Coerver Coaching

COERVER^® COACHING views the game not just as an 11 v 11 contest on a whole field but as constantly changing sequences of play between two, three and sometimes four players. Team systems are important, but they are only as good as the individual players in them. They cannot compensate for poor control or inaccurate passing and shooting. We believe that individual technique and small group skills in attack and defense determine a team’s success.

COERVER^® COACHING therefore focuses on individual skill development and small group play.

YEARS of EXCELLENCE

COERVER^® COACHING was created in 1984 by Alfred Galustian, International Director, and Charlie Cooke, Director the Americas, and inspired by player development ideas first promoted in the late 1960s by the Dutch coach Weil Coerver.

In a global climate of defensive play, the goal was to improve individual skills and produce better attacking players and teams and more exciting and effective play. Up to that time it was accepted that great players were innately gifted and that their skills were beyond the average player.

However, studies showed that this assumption was wrong and that many of the great players’ 1 v 1 moves and control skills could be broken down and taught to even the youngest players.

Since 1984, COERVER^® COACHING has developed from the handful of moves of the great players into a comprehensive training program that encompasses all aspects of the modern game.

It is now widely acknowledged as “The # 1 Soccer Skills Teaching Method” with a worldwide network of Player Camps and Coaches Schools featuring educational DVDs, books and seminars and clinics.

• A GLOBAL SOCCER coaching program inspired by the teachings of Weil Coerver and created in 1984 by Alfred Galustian, International Director and Charlie Cooke, Director of the Americas.

Today COERVER®COACHING is a worldwide soccer education company with camps, schools, events and educational products available in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania.

• A soccer skills teaching method suited for all ages but particularly effective for players aged 5-16 years and their coaches, parents and teachers.

• A method that focuses on small group play and individual skills development.

• A Curriculum that has been endorsed and recommended by the top Federations, Associations, club teams, legends and experts of the game, including FIFA and UEFA.

	Roy Dunshee Roy Dunshee is the President of United Soccer Coaching, LLC and has been active as a Coerver Coach for over a decade. He has served as an assistant coach at Northwestern University and holds a USSF A License, the NSCAA Premier Diploma and a National “Y” License from the US Youth Soccer Association. Coach Roy was a scholarship player at the University of South Carolina.

	Richard “Stimmo” Stimpson Rick Stimpson is the Director of Coaching for United Soccer Coaching and has been a Coerver Coach for since 2002. “Coach Stimmo” was a three time All-Ivy League Player at Cornell University where he holds the career assist record. He represented his native England in the World University Games in 1999 and played professionally with the Boston Bulldogs of the USL. He has coached at the high school and college levels and holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.

	Ryan Parisi Ryan Parisi is the Business Director for United Soccer Coaching and has been involved with Coerver Coaching since first attending a camp as a youth player. He played four years of varsity soccer at Bentley College in Boston and is still an elite player. In addition to directing camps and organizing team training for Coerver, Coach Ryan trains several club teams and holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and a USSF National “C” License.