Coach Education
“COACHES EDUCATION IS MORE THAN TEACHING A COACH TO CREATE SESSIONS, RUN A MATCH, WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP - IT IS ABOUT TEACHING THE COACH TO SEE MORE THAN THE GAME ITSELF.”
Texas Soccer Academy stands by the phrase above in how we approach coaches education. Our classes are designed with the “volunteer parents” in mind and the need they have to undertand the game for the first time or as an ongoing educational process.
The impact first time coaches or young coaches have on a clubs recreational or select players is very important.
For information on our coaches clinics and to host one for your club - contact: TSA.
Texas Soccer Academy History
Back in 1973, when USSF Staff Coach and Ukrainian native Dr. Leonard Lucenko mesmerized 53 young players with his soccer wit and wisdom for a week-long soccer camp in Denton, Texas, little did he know that his dream camp would still be reality at the turn of the century. Back then, directors Randy Noll and JD Cochran were barely thinking of attending the camp as campers, much less, staff members.
Over 40 years and one name change later, the Texas Soccer Academy camp program is celebrating its fourth decade as the most inclusive week-long soccer camp in the Southwest. In the early days, the camp went by the name of the Texas All-Star Soccer Camp and was the Southern version of its sister camp in New Jersey, the All-American Soccer Camp. Both Noll and Cochran attended the camp as campers and claim much of their success as both players and coaches to what they learned from Lucenko, his excellent staff, and his unique teaching system. Robert Lopez, joined the staff in 2000 and has continued the traditions and development of TSA into the current years.
Fast forward and Texas Soccer Academy is still going strong in current teaching methods for technique and tactics, while never losing site of the most important thing - keeping the environment fun and challenging for all the campers that attend.
Looking at Texas Soccer Academy today, it is easy to see why the camps, coaches clinics, personal training and commitment to the game have created the longevity that is seen at every location they are part of.