Thursday's Away Game (@ West Lincoln) Cancelled

Hi everyone, we rec'd confirmation that our game this Thursday will have to be rescheduled...

TEAM PHOTO DAY: Parents please mark Monday, June 20 on your calenders for the Team Photo Session at the WSC... I will give you more details when I get them from the Club.

Thanks
Coach Jim

Welland Wizards Win Season Opener 7-1 !

Congratulations Boys!  I am speechless and THAT is a first! The Welland Wizards played Barcelona-like tonight!

Your Welland goals brought to you by Dino, Matthew (2), David, Juan (2) and Miguel! 

Take pride and be proud, and always remember this feeling... the feeling you get, not just from winning, but by working so very hard and seeing the results!

Boys, let's have some perspective, it's not about winning... you know in Europe, at your age, they don't even keep score!!!!  Understand that success is measured in many ways... for example: are you growing as a player? are your skills improving? are you having fun?! ........As your coach, I can say: Yes, Yes and Yes - 1000%!   Remember this: during the season we can lose or draw a game - but still show improvement... you see, that is success as well... and we will be just as proud of you!...

So see you at practice tomorrow night- and be prepared to work hard!!!!!!
(NOTE PRACTICE LOCATION IS GLENDALE 6:30-8:00pm)

Coach Jim

PS: Parents who have pictures and video, please share them with me and let me know if you would like them posted on this blog!

GAME ON - Tonight vs. Lincoln on Field 7 at WSC... Be there by 6:00pm!

Hi everyone, I confirmed this AM, even with the rain last night, our game is on!

Few things:

• Be at Field 7, WSC ready to play by 6:00pm
• eat a light supper early and bring lots of water
• Wear your "Reds"
• Parents, please make sure your boy's laces are tied and tight!
• NO snacks at half-time... only water/Gatorade-type drinks

See you tonight - Coach Marty and I can hardly wait!
Coach Jim

Back to Basics: Juggling

Players, I want all of you to work on your ball juggling skills... a travel soccer player should be able to juggle the ball at least 20 times, combining use of both feet, thighs and head... this is my expectation of you as your coach for this team... many of you can easily do 20, but just as many of you can't ......... yet!

Juggling a ball is a GREAT way to train... you can do it by yourself, all you need is a ball,  you develop quicker feet and coordination, you get tons of touches, you develop your touch with the ball... and hey, it's fun!

Here are a few tutorial videos, watch them, study them, and practice, practice and practice more-EVERYDAY...

Lasalle Soccer Academy Juggling
GUILLERMO GOMEZ - how to Juggle a Soccer Ball
Highschool Player Teaches You How to Juggle
U9 Girl Juggles 585 times!

Coach Jim

Summer Soccer Camp Registration

Hi everyone, It's that time of year - Summer Soccer Camp Registration!!!....Please see the link to the  Welland Soccer Club Summer Soccer Camp 2011 (July 18 -22)  for all registrarion details... as I always say-the more touches the better!

Practice Cancelled 2 Nite

HI everyone, forecast is calling for thunderstorms tonight, and although I am known for using the "Lightning-Thunder" reference from “Rocky” from time-to-time, let’s NOT have a practice tonight!…

Status of Monday’s Game at WSC v West Lincoln

I have been told that the decision will be made on Monday AM as to  whether or not the Monday games at WSC will be played…  looking at the weather forecasts though, it will rain steady (except for Sat) until then, so I am doubtful that the game will be played… of course, as soon as I know, I will let you know…

Regular Practice Schedule

Sunday AMs, 8:00am -9:30am at Glendale

Tuesday PMs,  6:30pm-8:00pm on ***Field 6C at WSC

***Re: Tuesday PMs on Field 6C at WSC: The Welland Soccer Club Board of Directors developed a plan to allow travel teams to practice once a week at the club during the season… this is someting club coaches have been asking for for years... we were slotted for time on Tuesday PMs... the cost for upkeep and maintainance is $100.00 for the season (or just under $7.00 per player)… I will add that to the Tournament money costs…  If the WSC fields are closed (like now) we will move the practice to Glendale… I will give you as much notice as possible if we move Tuesday PM practice to Glendale…

See you Saturday afternoon at Santo's... please let me know if you are coming... 

Thanks

Coach Jim

This Weekend's Team Building Activities

Hi everyone, we have a weekend of a fun and soccer learning planned for the team...

