Practice Sunday AM

See you at practice tommorow AM at Chippewa site 8:30-10:00am.... dress appropriately!  it will be sunny but cool

 Coach Jim

No Practice Tuesday Night

Hi everyone, given the weather will still be very wet and cold tomorrow, I have decided to give the boys (and parents!) the night off…. See you Thursday 6:00pm at ND for WSC Fitness Night.

Thanks

Coach Jim

Side Slice

Guys, see you at Chippewa Park at 8:30 tomorrow AM.  Watch this video from Clayton's DVD ... we will work on the Side Slice until you can do it sleep walking!!!

Coach Jim

Thursday Night Summary

Hi everyone, click here to read Coach Frank's summary of this past Thursday's training...

Coach Jim

WSC Fitness Night at ND

See you tonight for WSC Fitness Night at ND, 6:00-7:30!
Coach Jim

PARENT'S MEETING SUNDAY AM

Hi everyone, I will have the first parent meeting on Sunday AM starting at 9:45am (while the boys are finishing up practice) under the Pavillion at Chippewa Park. I have been working on sponsors for the team and have finalized our fundraising and budget.  Thanks

Coach Jim

Practice Tonight

See you tonight for outdoor practice 6:00-7:30pm, at Chippewa Park location.

Coach Jim

Practice Tomorrow 8:30 - 10:00AM Chippewa Park

First Outdoor Practice tomorrow 8:30 - 10:00AM - Chippewa Park Welland at the Pavillion between the baseball diamond and volleyball, off of First Avenue... it should be warm but raining - wear your cleats and shin pads... I can hardly wait!

Coach Jim

Team Activity & Training Update

Hi everyone, I trust you all had a great Easter! 

WSC Fitness Nights:

We resume tomorrow night at the ND Track from 6:00-7:30pm.  I want everyone coming out for these nights as a normal practice night.  Please let me know if you cannot make it (thanks to those who already have). It looks like we have settled on Thursday night for this training.  Last week we had 60 players out!  Parents please join us! – we need parents to monitor stations so that coaches can follow their players around the circuit.

Practice Shirts:

We will have “Official Team Practice Shirts” this year.  I have a supplier who will do up dry-fit type workout shirts with screening for approx. $15.00 per shirt. I have some sample shirts for sizing which I will bring with me on Thursday night to size up the boys.

Regular Practice Schedule:

We will go with our regular practice schedule from last year – Sunday AMs and Tuesday PMs.   I will push the start time for Sunday to 8:30am so that we finish by 10:00.  I do not want to conflict with church times so please let me know if that is a problem.  Tuesdays will be 6:00 -7:30pm until June when I will push that to 6:30-8:00 for the summer weather.  As always I will send reminders regularly and have the practice schedules posted on the left column of our team blog.  Given the weather can be tricky in April, I will confirm Sunday and Tuesday Practices via email by Friday and Sunday respectively.  As you know, we are not allowed on any fields yet -  so for now we will practice at Chippawa Park in Welland, between the baseball diamond and volleyball court, off of First Avenue.

Sherkston Shores Preseason Training Camp:

Please mark down May 4-6 for our 2^nd Annual Preseason Training Camp – details to follow shortly

Parent Meeting:

I am finalizing the Parent Package which includes the team budget.  I will set up a parent meeting within the next two weeks at one of our practices.

Thanks everyone - I think that’s it for now… as always please let me know if you have any questions.  See you tomorrow night!

Coach Jim

Fitness Night Update

Hi everyone, Coach Frank has an update on our fitness night in his blog. It's a very good read that describes what we are aiming to achieve.

There were 60 players out last night! We had 10 of our 14 boys... I want all the boys out next week.

A special Thank You to parents that joined us!

Coach Jim

New Welland Sports Complex Front Page News!

If you didn't see the front page of the Welland Tribune today, CLICK HERE!

Coach Jim

Team Activities This Week

Hi everyone, a quick note re our schedule this week:

Ø  Tonight is our last Speed & Strength Conditioning Night with Tuukka at Glendale from 6:30-8:00… I have rec’d very positive feedback from everyone re Tuukka’s training… I’m sure we will use Tuukka again in the near future

Ø  For those playing on Tuesday Nights in Niagara Falls, tomorrow is our last game-we play in the early slot at 5:30… I understand there will be pizza and drinks for the players after the game

Ø  Thursday Night - WSC Fitness Night at ND track from 6:00-7:30pm. I expect all players to come out for this fantastic night of fitness training. The 6 boys that have come out the past two weeks were very enthusiastic about the training.  I love the idea of the Welland Teams working out together – it has a real “Soccer Community” feel.  Parents please come and help us at the different stations of the circuit. Dennis did a great job last week with the sit-ups station!  One of the goals for the night is to have parents help out at the stations so that the coaches can walk around and observe and work with the players.  Thanks in advance for your help!

Ø  No practice on Easter Sunday

We will see how the weather goes and hopefully we can move outdoors after next week… I will keep you posted.

Thanks, you guys have been terrific (players and parents!)

Coach Jim