Workshops

Each year, Indiana Youth Soccer sponsors a day of administrative workshops, usually coinciding  workshops usually coinciding with the Annual General Meeting. The day is geared towards our club's officers, administrators and coaches offering workshops that address the current topics and issues. Workshops usually last one (1) hour in length and include time for questions and answers.

The day begins with a continental breakfast followed by 3 different workshop session opportunities. Attendees are free for an hour at lunch time and then return to workshops for 2-3 more sessions in the afternoon. The day is capped off by the Indiana Youth Soccer Awards Dinner where we honor those who everyday help to create a better environment for Indiana Youth Soccer.

The highlights of the administrative workshops are sessions conducted by professionals in various related fields. In the past, we have offered sessions in the areas of: sports psychology, investigation & prevention of Child Abduction (Risk Management), facility development and online registration. Other workshop speakers have included college coaches speaking on the topic of recruitment and collegiate-level soccer and professionals from the referee community, offering licensing and assignor courses. If space is available, we have offered actual coaching clinics, youth modules and goalkeeper training. The workshops are open and free to anyone in the soccer community.

These events are held in an Indianapolis-area hotel with conference, banquet and sleeping room space. Special group rates are arranged for Indiana Youth Soccer members at the hotel. The workshops, Awards Dinner and AGM are usually held during the winter months around January or February.

Indiana Youth Soccer is always looking for suggestions on how to improve these events and for feedback about what time of year is best suited for our clubs. Generally, the winter months have proven to be the most preferred time.

Watch the Indiana Youth Soccer website for the date and location of the next Annual Workshops.