BenchCoaching
Coaching. Three eras on the bench.
Three eras, fourteen years of session plans in two languages, one public club appointment, one league won as staff, and a reappointment.
No formal coaching licence. I am saying that up front because it is the first thing a league will check, and because what I can put in front of you instead is a written record of how I actually work: dated session plans, tactics boards, post-match reviews, a team rules document and a prize pool I split myself.
- 4From my roster in the Baller League USA final four16 May 2026, a top scorer and a head coach among them
- 1League won as announced staffUSSL 2024, Dade County FC
- 7Dated session plans in one 2012 blockMinute by minute, April to September
- 0Formal coaching licencesThe paperwork on this page is the record instead
ClubDade County FC, Miami
Announced as a coach in 2024. Back on the bench in 2026.
I came into the club in 2023 as a registered UPSL Premier Division player, and I played the 2023 and 2024 seasons for them before the bench. The earliest club footage I have is two Veo matches from February 2023.
Spring 2024, announced publicly as a coach, assisting head coach Artem Baranovskyi. The club put it as Artem being assisted by Anton, two people who know the club in and out. My own post that day called it an exciting day to be announced as a coach, laying the groundwork for a professional club mentality.
2024, the club won the USSL. The owner's message to the squad was that we had joined the USSL for greater control and flexibility, that it had turned out less competitive than expected, and that the squad had shown it was well above that level by winning the league with ease. First season at Traz Powell Stadium, last game 30 June 2024. No post-season was played, so there was no final and there is no trophy photograph from it.
17 August 2026, coaching again, with Artem. The owner's own line: Artem and Anton, coaches again.
2026 competitions: UPSL Division 1, Florida South South, for the first team, plus a USSL South Florida Fall 2026 reserve strand. I am registered as a player this season as well, which is how I like it.
Co-staff on record: Artem Baranovskyi, head coach in 2024 and coach again in 2026, a UEFA B licensed coach and a former professional, and Ewout Gouw, coach in 2023 and 2024.
We still play each other. A session on Sunny Isles turf, 24 May 2026, one of sixty-five takes off my own phone. Twelve seconds of a one against one.
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1v1 with Artem Baranovskyi, beats him and drives away Private training session · 24 May 2026 finish off camera That this is me against Artem is my own account: nothing on screen names either player. The take ends as the carrier drives clear, with no finish on it.
Dade County FC is not Miami Dade FC. They are two different clubs and the records get mixed up online.
Set piecesFrom the folder
Two corner boards off my own drive.
Four corner diagrams are the coaching artefacts that survive as files. Two of them carry the actual instructions: numbered players, zonal blocks, a one against one on the edge of the box, and the runs drawn in.
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Defensive corner Three on the six-yard line, zonal on both flanks, one against one on the near side, and the outlet held high at 11. -
Offensive corner Delivery arcs to near and far post, the runners numbered, and two kept back on the halfway line so a counter does not catch us out.
The signals are coded on the pitch so nobody has to shout them: no hands is near post, one hand up is far post.
MethodIn my own words
Five seconds to win it back.
Every time we lose the ball we are aggressive, and we have five seconds to win it back.
The five points under it, as they are written:
- Strong pass in defence especially.
- Why am I doing this? What is the reason to move here, to stay here?
- If the opponent makes weak or sloppy passes, that is the indicator to start pressure.
- One of the most important and most complicated jobs is switching from defence to attack, above all when you are under pressure. The call "turn" should help you.
- We should always receive the ball facing the opponent's goal. There is no meaning in receiving the ball and moving towards your own keeper.
The habit at the end of every session, written in the same folder: thank every player with a handshake. Every one of them, every time.
What is on file next to the session plans: a full Russian translation of Pep Lijnders' Coaches' Voice masterclass on Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona, Antonio Conte's interval protocol, and a note on Jurgen Klopp. I translate the material I want the squad to hear, then I teach it.
CourtRules I still repeat
Head turning, nothing shameful about a pass backwards.
- The head has to be turning constantly.
- No shouting "where are you running, what are you doing" on the court. Ever.
- There is absolutely nothing shameful about passing backwards.
- The goalkeeper plays the whole court. You are not standing in the goal, you are playing. You are a full member of the team.
- This is futsal, not football. I want false runs.
- Wall passes are your bread. Our game is the counter.
Things I have built and run rather than talked about: a possession drill where you are not allowed to pass to anyone in your own half, the coded corner signals above, a five-block pre-game warm-up protocol, a written team rules and conduct document that ends with "when we enter a field we are a family" and "to be champions, we must act like champions", a rotation tied to attendance data with an under-23 blended into the first team, and matchday rosters of 20 to 24 players.
It is not just about showing what you can do with the ball at your feet. It is about showing who you are when the going gets tough.
LedgerBelarus, the two earlier spells
Where the session plans start.
