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Part of the mission of Shrewsbury Youth Soccer is to provide coaching education to the individuals who want to be involved with the game. To accomplish this mission, SYS offers a number of resources for coach training.

As interest for coaching education grows, more coaching courses can and will be offered for our volunteer coaching staff.

If you have any interest, concerns, or questions about coaching, including attaining a coaching license, please e-mail:


Mass Youth Coaching Course Calendar U5 - U8 Rules
NSCAA Coaching Course Calendar U10 - U12 Rules
Coaching Links U14 - U19 Rules
 F License Manual Coaching Videos
 E License Manuals:  MYSA  USSF  Practice Plan Worksheet

Coaching Sportsmanship

Read why Millbury Coach Dorrie Cronan wrote that Shrewsbury's Chris Szal demonstrated "one of the best gestures of sportsmanship that I have ever witnessed."

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Why are they all better than us?

Jamie Jackson - TheObserver
Sunday November 25, 2007

"The philosophy for youth development in Croatia does seem to be based on fundamental beliefs that are more prevalent in mainland Europe than in England.

Until children are 12, any formal matches are played with smaller teams (six, seven or eight a side) on mini-sized pitches in shorter matches..."

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