As you know, this Saturday afternoon is the UEFA Champions League Final, FC Barcelona v Manchester United from Wembley Stadium in London. We are having a “Team Champion's League Pizza Party” to watch two of the greatest teams in the world play this hugely historic match live!... we are watching the game at Santo's Pizzeria on East Main Street in Welland. Kick-off is 2:45pm. Santo's usually doesn't open until 3:00pm but the owner said he would do us a favour and try to open his doors for us at 2:30... parents are welcome...we will order tray-size pizzas and pop and split the costs between us... roughly $5.oo per person...let's be on our best behaviour and have a great time!...... and wear your Barca or Man U jerseys and colours!!!

The second (and no cost!) activity for our team is to watch live Senior Men’s Soccer at the WSC Sunday Night at 5:00!  Our Welland Young's Insurance men take on the Aurora Hearts in the Ontario Cup Preliminary Round...  Players, this is a great opportunity to watch and learn the game…

Please send me an email ASAP to let me know: (1) how many can come Saturday afternoon to watch the CL Final, AND (2) who will come watch the Senior Men’s Game on Sunday PM at WSC...

Thanks

Coach Jim

First Game (Thursday v Roma) Cancelled

Hello Everyone, I have been informed our first game of the season (this coming Thursday) has been cancelled - the WSC Fields are closed…  the status of our second game next Monday has not been decided as of yet… will keep you posted…

Player Emergency Contact Cards

The Player Emergency Contact Cards need to be filled out and given to me ASAP… thanks to those that have given them to me!…  but I only have 7 of 15 cards so far…

I will keep these cards with me at practice and games and will destroy them at the end of the year… I will bring blank copies of the card to practice if you can not find the original distributed in the package at the Parent’s Meeting.

Thanks, see you tonight at practice

Coach Jim

Practice Tonight @ Glendale & Team News

Hi everyone, a reminder for practice tonight at Glendale from 6:30-8:00pm… as always, proper soccer shoes and shin pads, lots of water and WHITE shirts (although they won’t likely be white for long!)

UNIFORMS will be distributed tonight at the end of practice.

Each player will receive:

• Red (home) jersey
• Green (alternate) jersey
• One pair of Black Shorts
• One pair of Red Socks 
• One pair of Green Socks
  

*IMPORTANT: the Alternate Green Jersey MUST be returned to me at the end of the season – no exceptions. We will usually wear our “Reds”, but players MUST always bring their Green Jersey and Green Socks with them to the games in case we need to wear them.  I will do my best to give you advance notice if we are wearing our “Greens”. 

Please see your emails for for updates on (1) FUNDRAISING – SCRATCH CARDS and (2) BACKPACKS AND WARM-UPS

Thanks everyone, and see you tonight… only days left before our first game and Coach Marty and I are pumped!

Coach Jim

League Schedule - U11 Welland Wizards - NYSL

Hi all, below is our League Schedule... this does not include Tournament Schedules, I will post those as I receive them... I am working on google map hyper links for all the away fields... Also, click here for the link to our schedule on the  NYSL website.

Date	Time	Opponent	Location
Mon, May 30	6:30	Lincoln	Welland Field 7
Thurs, June 9	6:30	Pelham	Welland Field 7
Wed June 15	6:00	at Niagara Falls	Club Italia, Niagara Falls
Fri June 17	6:30	at Grimsby	Smith #4,  Grimsby
Mon, June 20	6:30	Roma	Welland Field 7 (Rescheduled)
Thurs, Jun 23	6:30	NOTL	Welland Field 7
Mon, Jun 27	6:30	Fort Erie	Welland Field 7
Thur, July7	6:30	at Port Colborne	Sportsplex, Port Colborne
Wed, July 13	6:30	at Fort Erie	Ferndale Park, Fort Erie
Thurs, July 14	6:30	Grimsby	Welland Field 7
Tues, July 19	6:30	at Lincoln	Lions Park 4, Lincoln
Thurs, July 21	6:30	at West Lincoln	Leisure Plex, West Lincoln (Rescheduled to August 23 see details below)
Wed, July 27	6:00	at Roma	Club Roma, St Cath
Thurs, August 4	6:30	West Lincoln	Welland Field 7
Thurs, August 11	6:30	at Pelham	Centennial Park, Pelham
Thurs, August 18	6:00	Niagara Falls	Welland Field 7
Tues, August 30	6:00	at NOTL	Memorial B, NOTL
Thurs, Sept 1	6:00	Port Colborne	Welland Field 7
Billy Gray Cup
Thursday Sept 15	6:00	at Port Colborne	Sportsplex, Port Colborne

League Play- offs continue September 17-18 (Sat and Sun) in Grimsby.... Details to follow after September 15 first round game v Port Colborne...