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2012
Tournament-prep futsal side
Seven dated session plans with minute by minute blocks, a pressing lecture, and an opening address: we are all here to prepare for the coming tournament and to win it. Training was once, sometimes twice a week, so the real work was each player preparing on his own.
Minsk
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2014
Minsk city championship futsal side
Around 2014 and 2015. A written self-introduction as coach, a scripted tactics lecture built as theory, then the drills that cement it, then practice, and three structured plus, minus and tasks post-match reviews. The lecture's own framing: understand this shape and apply it and you can beat more than half the teams in the city without straining. Recorded result from those reviews: we beat Gorchitsa by one goal.
Minsk
The measurement method from that 2012 address is the thing that later became EasyChamp: everyone keeps records at home, how many shots you took, how many were on target, how many went in, drill by drill, with the load split into physical, technical and tactical. I was building a stats product before I knew that is what it was.
I am not putting a club name on the mid-2010s side. Whether it was Dorozhnik, MyWorld, or two different teams, is still open in my own archive, so it stays unnamed until I can prove it.
BoardEasyChamp FC
Owner, coach and number 8 of the same team.
I own EasyChamp FC, I coach it, and I play in it, shirt 8. Miami Superliga 8v8 champions, July 2025. After the final I allocated a 3,000 dollar prize pool across the squad myself, with a written per-player breakdown and categories for the leaders, the most persistent, and the important contributions.
Seven PS23 seasons on from the first fixture that is about 88 games, and the club's own records put me at 100 per cent attendance in every season that was measured, registered Midfield and Admin, captain. The title season read 11 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats, 96-61, 34 points. PS23 stopped publishing per-player scorers after season C92, so I cannot tell you how many of those 96 goals were mine, and I am not going to estimate.
The lineup sheets put me consistently in the second line, right and deep, usually paired with Artem or Pedro, with a holding midfielder behind the front pair. I pick the shape, then I play inside it, which keeps me honest about whether it works.
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July 2025 · Champion
Miami Superliga 8v8, EasyChamp FC
The club I own, coach and play in. The title season read 11 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats, 96 goals for and 61 against, 34 points.
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2024 · League won
USSL, Dade County FC
Won as the coaching staff: Artem Baranovskyi and I took the side together. No post-season was played. I am photographed with the trophy at Traz Powell Stadium on 30 June 2024.
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2014 to 2015 · Recorded
Minsk city championship futsal side
Recorded result from the post-match reviews: we beat Gorchitsa by one goal.
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2012 · Recorded
Tournament-prep futsal side
Seven dated session plans and a pressing lecture on file.
Gold means a real title. The two Belarus spells are printed plain because what survives from them is the paperwork, not a trophy.
Baller LeagueThe part that matters to a 6v6 league
Four of mine were in the final four.
On 16 May 2026, four people from my EasyChamp FC roster were in the Baller League USA final four.
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Midnight Wizards
Eugene Starikov
10 goals, top scorer of the tournament.
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Midnight Wizards
Pedro Pinheiro
Head coach.
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Midnight Wizards
Rapha Chiarella
4 goals.
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Super Ninos
Artem Baranovskyi
Centre-back. 9 appearances, 1 goal, 14 tackles, 10 clearances, 95 passes and 22 duels won on his league player page. We coach Dade County FC together.
Super Ninos won the final 6-2. I have already supplied that league with players and with a head coach. That is the coaching credential I would lead with, and it is the reason the 6v6 format is not a guess for me.
AlsoCoaching off the pitch
Two products built for the same problem.
SkillUp Football is a free iOS training app for footballers that I shipped on 11 May 2026, rated 5.0 on the App Store. World-class coaches connected to players who want to get better, which is the same job as a session plan, done at scale.
I also founded EasyChamp, which now runs several products: league and tournament management, live standings, and eSports competitions. The measurement habit I gave a futsal squad in 2012 turned into a company.
Why 6v6 fits my game The full career ledger
Evidence for this page
- Dade County FC coaching announcement, spring 2024: instagram.com/p/C3GMTYDul6f and facebook.com
- USSL 2024, 17 August 2026 reappointment, Traz Powell Stadium, and the 30 June 2024 last game: club owner's messages to the squad, held in the personal archive. No public USSL 2024 table or final exists.
- 2026 competitions: UPSL Division 1 Florida South South fixture of 12 September 2026 on division1.upsl.com, plus the Baloa inscription record and the UPSL registration dashboard.
- Artem Baranovskyi's Baller League USA player page: ballerleague.us
- Super Ninos crowned champions: ballerleague.us and the final on YouTube, video CRH0a_2c-cc
- EasyChamp FC, Miami Superliga 8v8, July 2025: instagram.com/reel/DYZrl5ckQN5, plus my own championship and prize-pool note
- SkillUp Football: skillup-football.com and YouTube Short 6AaQjndlI6E
- Session plans 2012, MyWorld-Team reviews 2014 to 2015, the Dade County FC coaching folder, the team rules document and the four corner boards: personal archive, not public. Listed on /records/.