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Upcoming Coaching Symposiums/Clinics: 

 MSYSA Coaching Symposium with Mike Matkovich
The symposium will include a 1-hour classroom session and a 2-hour field session. The theme for the classroom session is  “How to Run a Successful Youth Club”. The theme for the field session is “A Model Training Session”.
 February 9, 2024
 11:00am – 2:00pm 
Total Sports Complex (TOCA Wixom) – 30990 Wixom Road, Wixom, MI 48393

Registration Fee: $50 per person
Registration Deadline: 12:00pm on Friday, February 2

Previous symposiums and the clinicians are below:

 DateClinicianTopic
August 2013Ajax Online Academy The Ajax Player Development Model
November 2013Dave Chesler, US Soccer E & D License Coaching Competencies
March 2014Tosh Farrell, Everton FCU12 & Below Player Development
July 2014 2i Coaching Brazil, BotafogoAdvanced Coaching Principles
March 2015Laurent Papillon, UEFAU12 & Below: Player Identification & Development; U13 & Above: Transition to Attack
July 2016 Joël Frenchet, Olympique Lyonnais
March 2018John Cone, Fit for 90Physical Periodization for youth soccer players and its implementation for youth coaches.
Summer 2018Vince Ganzberg, United Soccer Coaches 
March 2018 John Cone, Fit for 90Physical and mental attributes of the soccer player
January 2019Mark PulisicCoaching Principles in the United States and in other Countries
November 2019Paul Bright, The Coaching ManualPeriodization in Youth Soccer
January 2021Antal Vergeer, US SoccerDeveloping A Game Model
 August 2021Vince Ganzberg, United Soccer Coaches Coaching Methodology – Training with Intention 
February 2022 Tom Turner, US Soccer National Coaching CommitteeReality Based Coaching
 February 2023Vince Ganzberg, United Soccer Coaches Trends from the Cup – Reviewing trends from the Women’s Euro and Men’s World Cup.
February 2024Mike Matkovich, Chicago Fire ScoutHow to Run A Successful Youth Club (Classroom) & A Model Training Session (Field)