Technical Service Plan

BC Soccer’s development department has developed technical resources including player, team, and coach profile documents aligned to sample session plans, all working within a wider curriculum. As well as a referee profile (coming September 2023) and the sharing of Canada Soccer referee development resources. To ensure a better understanding of the resources and how they connect, Soccer Development Staff have developed workshops and club support meetings and utilized online software to support wider access to this information for technical leads, coaches, referee instructors, and referees across the province.

Overview

BC Soccer’s development department has developed technical resources which include player, team, and coach profile documents that are aligned to sample session plans, all working within a wider curriculum. To ensure better understanding of the resources and how they connect, Soccer Development Staff have developed workshops and club support meetings as well as utilizing online software to support wider access to this information for technical leads, coaches as well as referee instructors and referees across the province.

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BC Soccer Technical Resources

BC Soccer’s aim is to promote soccer environments that are inclusive, safe, enjoyable and meet the needs of player development for all participants. To achieve this BC Soccer’s Technical Resources, provide an example of good practice that BC Organizations can fully integrate into their programming or use as a guideline to assist in the on-going development of their own documentation and program delivery.

Player Profile (U10–U18)

The Player Profile refers to the Player as an individual person as well as the Player, which includes the individual players attacking and defending actions related to the game of soccer. These two combined provides the Player Profile and is paired with the session themes of the curriculum, this guides coaches in developing players as well as identifying the player’s strengths and their areas for improvement.

Download – File size: 32216KB

Coach Profile (U6–U18)

The Coach Profile is composed of the coach as an individual first as well as what coaches should focus on throughout the season to create a safe, positive and fun environment. These two combined provides the Coach Profile and is paired with the session themes of the curriculum which guides coaches in developing players as well as identifying the players strengths and their areas for improvement.

Download – File size: 18261KB

Team Profile (U14–U18)

The Team Profile provides an age-appropriate developmental framework for the season-long game environment and is paired with the Curriculum. It identifies the attacking and defending actions for individual players as well as the team. Throughout the season within games, players should be experiencing these actions to aid their overall technical and tactical development.

Download – File size: 25192KB

Goalkeeper Profile

The Goalkeeper Profile is composed of the Player as a person as well as the Player, which includes the individual player’s attacking and defending actions related to the game of soccer. These two combined provide the Goalkeeper Profile and are paired with the session themes of the curriculum which guide coaches in developing players as well as identifying the player’s strengths and their areas for improvement.

Download – File size: 21807KB

Curriculum: The Ball (U6–U9)

The Curriculum provides an age-appropriate developmental framework for the season-long training environment and can be paired with the Player and Team Profile. It identifies the attacking and defending actions for individual players as well as the team.

This part of the curriculum is for younger players aged U6 to U9 and focuses on introducing players to the game through a variety of fun game-like activities.

Download – File size: 21646KB

Curriculum: The Player (U10–U13)

This part of the curriculum is for players aged U10 to U13 and focuses on the player’s relationship with the ball when attacking and defending in small sided games.

Download – File size: 22445KB

Curriculum: The Team (U14–U18)

This part of the curriculum is for players aged U14 to U18 and focuses on the player’s role/position within the team when attacking and defending in larger game formats, such as 11v11.