Santa Cruz Soccer Camp's Leadership Developement Program
Our leadership developement program was created to build leadership skills and teach coaching techniques for campers age 13-15. Our program is designed for teens who want to be leaders and who want to coach soccer. Once campers turn 13, they can join our program , where they work with the directors and actually plan out skill, drill, games. They learn through observation and modeling with the coaches and directors as discussion with each other and with the directors.
We hold high standards for our leadership campers, in their week in the program they are required to:
- Fill out a ten page packet
- Research various drills and games
- Coach 2 groups with minimal assistance from coaches
- Write a one page essay on what being a leader means
After these campers have experienced two weeks of leaderships they can go on to volounteer. Once they are 16, they can go on to be paid assistant coaches, then co-coaches, head coach, and possibly even be a director!