Mark Mason

Coaching Overview

Twenty-nine years of soccer coaching experience includes middle school, high school, premier club, college, and Olympic Development Program. Head coaching includes soccer, swimming, wrestling, volleyball and basketball. 

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$5.00 for custom drill suggestions & diagrams. Small group and team tactical instructions and diagrams $10.00.

Detailed Video Match Analysis

My mission is to help you win, and to help your players play better. Detailed Video Match Analysis and suggestions for areas of improvement $50. Team must supply video. Ideal video will be taken from an elevated view and show all field players.

Team Training At Your Location - Available Nationwide

The six training sessions (2 hours each) will be conducted to the format of; technical warm up, functional practice, and half pitch practice. During the training your team will learn important principles of attacking width, depth, mobility, setting up play and building from the defensive third.

Additional topics include corner kicks, kick offs, throw ins, goal kicks, free kicks, penalty kicks, building from the back, beating the offside trap, overlapping runs, blind sided runs, cross-over runs, attacking in and around the box, Sweeper and Stopper styles of play, First Defender/Second Defender, First Attacker/Second Attacker, zone defense, man-to-man defense, marking, making play predictable, recovery runs and channels, use of a Target Forward, stretching the field, switching the attack, indirect possession style of play, direct style of play, counterattacking, offensive and defensive support, improving your team's speed of play, stopping breakaways, attacking by passing to open space and movement off the ball vs. passing to feet, and much more. I will also evaluate your teams formation and style of play to focus on areas of improvement.

Team training available for Select and Premier competitive teams ages 12 and above.

NOTE: Number and duration of sessions can be modified to suit the coach's individual needs, and focus for the team.  This will take into account the group of players and also the coach's preferred style of play.

COST: $900.00 - Plus transportation and lodging expenses.

WEBSITE: http://www.offball.info

Head Premier Youth Club Soccer Coaching

Lumber River (Gunners), North Carolina; Sunrise (Sunrise Youth), Florida; Highland (Huron Valley), Michigan; Livonia (Livonia Youth & Michigan Wolves), Michigan; Omaha (Gladiators), Nebraska; Sylvania (Pacesetter), Ohio. Teams won three state championships, and competed in the U.S. Canada, and Europe. Coaching experience includes boys teams from U10 to U23, and girls U18 to U23.

Certification, Training and Awards 

• 166 hours of training in advanced soccer coaching and team management techniques



• Former players included members of the U.S. Olympic Team, U.S. Pan American Games team, World University Games team, and U.S. National Youth Soccer Teams



• Former University of Toledo Athletic Trainer



• Former Ohio and Nebraska State Team Coach for the Olympic Development Program



• Named Coach of the Year by the Northwestern Ohio High School Coaches Association



• Hold the National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America



• Named All Area Coach of the Year in southeastern Michigan



• Hold a National Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation



• Minored in Athletic Training and Interscholastic Athletics



• Named Regional Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association



• Record of 45-9-8 for a .73 winning percentage during three seasons as a Michigan Class A Head Boys Varsity Soccer Coach



• Former high school players I have coached who are former professional players in the MLS: Michael Gentile, Scott Lamphear, Jeff Cassar, and Jason Kreis.