Delanie P.

I have played, coached, reffed, and spectated the sport. I know all angles of soccer. I have coached camps in high school for kids ranging 5 to 12 years old. In college, I started to ref high school games, male and female. I also hosted and coached camps through the college and club teams. I was a volunteer assistant coach for Kearney Catholic High School girls team for 3 years. I have coached for about 8 years, officiated for about 4 years, and played for 17 years. I have no certifications, as I just moved to Colorado and am willing to get whatever I need.

I started playing soccer when I was 4. Continued through high school, club, and went on to play at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. I have worked with kids as young as 5 to 20 years of age. I was elected captain for the 9 years of club, 2 years in high school and 2 years in college. I was awarded Player of the Year for club, Coach-able award in college, as well as a Senior Award. Was Class A honorable mention all-state and second-team SuperState. I was also the first lesbian to play for the women's soccer team at University of NE at Kearney.

I always like to get to know the athlete. What position they play, strengths, weaknesses, goals, etc. I start with a dynamic warm-up through 5-7 yards of cones: starting from 50% working their way up to 90%. I then progress to passing. Getting touches on the ball, working with both feet. Evaluating their technique with passing, controlling, and dribbling. I like to get the hard "boring" techniques out of the way first, then get into game like situations: 1V1, defending, shooting. At the end of a session I like to get conditioning in: timed mile run, gassers, 120's, 20-20-20, or shuttle runs.
I have stretching and water break throughout the session. Finishing with 10 push ups, 10 sit-ups, and about 7-10 minutes of serious stretching.