Coaches' Corner—Information for our coaches 
Coaching Clinics at Fort Sam Houston
Remember, coaches are required to obtain a coaching license within one year of beginning their coaching career. A U-6/U-8 coaching clinic is currently scheduled for Sunday, February 24, and a U-10/U-12 clinic is currently scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd. Both clinics will be held at Fort Sam Houston. To register for a clinic or to obtain more specific information, please contact the Director of Training, Steve Jennings.
Coaching information documents from Steve Jennings
Our Director of Training, Steve Jennings, has prepared some documents with valuable and useful information for our coaches. The files linked below are in PDF format (note that these are large files which may take a while to download, especially over a dialup connection; if you have difficulty contact Steve):
See more information about Steve below.
Coach/Volunteer Registration Form
Online registration information for players and coaches.
Practice Fields
Requests for practice field times need to be submitted to Doug Neil at dougneil@speakeasy.net.
Director of Training Steve Jennings
AHFSH Youth Soccer has recently hired long-time local youth soccer coach and development expert Steve Jennings as its first Director of Training. Steve has been involved in coaching for twenty years and has attained the highest licenses in coaching at both the senior and junior levels, currently holding both a USSF “A” license and a National Youth License. Since coming to the United States from Liverpool, England, where he played soccer at the semi-pro level with Kirby Town Football Club, he has been actively involved with coaching and developing not only many of South Texas' players, but also many of the coaches who are currently training players in our state.
Steve has served as the Director of Coaching for the South Texas Youth Soccer League (which oversees youth soccer for all US Youth Soccer-affiliated leagues in the southern part of the state), he has coached both girls and boys' teams in Texas' Olympic Development Program, where most of our US National Team players begin their careers, and he has coached teams that have won State Championships at every level. Although Steve will work as AHFSH's Director of Training, he will remain active in our parent organizations, serving as a Senior Clinician for the South Texas Youth Soccer Association and an ODP Scout. Although Steve has been charged with overseeing the coaches and professional trainers working with the league's Burn and Fire teams, Steve will also focus on developing our league's coaches and players at all levels through the introduction of a standardized training curriculum, coaching education and coach/player training sessions.
Coaches are welcome to contact Steve for assistance. Check the Contacts page of the website for his email and phone information.
Coaching ClinicsCheck the STYSA Coaching Clinics Schedule for upcoming clinics.
Reminder Regarding Game Fields: Please remind all players, parents and spectators that there are to be NO PETS at the soccer fields. Additionally, please remind parents and spectators that SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED at the soccer fields. Players, parents and spectators should also be reminded that teams are responsible for picking up all trash at the fields. Ultimately, the coaches are responsible for collecting trash on the fields, but I would suggest that you enlist the assistance of your parents and players. Finally, for those coaches playing on fields with corner flags, please make sure that the flags are in their proper position.
Our Commissioner of Coaches is Alfred Ramirez. Contact him if you have questions about the manual or have suggestions for additional material for this page.
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