On the agenda:        

-         Change in format for indoor matches (no boards!)

-         Spring schedule and coaching changes for U-10 Academy

-         Discussion of the split from Amesbury

-         Announcement of restructuring of Academy including U-11, U-10, and new U-8/9 Academy program

-         Placement of U-10 teams into MAPLE for 2010-11

-         Continued Academy style “pool” training of U-10s

-         A frank discussion about expectations

-         Roles parents play in team building!

-         “A roadmap for the future”! 

Please CLICK HERE for information regarding a skills clinic over February Break!  The camp will be run by Dushawne Simpson, girls Technical Director, and supported by Ebbie Kodiat, coach of the 2009 STATE CHAMPION U-15 boys! 

CURRICULUM:   Important note; there is a shift in our focus from the fall to the spring.  We will devote more time to passing/receiving and juggling.   We will continue to encourage and develop confident 1v1 attacking, but the percentage of training devoted to 1v1 attacking will decrease, as we focus more attention on passing/receiving, RWTB’s (running without the ball), and juggling. Technique:  inside of foot push pass, receiving with lead foot, juggling.

Tactics:  small sided possession games:  3v1, 4v2, 6v3         

- Developing soccer intelligence

-  3v3 to four endzones.           

- 5 keys for indoor matches:                

- use your moves                

- play the way you face (including passing back to GK)               

- give GK 3 options ( 2-wide, 1 central)                

- turn away from pressure                

- finishing (calm, cool, clean finishing) 

NOTHING BUT THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH, nil satis nisi optimum!