RESCHEDULED: Our game at West Lincoln (which was called off due to the extreme heat on July 21) has been rescheduled for Tuesday August 23 at 6:30 pm on Field 2 in West Lincoln (Smithville)  As always players must be at the field no later than 6:00pm (30 minutes prior to KO) for warm-ups.



IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL GAMES:
Game START times are listed above.
Players MUST arrive 30 minutes PRIOR to the game start time! 

Looking forward to a great season!
Coach Jim

Practice Moved to Friday

Hi everyone, tomorrow's practice will be moved to Friday night (Glendale 6:30-8:00pm)...

Thanks
Coach Jim

What a GREAT WEEKEND!

Thank you everyone for making our Sherkston Shores Team Building Retreat such a HUGE success! Our goals for our weekend were to have fun, team build and learn... well check, check and check again!...

Some highlights: campfire with marshmallows and hotdogs; training on the beach and sand dune climbing; watching English Premier League while having breakfast served to us in the restaurant; madness in the arcade with the whole team climbing into the hurricane machine and then watching the boys hack the basketball game; Keegan hitting the jackpot with the game shooting out tickets for 10 minutes; endless FIFA Tournaments; private technical training with Clayton; our Boardroom Meeting; fantastic games; and getting absolutely drenched on Sunday! 

On the serious side,  I am amazed at how hard the boys worked all weekend long... 6 hours of training each day... Well done!

Exhibition Game Summaries:
Your Welland Wizards earned a win and a draw over the weekend!

Welland 4 - Roma 3
In a rousing performance our team prevailed 4-3 over Roma on Saturday afternoon.  Our boys played brilliantly and dominated the game for long stretches... fantastic team work, decision making and toughness!
Your Welland Goals by: Matthew (2), Lucas and Liam

Welland 2 - Fort Erie 2
After taking a 2-0 lead into the half against Fort Erie, our battle weary boys (who before the game trained for over 3 hours in the cold wind and hard-driving morning rain) worked hard for a draw against Fort Erie (Erie's last goal was waaaaaay off-sides LOL!)....and we nearly won it in the final seconds if not for an outstanding save by the Erie Keeper...
Your Welland Goals by: David and Juan

Players, I am proud of you! You worked very hard, you were so much fun to be with, you learned alot about "The Beautiful Game" and you grew as a team... CONGRATULATIONS! ...I'm sure you will all go to bed early tonight!

Parents, thank you again for all your help... this weekend would not have happened without you and your support... special thanks go to Keegan's Mom (Aurelia), Devin's Dad (Rob), Zack's Dad (Eric) and Colton's Dad (Rowen) who stayed over-night with us...

NO PRACTICE TUESDAY NIGHT.... next practice wiill be this Thursday, May19 at Glendale School (6;30 to 8:00pm)...   I will send an email out shortly re our Season Schedule and Practice Plans moving forward...

Thanks!
Coach Jim





Thoughts B4 We Meet Tonight!

HI everyone, I am so excited the weekend of our retreat is finally here!  The full itinerary was emailed to you earlier this week.....a  few thoughts and to answer some common questions that have been coming my way:

·         we are meeting at 6:00pm at Sherkston Shores Resort

·         directions from Welland:

o   hwy 406 to East Main (the end), turn left and go under tunnel

o   turn right onto hwy 140 to Port Colborne and follow all the way to hwy 3

o   left onto hwy 3 towards Fort Erie

o   turn right onto Empire Street (approx 15 mins from corner of  140 and hwy 3)

o   Resort is found at the end of the road (approx 2K)

·         when you arrive -  do not go through the “toll gates”… veer to the right and park at the    Visitor/Welcome Centre

·         Clayton Rosario and Pizza and Refreshments will be waiting for us

·         We will get a tour, go over the rules and get settled in our Cottages

·         Nothing planned for tonight  other than a lot of goofing around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

·         So far we only have one PS3 coming…. There are three cottages, please bring your PS3s or xBOXs or Wii’s etc etc

·         Weather calls for rain, please bring lots of changes of clothes, hats umbrellas etc… hopefully will we use some sun screen, but it doesn't look like it!

The priorities for the weekend are Fun, Team Building and Learning… the "exhibition games" are actually further training opportunities… please don’t read anything into what position your son is playing, who starts a "game" etc… Coach Marty and I have worked out plans that will let me see a number of different combinations, rotations etc…. please feel free to come and cheer our boys on!

