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New Coaches - Top Things You Should Know

 

This page is for new coaches who want to familiarize themselves with both our association and this web site. The following may help you to know dates, policy, procedures, etc.  If you see a highlighted word in the items below, you can click on that word and it will take to the appropriate bookmark on this site, or to another web site.

1 It is important to know that everything you need to know about the association is on this web site.  You can contact us, but everything is right here.   You can click on any of the icons above to find specific information you need.
2 There is a difference between us (the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association ... MHSSCA) and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).  The MHSAA deals with your school in regard to school policies, tournaments and rules.  Our association, the MHSSCA, deals with three areas:  1) Awards (recognition of member coaches and their athletes)  2) Training (providing clinics and coaching information for members)  3) Promotion (our mission includes promoting high school soccer within the state of Michigan).   The roles of the two organizations do not overlap, but should and do complement each other.
3 You do not have to be a member of the association to coach for your school or to coach in the MHSAA tournament.  This is a volunteer organization.  There are many reasons to belong, however.  If you are not a member, the following will not be available to you when you need it, deserve it, or desire it.
AWARDS TRAINING PROMOTION
The MHSSCA provides several awards for coaches including Coach of the Year awards (district, regional, state, and national); provides awards to membership players; provides scholarships to member's athletes and dependents; provides hall of fame and coaching record accomplishment awards.  We also award all academic certificates to players who qualify. The MHSSCA provides a yearly clinic each year featuring national speakers.  The clinic is at a sizable discount to member coaches.  Training equipment, resources and fresh ideas are also provide via the association.  We also provide a discussion board for only our members that gives you a chance to interact with only our coaches. The MHSSCA takes part in several other organization to assure that you and your high school program are represented.  The MHSAA, the National Soccer Coaches Association, the Michigan High School Coaches Association and the National Coaches Association are only a few of those organizations were our board represents you.
4 To join the MHSSCA click on Membership, here or on any page at the top. There is a membership deadline and if you miss it the deadline you miss a 65% savings. You will receive a membership card you must use for identification for discounts, awards, etc.
5 To know about our organization by reading our constitution, click on Downloads here or on any page at the top.
6 To know about our Annual Meeting and Annual Clinic, click here or on Annual Meeting on any page at the top.
7 To know about our All State Selection Process to honor your players, click here or on All State Process on any page at the top.
8 To know find out specific information about the Girls Season or Boys Season, click here or on the appropriate icon at the top of any page.  You can also find the records, rankings, all state players for each of the girls and boys seasons by clicking on the appropriate icon.
9 To know about our Scholarships, click here or on the Scholarship icon at the top of any page.
10 We send out our Touchline newsletter 4 to 6 times per year and a number of reminders to keep you up-to-date with the latest information, but it is your responsibility to know the issues covered on this site.  We do our best to keep you in the loop, but you must get the latest by looking and reading what is on the web page.  Most of the times when we miss things for our players it is because we didn't get the information off this site.  We post it so you don't miss things you are going to want your players to know.

 

 

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