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YFUSA National Coaching Certification
Ready for 2007
The main mission of YFUSA is to transform
every youth football volunteer into a knowledgeable youth football
instructor. The YFUSA National Youth Football Coaching Exam will allow
volunteers with any level of experience, to be prepared with the knowledge of
proper teaching techniques, to understand coaching ethics and motivation when
dealing with the youth of today. Having yourself and your league coaches certified as YFUSA coaches
will give you the support of a national youth football organization. Some of the most high-profile coaches in
the nation, including the entire coaching staffs for the Offense-Defense
All-American Bowl, have been YFUSA certified.
Find out what all the buzz is about and get certified today!
The YFUSA Youth Football Coaching Exam is a
web-based 60-question exam. YFUSA can also certify your entire league by
sending you a hard copy for each coach to submit.
Once certified, each coach is required to
complete a series of coaching credits to earn recertification.
Click here for more information on YFUSA's
National Youth Football Coaching Exam.
YFUSA attends the AFCA Convention in
San Antonio, TX
The Annual American Football Coaches
Association Convention was held early this month in San
Antonio, TX. The American
Football Coaches Association members are coaches from colleges and high
schools across the country.
It is the one time of year that all coaches
can meet to discuss rule changes, topics of concern and exchange playbook
schemes. The convention is broken down into segments. The college level
coaches meet on new rules changes, policies and issues within their
respective divisions. Throughout the day, presentations were made on various
coaching topics. Coaches from all levels such as Lloyd Carr of Michigan,
Greg Schiano of Rutgers, and Jim Tressel of Ohio
State, all gave presentations on
various topics. Some of the speakers
also included top high school level coaches. YFUSA continued its coaching
development by completing the AFCA Professional Development Series.
One of the most interesting aspects of
attending the AFCA Convention is walking through the exhibitor floor. Anyone
or anybody with a football product was there on display. From teaching
gadgets and new technology to study film breakdown to the newest styles of
uniform designs were all on display. Keep an eye out for some exciting new
products to be offered to the YFUSA membership this coming year.
With over 20,000 coaches present, the AFCA
become a reunion of old friends and past teammates. It didn't hurt the
festivities that the biggest college football game (Florida
vs. Ohio State)
of the year was played on the Monday night of the convention. Everywhere you
turned were stories of victories and losses during the 2006 season shared
among each other.
The AFCA Convention concluded with the
Coach of The Year Banquet where the national trophies were awarded to the
respective winning coaching staffs.
With all this excitement, one needs a full
year to rest for next year's AFCA Convention in Anaheim,
CA.
YFUSA's Director is Key Youth Coaching
Speaker at Football Clinics
This time of year the players are in the weight room
developing themselves for the 2007 season. Coaches are no different.
Thousands of coaches from all levels will spend the next few months attending
coaching clinics around the country.
YFUSA is proud to announce that, due our strong outreach
toward the youth football community, we have been asked to speak on youth
football coaching topics at a variety of local clinics this year. "I am
always excited when asked to speak at clinics to discuss youth coaching
topics. The youth football community
needs as much information passed along to them as possible," states Joe
Bouffard, YFUSA Director.
"Many youth football coaches do not have a teaching
background so we always start the clinics off by having the audience establish
their individual coaching philosophy. Once we discuss how to maximize their
practice time with fundamentals and fun drills, we can discuss X & O's.
The thing I enjoy the most when speaking at clinics, is the interaction with
the youth coaches. They all have the same challenges to overcome but they all
bring such excitement to doing it."
The entire YFUSA staff encourages youth coaches to attend
clinics. Even if a coach walks away with learning only one thing to make them
better then it was worth attending.
There are plenty of clinics held at your local colleges,
high schools and regional locations.
Call your local college football team to find out when
they will hold their spring practices to see if you can attend to watch
drills. Ask your high school coaches if their state association is hosting
any clinics.
For a complete
list of clinics in your area visit YFUSA.org's Coaching Section
Let YFUSA know of any clinics in your local area by
visiting the Coaches Clinic page at YFUSA.org.
YFUSA can also help your league host a
clinic. Hosting a clinic and inviting surrounding leagues is worthwhile
league fundraiser. Email us
to request more information on hosting your own clinic.
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