Nashua Youth Soccer League

Becoming a Travel Coach

Requirements

NYSL Travel coaches have a higher commitment level than Recreational coaches.  The intent of travel is to prepare kids for play at middle school and high school levels.  This means that most teams will play multiple times a week, as well as attend tournaments.

However - this does not mean that soccer or coaching experience is required. 

Many of our best coaches came in with no soccer experience.  Just like all of our staff, NYSL will support you as you grow and learn.

Being a travel coach is at minimum a single year experience.  However, most coaches choose to stay with their children for many years, gaining the opportunity to make a life-long change for the children on their team.

It truly is the opportunity of a lifetime to become a mentor to so many children, and see where and how they develop.

Additional Info

Review the differences between travel and recreational coaches: https://nashuayouthsoccer.org/coaches/travel-vs-rec/

Travel coaches have far more ability to do their own thing:

  • Hire trainers
  • Find tournaments
  • Schedule practices
  • Attend tryouts and find children that fit their team
  • Negotiate the division their kids should be in

In all of this, NYSL will walk with you.  We will help you with all questions, registration, whatever you need.  Your job is to coach, ours is to support you.

Become a NYSL Travel Coach

It's EASY:

  1. Register on the system.gotsport.com website as a coach.
    1. Requires a passport type photo.
  2. Complete a SafeSport program through GotSport (about 1 hour).

Getting Started

  1. Review Rules and Conduct info at: https://nashuayouthsoccer.org/coaches/rules-and-conduct/
  2. Ensure GotSport profiles up to date.
  3. Ensure players have birth certficates and passport-type photos in their GotSport profile.
  4. Think about:
    1. How much time investment do you want for your team?
    2. What level of competition do you want to be at - elite?  highly competitive?  town?
    3. What is your soccer style, and what skills do your players need to succeed?
  5. Review:
    1. General Coaching Resources
    2. Division Specific Information
    3. Consider More Training with New Hampshire Soccer Association

Practices

At least one coach needs to be at every practice (to include practice run by trainer). If you have a parent that is willing to help out, but does not want to be listed as a coach, but will be there without one of the coaches, then he or she needs to register in NYSL as a coach.
You may schedule indoor practices through Tyngsboro Sports Center or other indoor soccer facility. We can also reserve time in Nashua school gymnasiums for practice.

Games

  • All teams, make sure you have the official roster, player cards, and coach's cards before your first game.
  • Only coaches with a current coach's card can be on sidelines. Coach's cards must be worn on a lanyard. Coaches from another NYSL travel team can be written in on the roster and be on sideline. (Maximum number of coaches on a team's sideline is 4).
  • Players can be club passed by handwriting their name onto the roster. Club passed players must have their player cards and a copy of their primary team roster.
  • Game schedules can be found through link from the NHSL website. https://www.nhsoccerleague.com/

Playoffs

For teams in 9v9 or 11v11 divisions (U12 and up), teams in the top 50% of each division usually make playoffs.
Playoffs are normally scheduled for the first weekend in November and the first weekend after school ends in June.

In Season Notes

Coaches Please Remember to Submit scores after each home game on New Hampshire Soccer league website.  https://www.nhsoccerleague.com/

On top right corner you click on Score Entry

Then click on Enter Score Here

For all games EVENT PIN number 6319 

Then you will need to enter the game number which you can get the game number from the schedule tab or from the schedule from got soccer

 

Weather Related Game changes -Home fields may be closed by one or more of of Parks and Rec,  NYSL Chair, Dir of Fields, and Dir of Travel.  Road games are controlled by the home team. Games cancelled by clubs for weather need to be cancelled at least 3 hours prior to game in addition to contacting the league. Referees are empowered to cancel games at game time or during games. Games must be stopped for lightning/thunder and may resume after 30 minutes without lightning/thunder.

Weather Change - https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/?FormID=2243

Also contact the other team.

Questions? contact us today!