Sunday, January 30, 2011

Dead of winter thinking spring...

Hello everyone,
    As January comes to a close I want to give you an update on our preparations for the spring.  Today was the last day to register teams with the Granite State Youth Soccer League.  All nine of our teams are registered.   The next step will be entering the rosters for the teams.
   As of today I'm still missing registration information from a handful of players. I will continue to try and contact these individuals. If you have not sent me the following information please contact me immediately.
    1by1 head shot, copy of birth certificate, and payment

  Beginning the week of March 21 we will have the use of gym space for practice.  Right now I have secured the Middle School and Heron Pond gyms, and will be getting Bales, hopefully, this week.  Once I have them all secured I will come up with a schedule. My intention is for the U14 and U12 teams to practice twice a week and the U10 teams once a week.  These practices will be very important for our teams to work on foot skills and conditioning.  As soon as the fields open we will move the practices outside.  The season will open on April 16, but I will not get the schedule until the end of March. 

    In the coming weeks we will be contacting you about your child's shirt size as we start to order the kits for the season.  This is shaping up to be a great spring season. We have a good group of coaches that are geared up and ready to go.  Help get your child in the mood by catching a EPL game on Espn 2 on Saturday mornings or watching some good you tube clips like the ones below. 
   That's all for now.  
    

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Purpose Of the Blog

   Hello everyone,
     I decided a while ago to build a blog for the coaches so that we could discuss and share ideas about coaching the game of soccer. Plus it would give me another place to get information out to them instead of sending tons of emails.   Then I thought to myself why not do the same for the parents.  So here it is.
     I hope this will become a good source for you to find out what is going on in the game of soccer not only with the MCAA, but through out the world.  I will update this regularly with new links, vids, and recommended reading.
    I encourage you to become apart of this and add suggestions and comments.   If you have a link suggestion or a book recommendation please let us know so we can share it with everyone.  Also if you have a question, no matter how simple, please put it out there.  The better informed you are the more you can enjoy the game.
    I realize that everyone may not have the same love of soccer, but whatever your feelings I encourage you to take the time to learn more about the sport your child is involved in.
     Thanks