Dave Newbery

Dave Newbery
Director of Player and Coach Development
SoccerPlus

web: www.soccerplus.org
email: dave@soccerplus.org
Soccer Interactive Profile: http://community.soccerinteractive.com/profile/DavidNewbery

Dave Newbery

For the past 20 years David has studied and worked in youth education, soccer development and coaching.  A former University Professor and CEO of a Youth Sports Company, David has been fortunate to travel extensively in the USA, meeting with coaches and club officials and learning about their approach to player development and coaching.  Experiences from hundreds of clubs have afforded him the opportunity to support and guide youth soccer organizations, endeavoring to develop an educationally sound environment for players, coaches and parents.

Professional focus

• Provides advice and guidance to youth soccer programs to adopt appropriate approaches to player and coach development.
• Creator of the SoccerPlus Player Development Curriculum and online tools and resources for volunteer coaches.
• Offers consultancy services to youth soccer programs including:
  • Strategic planning – including mission, vision and values
  • Coaching education and mentoring
  • Volunteer recruitment and engagement
  • Player development and assessment
  • Implementing innovative programming for improving individual and team performance
  • Administrative re-structuring
  • Improving decision making processes and communication with Board of Directors

Blog Contributions

• Player development programming and implementation – Player Development Pathway
• Curriculum development
• Engaging volunteers and parents in town soccer programs
• The changing face of youth soccer – how town soccer can address Premier Creep
• Good practice in youth soccer
• Ability based programming
• A guide to investing in young players
• Parent education – involving parents every step of the way