01Pillar
Player development planning
A repeatable method for assessing a private player, identifying bottlenecks, and building a development plan that progresses across the season.
The Standard
The five pillars and the eleven units that form the CPSC standard.
CPSC defines what a certified private soccer coach is expected to know and do. Five pillars, eleven teaching units, and a capstone — reviewed by a trained, experienced private trainer who is also a former player, a parent, and a career educator or executive.
Five pillars
The dimensions every coach is scored on.
Pillars are not a competing curriculum. They are the standing dimensions we assess across every unit, every deliverable, and the capstone review.
02Pillar
Session delivery
1:1, semi-private, and small-group sessions engineered for technical density, sound progressions, and real transfer to game.
03Pillar
Parent communication
Clear onboarding, boundaried updates, and professional language parents actually trust.
04Pillar
Professional operations
Offers, pricing, policies, and inquiry flow for a real private training business.
05Pillar
Safe private-training standards
Facility readiness, safeguarding, and incident documentation — the floor under every credentialed coach.
The framework
Eleven teaching units, one capstone — sequenced.
Each unit produces a deliverable. Every deliverable is scored 1–4 against a rubric. A 3.0+ pass average with no critical criterion at 1 is required. A capstone case study integrates the work.
- 01
The Private Coach Standard
What a certified private coach is expected to know and do. Program expectations, role definition, and the service statement.
Professional operations3 lessons · 45 min - 02
Assessing the Player
Intake, first-session diagnostics, baseline observation, and bottleneck identification.
Player development planning4 lessons · 60 min - 03
Building a Development Plan
Translate an assessment into a focused 4- or 6-week plan with clear priorities and progression logic.
Player development planning4 lessons · 60 min - 04
Designing the 1:1 Session
Objective clarity, opening relevance, technical quality, progression, cueing — session craft at the individual level.
Session delivery5 lessons · 75 min - 05
Designing the Semi-Private Session
Pairing logic, layout and flow, rep density, scaling across two or three players, competitive layer.
Session delivery4 lessons · 60 min - 06
Running Small-Group Private Training
Group promise clarity, size-appropriate design, flow, and the strategy that separates private small-group from team training.
Session deliveryProfessional operations4 lessons · 60 min - 07
Coaching Communication and Delivery
Presence, clarity of instructions, cueing, timing, and control on the grass.
Session delivery3 lessons · 45 min - 08
Parent Communication
Onboarding scripts, expectation setting, progress updates, and the boundaries that protect the coach and the player.
Parent communication3 lessons · 45 min - 09
Professional Operating Standards
Offers, pricing, policies, and the inquiry-to-client workflow that runs a real private training business.
Professional operations4 lessons · 60 min - 10
Safe Private-Training Practices
Facility readiness, emergency action, incident documentation, safeguarding — the non-negotiables of the trade.
Safe private-training standards3 lessons · 45 min - 11
Putting It All Together
Integrate the eleven units into a coherent private practice. Readiness check before the capstone review.
Player development planningSession deliveryParent communicationProfessional operationsSafe private-training standards2 lessons · 45 min
Pass criteria
80%+ on unit quizzes. 3.0+ rubric average. No critical criterion at 1. Capstone must be reviewer-passed.
Outcomes
Submissions are returned as passed, revision required, or not yet passed. Candidates may revise and resubmit within the cohort window.
Maintenance
Certification is renewed annually to maintain the standard. Renewal requires a short continuing-education attestation.