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AYSO
American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO)
and PCA across the nation are working together to get more educational resources and tools into the hands of AYSO leaders, coaches, parents and athletes.
“PCA programs enhance our existing training by providing tools to help our coaches be even more successful in creating excellent learning environments for our players," says John Ouellette, AYSO’s National Coach. "The PCA partnership also serves to reinforce many of AYSO’s core philosophies.”
To request information on partnering your AYSO region with PCA,
click here.
We look forward to working with you and your Region. Meanwhile, here are comments from other AYSO leaders about their PCA programs:
“There’s a big difference between wanting to be a better coach and knowing how to be a better coach. PCA training helps our coaches fill any gaps.”
--Keith Blackey, AYSO Official and Section 2 Director
“Our Region views PCA as preventive maintenance. Every incident of misconduct consumes 8-10 hours of my board's time. This is time that takes away from the critical job of growing our Region -- responsibilities such as fundraising, securing field space and registration planning. The misconduct is not coming from our athletes but from a handful of overzealous coaches and fans."
--Patrick White, Regional Commissioner, Region #630
For AYSO-PCA shirts
click here
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