One final word to Parents --- thank you for helping me get this thing off the ground!  This is our first time doing a Retreat... I'm sure we will look back at some things that went surprising well and some others that will cause us to say: "hmmm, let's do that different next time" ... in the end, it's about our boys having a great experience... I thank you in advance for your patience, encouragement and support!

See you tonight!

Coach Jim

No Practice Tonight - Time to Complete Your Scratch Cards!

Hi everyone, just confirming there is no practice tonight… take the time to canvas your neighbourhoods with the scratch cards and rest up for this weekend!

I will send an email tomorrow with some final thoughts for the weekend, directions to Sherkston, etc…

It looks like rain (forecast says 2-4 mm - not tooooo much), so I can’t emphasize enough to bring lots of changes of soccer clothes, umbrellas, ponchos hats, etc, etc…

Dino will be bringing his PS3 but we have three cottages so please bring your PS3s, Xboxes and/or Wii’s, and games etc, etc...

Thanks

Coach Jim

Practice Tonight @ Glendale School Field

Hi everyone, confirming practice tonight at Glendale School field from 6:30-8:00pm (behind the school)... Please wear outdoor soccer shoes (cleats), proper shin pads, WHITE shirts and bring water...

SCRATCH CARD REMINDER: bring your completed cards tonight (with the $$$ collected) and get your next card!

See you tonight,
Coach Jim

What a Beautiful Day For a Run! (ND tonight 6:30-7:30pm) & Team Updates

Hi all,
We have our regular Conditioning & Tactical tonight at the ND Track 6:30-7:30pm... Running Shoes ONLY for the track and bring lots of water...

FUNDRAISING UPDATE
Scratch Cards were handed out on Tuesday night and I have heard very positive reports on how great they are working!.... understand that the faster you complete your cards, the faster we collect the $$$ for the Retreat Weekend to bring down the cost.... Bring your completed cards tonight (with the $$$ collected) and receive your second card. Some parents are asking for more cards already! Zack's Mom (Amber) will collect the cards and $$$ and give you additional cards.

IMPORTANCE OF FUNDRAISING: If every player completes three cards we will have nearly enough $$$ to pay for all of the Team Building Retreat Weekend! 

TEAM WARM-UPS & BAGS
Zackery's Dad (Eric) is co-ordinating the ordering and purchasing of these items... NOTE TO PARENTS: please come by the training tonight for sizing. Eric has all the details re pricing, sizing and ordering.... we have much more flexibility this year with pricing, what we can order and how...

TEAM BUILDING RETREAT WEEKEND (MAY 13, 14, 15)
I am finalizing the schedule/agenda over the next couple of days and will email to parents when complete.  I will also include a check-list on what to bring.  Cost is $195.00 plus tax ($220.35)...  I will need payment from parents next week with the idea that parents will be re-imbursed based on how much we collect through the fundraising over the next few weeks... the goal is to fundraise enough to give back the entire amount to parents!   I will be speaking directly with parents who have volunteered to sleep over with regards to schedule and cost.

NYSL LEAGUE SCHEDULE
The NYSL Coach's Kickoff Meeting is next Wednesday May 11... I understand they will distribute our league game schedule at that meeting. I will give it to you as soon as I have it.

SPECIAL THANK-YOU'S
Thank you parents for your support and enthusiasm and offering as volunteers to get our program off the ground!  A special thank-you to Zack's Mom (Amber) for the unbelieveable job she is doing with the Scratch Card Fundraiser.... Also, thank you to Zack's Dad (Eric) for co-ordinating the ordering of warm-ups and bags... Mackenzie's Dad (Dave) gets kudo's for putting together the team First Aid Kit. .....and thank-you to Colton's Mom and Dad (Alissa and Rowan) for putting together the Gift Basket... Keegan's Mom and Dad (Aurelia and Dierk) have volunteered for car-pooling - thanks!

I can't thank ALL the parents enough.... YOU will make this a great summer of soccer for our boys!

As always please contact me with any questions you may have…

Coach Jim

Practice Tuesday Night - please see email for details

Hi everyone, confirming our regular Tuesday practice for tomorrow night... please see your emails for the details!

Coach Jim

SOCCER TACTICS – BASIC DEFINITIONS

Players, this is what we will talk about tonight during our Tactical Traning... These are some of the basics you need to understand...

With our conditioning program we will be most fit team... and with our tactical training we will be the smartest team!

