A player’s coach greatly impacts that player’s abilities, energy, enthusiasm and long-term success playing soccer. That’s why our Club emphasizes coach development alongside player development. We provide a variety of informal and formal club-level training and actively support our coaches’ participation at state-level training to create the best atmosphere for becoming a better soccer player. Specifically, the Carlisle Soccer Club rewards coaches for completing a youth module administered by the Iowa Soccer Association (ISA), and we provide partial reimbursement for E- and D-level certification from ISA. Our goal is to have every coach at the U10 level and above be E-certified by the fall 2008 season.
Coaching resources
The Club owns a number of soccer-related training DVDs that may be checked out by contacting Paul Gruber, director of coaching. The titles include the following:
Soccer Specialty Training DVDs
- Keeper!
- Modern Defending
- Coaching Set Plays
- Coerver Method (all levels)
- Gol! Brazilian Foot Skills (all levels)
- Soccer Clinic (basic to intermediate)
- Skill Factor Pro Training (intermediate to advanced)
Coach Gruber also recommends the following websites about soccer training:
- Matt’s Practice Plans
- Soccer Drills & Articles
- Coach Gruber’s S.T.A.R. Training blog
The Iowa Soccer Association has produced a u6/u8 coaching manual and a u10/12 coaching manual that you can download here or from the ISA website.ISA also administers classes for the state E Coaching License and the national D Coaching License. For more information, visit the ISA website, contact director of coaching Paul Gruber (a national D license holder) or download this E License Candidate Manual or this D License Candidate Manual.
Interested in coaching?
If you’re interested in supporting our Club by becoming a coach, please contact Paul Gruber, director of coaching, at 515-953-1781 or via email. For the fall 2008 season, we are currently seeking three u6 coaches. This is an easy, no-pressure way to get involved with soccer at the beginning of a player’s soccer career. Call Paul if you’d like to learn more.
New Coach Forms
New coaches must complete the Online Volunteer Disclosure Form at the Iowa Soccer Association site. In the Downloadable and Online forms section, select the Online Volunteer Disclosure Form, fill out and submit the forms directly to ISA. Once approved, your name will be put in the database to allow team assignments for our Club.
Interested in playing in a tournament?
Click here to learn about some of the tournaments scheduled for 2008.
Fall 2008 coaches
U5 boys
Lance Lenhart 515-989-4463 319-551-2188 llamalenny@hotmail.com
U5 boys
Brian Bowlin 515-989-9050 515-783-4295 bowlindenju123@yahoo.com
U5 coed
Eric Birkenholtz 515-953-5392 319-310-1723 eric.birkenholtz@gmail.com
U5 girls
Eric McGarrah 515-554-0519 515-554-0519 ericmcgarrah@wellsfargo.com
U6 boys
Kirk Wilson 515-333-1181 515-557-0602 kirkjamiewilson@hotmail.com
U6 boys
Todd Gammon 515-989-0130 515-783-6541 trgammon@gmail.com
U6 boys
Troy Jardine 515-664-7524 515-664-7526 ksmjardine@yahoo.com
U6 girls
Marty Berg 515-989-0697 515-202-2800 Bergs4@msn.com
U7 boys
Christina Middleswart 515-240-4414 christina.r.middleswart@wellsfargo.com
U7 girls
Paul Gruber 515-953-1781 515-491-2446 paul@gruberproductions.com
U7 girls
Marilyn Hintz 515-961-3208 515-250-9618 marilyn@auroraind.com
U8 boys
Mark True 515-989-5290 515-556-1574 mark@relonline.com
U8 boys
Jennifer Rowray 515-953-6888 515-770-6063 jrowray@mchsi.com
U8 girls
Walter Walker 515-961-8823 515-710-5950 wwalker@deerychevrolet.com
U8 girls
Darren Sievers 515-989-0635 damasievers@mchsi.com
U8 girls
Kyle Brown 515-989-0321 515-306-9483 kyle.brown@worldnet.att.net
U9 boys
Dave Kallemyn 515-989-4446 dkallemyn@mchsi.com
U9 girls
Joy LeClaire 515-287-1915 515-321-1041 vanillaleclaire@hotmail.com
U10 boys
Ken Fisher 515-266-5149 mightyfishers@msn.com
U10 girls
Jeff Lierow 515-953-0821 tjaclierows@msn.com
U11 boys
Wayne Dille 515-953-4369 515-401-2109 w.dille@mchsi.com
U12 boys
Tim LeClaire 515-287-1915 515-321-1041 dadleclaire@hotmail.com
U12 girls
Jake Whipple 515-953-6220 515-480-3734 jvwhipple1@msn.com
U13 girls
Paul Gruber 515-953-1781 515-491-2446 paul@gruberproductions.com
U15 girls
Tom Staecker 515-989-9861 515-229-6214 labeltom@yahoo.com