Volunteers Make a Difference

As a volunteer, you are providing the children of our community the opportunity to experience a wonderful sport while serving as a positive role model. Team sport involvement helps our youth grow into strong, confident and healthy young adults.

NEEDED:
HEAD COACHES
ASSISTANT COACHES
LWAA offers hands-on coaching training as well as training equipment and materials!  

What each division entails:
First Touch Academy: 1 practice/game held on Saturday mornings
U6 & U8: 1 practice during the week, 1 game on Saturday
U10 & Up: 2 practices during the week until games start, then it will be 1 practice during the week. Games may be held during the week as well as Saturdays. These divisions have an evaluation, coaches draft and playoffs. 

As a coach you will choose your practice days and location. You will also receive a coaches shirt and pick the team jersey color.  

Please volunteer and make the difference!!
Thank you!!

“We should measure success in coaching by how long it takes the player to no longer need his coach.”
- Greg Ryan, University of Michigan, coach

"Talking too much is a big danger for a coach. The words get lost in the wind."
- Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Football Club, manager

“Over-coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.”
- Dean Smith, University of North Carolina, former basketball coach

"Technique becomes a skill when you perform it under pressure"
- Peter Broadly, Executive Director, FC Carolina Alliance

“Once they cross that line, it’s their game. It’s not about us as coaches; it’s about them being able to make decisions.”
- Jay Hoffman, US Youth Soccer Region I ODP Boys, former head coach

“If a coach is constantly talking or yelling at players during the game, it prevents your players from thinking for themselves.”
- Steve Sampson, former Men’s National Team Coach, June 1998

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”
- Confucius, Chinese philosopher