be the first coaching license that our directors have gotten before while coaching at Space Coast United. Six years ago, Joey, and Vince went across the pond to Wales, with our Foundation Director Nic Nazon, where they were set out to get their UEFA B License over the course of a week. While on this trip our directors were faced with learning the Welsh Way of soccer and how to appropriately plan and execute practice sessions. Crafting their own practice sessions, giving depth and reasoning as to why and where they would run certain position specific drills, and small sided games. They also learned about various soccer interventions and how to correctly use them during practice sessions so it would allow for players to have a high ball rolling time, and still understand the message from the practice. This course allowed for our coaches to bring back what they learn and implement with our coaches, by crafting what our clubs game model looks like, and what their practices would look like for coaches who come to the club.
This coaching course is a prestigious achievement for our coaches considering the time that is takes to complete it, the rigorous class work that is completed at the in person sessions, and online, rigorous classwork that is to be completed, time commitment that it takes, and the small selection of coaches that are selected for this course. After six years out from their last course, our coaches have had years to prepare for their US B Course. This course spanned over the course of 6 months where they had to create a 6 week practice plan, 2 in person week sessions, +80 hours of coursework, and mentor meetings.
Our coaches wrap up with this course over December 21st, and we are excited to see and hear all that they have learned so they can bring it back to Space Coast United, and make our clubs even more elite.
