No Practice Tomorrow Night

Hi guys, the practice tomorrow PM at Sinnicks will be rescheduled.

Coach Jim

Winter Indoor Competitive League & Training Wednesday Night

Hi Parents and Players,

Coach Danilo and I will be coaching an Winter Indoor Competitive Team in a league that is run out of the Niagara Falls Sinnicks Complex.

This Winter Team will be a combination of our U12 Wizards Team and his U14 Roma Team.  The games will be on Tuesday nights and will run for 16 weeks from early December to early April.

I like this idea very much for my players as this will be much more challenging that playing House League over the winter, i.e. it will be competitive and with older players - we can only stand to become better as a team as our boys develop their skills in a challenging environment.

This is not a mandatory part of my U12 Wizards Team, but is available as a great training opportunity to all my players. 

The cost to submit a team in this league is $1,800.00. The cost per player will depend on the number of players registered (we will likely have 12-13 players approx $150-$160 per player for 16 weeks of Winter Soccer).

I need you to let me know within the next few days if you are interested in joining... It will be a blast!

Parents, as always please let me know if rides are an issue-if you want your son to play we can make it work!

Wednesday Night Practice at Sinnicks: the open invite to join Coach Danilo’s Team’s practice at his Wednesday practice still stands... from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at Sinnicks (for $7.00 to help shared the dome rental cost). I was not able to be there last week because of the WSC AGM but will be there with Dino this Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Coach Jim

Spots still available for Sunday AM Training

Hi everyone, just checking in with those who have not been coming out for Sunday AM
Training with Clayton but would still like to...

We have four more sessions left - this Sunday Nov 27, Dec 4, 11 and 18.... The prorated cost is $75.00 for the four sessions....

Please let me know if you are interested, and pls don't let rides get in the way.... If you want to come we will all work together to make it possible!

Please email or call me ASAP!
Thanks
Coach Jim

Team Christmas Party & Other News

HI everyone, I have confirmed our Team Christmas Party for Saturday, December 10 at Dave & Buster’s in Niagara Falls... it will be the same idea as our year-end banquet... we will have the area on the 2^nd Floor looking down on Clifton Hill... the food will be all-you-can eat Pizza, Salad and Pop... the pricing as follows (taxes are included):

$20.00 for Players - food and $20.00 Power Card (siblings are welcome to join)

$24.00 for Parents - food and $20.0 Power Card (you can play or give you card to your kid!)

$16.00 for Parents – food only (no card)

We can start arriving any time after  11:00am  – food will be served at noon.  We can stay as long as we want...parents can order a drink for two from the bar... I will collect $$$  when you arrive but please email me with a “yes attending” or “not attending”,  and how many are joining the Party (Players, Parents and Siblings)...

Boys - the Lazer Tag will be included as a  Merry Christmas to you!

I hope that this will be a great time to have some fun and get to know each other better.

Extra Practice Opportunity for Wednesday Nights

We have been invited to practice with the U14 Roma Boys Team on Wednesday nights at the Sinnicks Sportplex in Niagara Falls... the practice runs from 5:30 – 7:00 and cost is $7.00 per practice (to help cover Dome rental)... This is an extra opportunity to get out and work on skills with an older group of players - which is a great opportunity!  Please don’t let rides get in the way! Let me know if you would like to come out but need a ride, and we will try to work something out!

Facebook Team Page

I hope you like our Team Facebook Page that I set up over the weekend.... it does not take the place of our team blog , it’s a place on facebook for us to share picture, stories, birthdays  etc, etc... I tried to invite everyone all at once and for some reason not everyone got added at the same time, so I’m still working on it... let me know if anyone is missing... lets invite our families as well!

Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions

Coach Jim

Coach Jim's Updates

Hi Team and Parents, 

A quick update on team activities and plans:

Currently we have 8 boys training on Thursday PMs at the Welland Soccer Club with Coach Frank DiChellis, and 9 boys training on Sunday AMs at Sinnicks in Niagara Falls with Clayton Rosario. Many boys are also playing indoor at the WSC Friday Nights!  Lots of soccer being played and we LOVE IT!

I am planning on getting a few Team Practices indoor at WSC in the coming weeks - I will let you know details when I get the WSC booked.

We will take a Christmas break, and then in January-February-March we will have once/week Team Practices at the Sinnicks Complex in Niagara Falls.  I am partnering with another team to share costs of rental of the dome and will let you know shortly the exact dates, times and costs.  During the Jan-March time-frame there will also be other training delivered by the WSC Technical Department which the boys can join as well. 

Speaking of Christmas, I would like to organize a Team Christmas Party for parents and players.  I am targetting the afternoon of Saturday, December 10th or 17th... please mark on your calenders and let me know which of those days work for you...

Beginining in April we will start twice/week practices in gearing up for the season.  And of course, one of the highlights of the year, we will have our Sherkston ShoresTraining Camp Weekend (before the May 24 weekend). 

Request to Parents: please save our  team’s blog address (http://wellandwizardsteamtalk.blogspot.com/) as a favourite in your internet browsers and ensure the boys see this blog regularly.  I will start posting training and technical videos for the boys to watch which will show them all the same skills that I emphasize in practice.  I will also post fun “Top 10 Goals”  type videos as well... it is very important that the boys continue to develop their love for soccer (which is one of the main reasons why I created this blog)...Thanks!

Oh -  and please make friends with me and each other on facebook! I post team related stuff on my profile.

Please let me know if you have any questions... talk soon...

Coach Jim

Ground Breaking for New Sports Complex!

Hi everyone... fantastic news - the ground breaking for the new River Road Sports Complex took place yesterday!  This is HUGE for our boys... we will have a world-class facility to play and train in year round!

 Please click here for the link to the story in the Welland Tribune!