“Passing to OPEN SPACE and movement off the ball” - Being able to pass to open space, anticipating passes to open space and your teammate’s "movement off the ball"


Playing this way allows a team to have a much faster, more fluid and more creative attack. It is a way of thinking, as opposed to "passing to feet". A player who can only pass to feet and who doesn't know how to pass to space or move to create space is very limited.


“Center of the field" - The center of the field is the area between the 2 goals (as opposed to the "wings" or sides of the field where the sidelines are). The center of the field is where the "Center Fullback", "Center Midfielder" and "Center Forward" mostly play. When your coaches say "center it", we usually mean to kick the ball to the area in front of the goal.
“Middle of the field" - The middle of the field is the area of the field that includes the "Halfway Line". Many coaches say "go to the middle" when they really mean "go to the center".


"Attacking Third" - The Attacking Third is the third of the field that is closest to your opponent's goal (i.e., the goal the opposing Goalie defends). When our team attacks, we want our Forwards and our Midfielders to get the ball into the Attacking Third. When our opponent is attacking our goal, we will not have any players in the Attacking Third, since our Midfielders will probably have dropped back near your "Penalty Box" line to help defend and your Forwards will have dropped back to the Halfway Line or to the inside of the "Center Circle" so they are in position to win "cleared" balls. This “shifting " with the ball is very important so you have "support" on offense and defense).

"Middle Third" - The Middle Third is the third of the field that includes the "Halfway Line" and the "Center Circle". When we attack, if our Fullbacks (Defenders) "Push Up" they will come up into the Middle Third. When our opponent is attacking our goal, our Forwards should come back into the Middle Third to the Halfway Line or even to the inside of the Center Circle so they are in position to win "cleared balls".

"Defensive Third" - The Defensive Third is the third of the field that includes our goal (our goal is the one your Goalie defends). Our Fullbacks (Defenders) will spend most of their time in the Defensive Third unless our Fullbacks "Push Up" when we attack. Our Midfielders should drop back into our Defensive Third to help out when our goal is under attack, but our Forwards should not come into your Defensive Third, because if they do there won't be anyone in position to win the ball when our Fullbacks or Midfielders "Clear" the ball.

Coach Jim

Great Practice Last Night! ...Conditioning and Tactical Training Moved to Friday PM @ ND, 6:30-7:30pm

Hi guys, fantastic practice again - full attendance and loads of hustle - good work!

This is to confirm that Conditioning and Tactical Training this week is MOVED TO FRIDAY PM (6:30-7:30 pm) at the ND Track. 

NO cleats - running shoes only for the track, and bring lots of water... Parents are welcome to run and workout as well... last week a couple of Dads ran with the boys and I'm told some Moms will join us this week too!

Running on a Track Quick Facts and Player Targets:

• 1 x = 400 metres or 1/4 mile
• 4 x's = 1.6K or 1 mile
• 5 x's around = 2K
• 8 x's around = 3.2K  or 2 miles
• 10 x's around = 4K
• each player able to jog 5x's around (2K) without stopping, by end of May
• each player able to jog 10x's around (4K) without stopping, by end of June
• these Targets are minimums - I am sure most (if not all) players will do more!

See you Friday night at Notre Dame!
Coach Jim

Soccer Pitch Dimensions



Players: make sure you understand all the areas and size of the full 11v11 field!
-Coach Jim





Our first year on the full field!

Coach Jim

Our Basic Formation: the 4-4-2

Players, this is what I will be handing out tonight at our Tactical Training... I will give you your own copies but posted here as well so that you will always know where to find it...Study it and memorize the positions... we will learn about:

• the responsibilities of each position
• all the variations of the 4-4-2 
• and how to transition to more defensive or attacking formations based on what is happenng during the game! 

Coach Jim

Conditioning & Tactical at ND Thursday PM

Hi guys, thanks for a GREAT practice last night! Coach Marty and I are very pleased with what we are seeing - you are learning lots and hustling... well done!

Remember, Conditioning and Tactical Training tomorrow (Thursday) night at Notre Dame from 6:30-7:30pm... NO cleats - running shoes only for the track.. bring lots of water and dress for the weather (looks like 8 degrees and cloudy)... and parents are welcome to run with us well !!!

See you at ND,
Coach Jim

"Nike Deadly5" with Arsene Wenger

Hi guys, I found these videos on youtube related to the "Nike Deadly5" Tournament. The "Deadly5" was a Nike sponsored 5v5 futsal style world-wide skills tournament.

