Rec Coaches

Your one stop for Lakes United FC Rec Soccer Curriculum and Helpful Tips!

START HERE! GAME/PLAYING DETAILS CURRICULUMS FORMATIONS COACH ARRIVAL & END OF NIGHT TIPS MORE ACTIVITY IDEAS! WEATHER & CANCELLATION POLICIES TEAMSNAP & COMMS

START HERE!

Items to get familiar with & be prepared for:

Rec Soccer Coaches Information 2025 - Please read the document below, which will also be provided via email and hard copy with your equipment.

Site Map - see "Map" tab on the Summer-Rec Page. Find the your fields, LUFC Location & Coaches Equipment

TeamSnap - Get comfortable with the chat function, and knowing how to email out if needed. You cannot over communicate.

Get Help! - Recruit another parent to help keep things organized or to help out when you can't make it.

Gather Equipment - 5pm on Thursday, May 15th, 2025

You will have hard/physical copies of the curriculum and the Rec Soccer Coaches Information sheets that are founds below, as well as a roster

1st Night "Chaos" - The first night is always interesting! Everyone is excited and many families have no idea where they are going. Don't stress it, have fun and be excited to get the Rec Soccer season going!

Uniforms - Are handed out the first night, which adds to the above chaos, but this is the only way we can get the majority of players uniforms out as so many register late. Ask a parent to help manage this. Uniform sizes were chosen by the families (parents/guardians) and are unable to accommodate changes, unless there's a significant issue of sizing.

GAME/PLAYING DETAILS

CURRICULUMS

FORMATIONS

COACH ARRIVAL & END OF NIGHT

ARRIVAL

Try to arrive well before your players if you have that ability. We recommend arriving 15 minutes prior to your start time so can get situated with equipment. Some setup help may be needed at the beginning of the night.

END OF NIGHT

Please remind players and families to make sure they police their area. We want to make sure we leaving our fields nice and clean.

If you need to leave any equipment behind make sure you place it in the Coaches Storage container and your equipment is marked. Your help in taking down the nets is appreciated!

TIPS

FUN is the name of the game! The single most important thing we can do is make sure as many kids are having fun! If you feel you need to adjust anything during a given night do so if it means kids will enjoy the evening.

COMPETITIVE - Rec Soccer is NOT competitive soccer. It's a laid back fun atmosphere to play soccer and learn basic skills. If you have families that want more than Rec, please send them our way and we can provide the competitive side with our Competitive Programming.

KEEP THEM MOVING! - Always keep the players moving. This goes for all ages. The less lines the better! get as many involved as possible at all times.

WEATHER - Will play a role in attentiveness and general willingness to play/do work. Understand that depending on the age the kids will definitely "check out" mentally.

PreK/K - This age group will struggle to get 60 minutes in. Keep training to 20/25 minutes and take a break before playing your game. You may not get much past 45-50 minutes of total time any given Thursday and that's okay!

MORE ACTIVITY IDEAS!

WEATHER & CANCELLATION POLICIES

WEATHER & OTHER CANCELLATION POLICIES

Any cancellation for those reasons below will be made NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM on the day of play via Team Snap & email. Please do not assume play will be cancelled. A determination will not be made until the Club or Rec Coordinator is confident in making the call to cancel.

SEVERE WEATHER

Light rain is playable
Extreme cold temperatures, especially with even light rain will likely warrant a cancellation (judgement of the coordinator)
Severe weather such as lighting, tornado watches/warnings, hail, etc will warrant a cancellation of activities
High wind situations will be the judgment of the rec coordinator

HOT WEATHER - At our scheduled time of play

Heat Index < 89 degrees = Normal Play
Heat Index 90-99 degrees = Mandatory 2-minute water breaks (consider shortening game times)
Heat Index 100 - 105 degrees = Cancellation Likely, but determined by the judgement of the coordinator
Heat Index > 105 = Cancelled

MAKE UP DATES

We will do our best to accommodate make up dates for any cancellation. This could cause extending the season a week or 2 longer, but ultimately dependent upon field availability and other circumstances out of our control.

TEAMSNAP & COMMS

TeamSnap is the single most important tool for team and/or program specific communications. This Rec Page can be utilized as resource material, but TeamSnap is used for communicating, posting schedules (in May), as well as chat functions for members of teams & the Club. ALL MEMBERS at ALL LEVELS/PROGRAMMING must have TeamSnap on their mobile device to access schedules and receive team/program communications through the TeamSnap app. Here are some helpful links for you and common questions/needs for many of our members:

Getting Started Guide

General TeamSnap Help Page

Adding Family Members to Your Account/Profile

Sharing Schedules with Family & Friends

CLICK HERE for NB Rec Soccer Coaches Information

NEED HELP OR HAVE MORE QUESTIONS cOACHING?

EMAIL: LakesRec@LAKESUNITEDFC.ORG

CALL: Noah at (763) 316-8642

REC COACHES

PreK/K (4v4)

1st/2nd GRADE (5v5)

3rd/4th GRADE (6v6

5th/6th GRADE (7v7)

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