Men's Soccer | 9/8/2016 3:00:00 PM
STATESBORO – Georgia Southern head men's soccer coach
John Murphy and his staff will host a coaching symposium on Saturday, September 24. This four hour event, which will include pre-match insights from Coach Murphy and his staff as they prepare for that evening's game against North Florida, will be held in the Gene Bishop Fieldhouse located at Paulson Stadium.
"This instructional format was utilized quite a bit when I was working in Scotland," Murphy said. "It allows interested parties, regardless of their coaching level, to exchange thoughts, learn about methods and philosophy and watch a very good match in a flexible, inexpensive format. I feel this will fit coaches of all levels, particularly high school and club teams. We hope to have a good attendance for this event so we can continue to offer similar professional development opportunities to the community throughout the year."
The coaching symposium, which costs $30 per coach and includes handouts of notes and methods as well as a raffle ticket for adidas items, will be open to both male and female coaches of any level, but will be more geared towards helping high school and club level coaches. The event will include discussion of training themes, methods and rhythms accompanied by video footage of the Eagle men's soccer team's preparation that week. The staff will highlight how scouting and analysis is used in the modern game and how it could be applied to any coach's preparation.
This event will give coaches in attendance the chance to learn insights from the only American born coach to hold both the prestigious EUFA Pro Badge (Scottish Football Association) and a Certificate of Applied Football management from University of Warwick (English Professional League Manager's Association). Murphy is a NSCAA National Instructor and an author of two books and two instructional DVDs.
The event will start with sign-in and registration at 3:30 p.m. in the Gene Bishop Fieldhouse. The Georgia Southern men's soccer staff will then conduct the first part of the symposium for approximately two hours in the fieldhouse. Those in attendance will then be invited to watch the Eagles as they compete against North Florida across Erk Russell Athletic Park at Eagle Field. Following the game, Murphy and staff will conduct a post-match analysis. The day will conclude with a coaches social at the Clubhouse located at 2704 Old Register Road.
Coaches traveling from out of state can contact the men's soccer team for a list of select hotels in Statesboro via this email address: gsumenssoccer@georgiasouthern.edu.
The men's soccer team returns home to Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park on Friday, September 9. The Eagles will host James Madison in a 4 p.m. match which will be the first part of a men's and women's doubleheader. The Eagle women play Kennesaw State at 7 p.m.
Following the men's game, head coach
John Murphy and the Eagles will offer a free youth boys clinic at Paulson stadium. All boys between the ages 7-14 are invited to receive instruction from the players and coaches as well as participate in an autograph session and meet-and-greet with the Eagles. The clinic will run 6:30 – 8 p.m.
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