The tournament motto was:
"Individually you are unstoppable, COLLECTIVELY YOU ARE DEADLY..."

The videos below show Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger running drills with players in preparation for the Tournament...

ASSIGNMENT FOR PLAYERS: watch and study the technique in these videos... I will be running similar style drills in our practices... it's great stuff !

Section One: Control
Section Two: Shooting
Section Three: Tournament - 5 Minute Games

Again with Wenger, check out his take on building a great soccer player

Nike5 Break Your Opponent - futsal from Brazil, how many of you will learn this move?!

See you at practice on Tuesday at the Club... keep Thursday nights open - we will start our running sessions next week - I will confirm soon!

Coach Jim

Updates - Coach's Thoughts - Plans for April

Hi everyone, an update (further to my Feb 21 post on plans for the summer), some thoughts on the year and plans for April:


PRACTICE SCHEDULE FOR APRIL (WSC Dome)

• April 6 (Wed 6:00-7:30pm), 
• April 12, 19, 26 (Tuesday’s 7:30-9:00pm)

Total Cost for Dome Rental will be $20.00 per player ($5.00 per session)... I would appreciate if you could bring the $20 to the April 6 practice.


TEAM AND LEAGUE UPDATES

• Please Register at the WSC ASAP if you have not done so already.
  If you did not play Select last year for the Welland Wizards, please provide the Club (front office) with a picture (passport size, head and shoulder) for the Players Identification Book and your birth certificate ASAP.
• Season to start last weekend in May with games likely to be Thursday evenings with practices Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings.  I will confirm all dates when I receive the schedule from the NYSL
• We will be in a 10 team league, playing an 18 game schedule (home & home) vs. Fort Erie, Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara Falls, NOTL, Pelham, Port Colborne, Roma, and West Lincoln
• Our Team Blog will be my primary communication tool for Players and Parents (with training videos, news and updates). Parents, please ensure the boys have access to our blog amd that you save the URL in your Favorites!
• Parents Meeting set for Tuesday April 12, 8:30-9:00pm (NOTE time correction, meeting will be during practice at WSC)
• Team Building Retreat Weekend at Sherkston Shores set for May 13,14,15 with Elite Soccer Development Academy (at a cost of approx $205.00 per player) 
• Competing in 3-4 Tournaments meaning budgeting approx $75.00 to $100.00/ player for total Tournament Costs (i.e. West Lincoln Pre-season, St Cath Ti amo, Niagara Falls Douglas, Welland, Tottenham). Given we will have a full 18 game schedule we can discuss at the Parents's Meeting the number of Tournaments we should enter.
• Cost-neutral Organized Team Activities (OTAs) will be planned with parents to emphasize team building and togetherness...please bring your ideas to the Parent's Meeting (BBQs, CSL Roma Games, Pool Parties etc)  
• Practice plans include Dry-Land Circuit Training to emphasize conditioning for the big fields this summer. I will also bring in Guest Coaches (e.g. GK Specialist) to offer the widest array of training and coaching techiques for the players. 

APPROX COSTS FOR THE YEAR

• Registration $265, Tournaments $100, Team Building Retreat Weekend $205, April Dome Rentals $20 = Approximate Cost for the Year of $590.00 (Registration and April Dome Time included).

Fund Raising is vital for our team.  We hope to raise enough money to cover a significant portion of this cost for parents - but we need everyone to chip-in and help. As an example, if each player can raise $200, the cost of the Weekend Team Building Retreat at Sherkston will be covered!  Please bring your ideas to the Parents Meeting. 


PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Parents, as Coach I can't do it myself -  I need your help!  We need Parent Volunteers for the following:

• Car Pooling (with our "Soccer Family" working together, rides to practice and games should never be an issue!)
• Social Committee (to organize OTAs and social activities for team building)
• Fund Raising Committee (the more $$$ we raise together, the less the season will cost for the parents)
• Team Manager (coordinate ordering warm-ups/bags and assist with team administration
• First Aid Rep
• Volunteer Linesperson - for games
• Parent Rep (to act as a spokesperson for the parents)

Based on our discussion on March 30, some of you have already contacted me with your ideas and I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH! ....

Sincerely, thank you... Someone once told me: "You get out of it what you put into it"... working together as a "Soccer Family", we will make this a great soccer season for our boys!

I can't emphasize enough, if you have any questions, concerns, or ideas to help make this a great summer for our boys, please call me...See you at practice on Wednesday and at the Parent's Meeting on Tuesday April 12!


With ALL my thanks,
Coach Jim