Transcript Rising U9 information for parents

Rising U9 information for parents
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What is Rising U9?
● Under 8 players born after 7/31/98
Information covered today:
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Player Development
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All Stars this season
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McLean Premier Soccer for next year (brief)
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What to expect in house league in the future
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Information is on the web site,
www.mcleansoccer.org
Who is presenting tonight?
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Mark Johnston, House Commissioner
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Mark Thompson, Director of MPS
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Bob Maynes, Director of Coaching
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Player Development
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Small sided games make the game:
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Easier decisions
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Fit the size of the players
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Greater teaching time
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More involved in the play
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More opportunities with the ball
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More opportunities to score
Developmentally appropriate
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Player Development
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At U9 there is a fork in the road: try-outs for a
limited number of travels spots versus
continuing opt-in for recreational soccer.
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Try outs are not developmentally appropriate
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MYS strives to create a place for every player
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Not efficient in selecting the best future players
Create feelings of anxiety and failure
This creates the need to form travel teams at U9
MYS U9 and above travel soccer is taught in a
developmentally appropriate manner
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All Stars
All Stars is NOT associated with travel soccer!
However, it is true that more touches on the ball
improves a player, and all stars will provide more
touches on the ball.
Skills training is available on Monday nights—it is
not too late to sign up (only missed one session
so far).
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All Stars
Coaches and Team Selection?
● Anyone—coach or parent—can apply,
selections are approved by the house
commissioner and deputy commissioner
● Who Can Play?
● Any house league player of the right age who
can attend the practices and the tournament
● Spring 2007 tournament is 6/16 and 6/17
● Players must tryout to make the team(s)
● If your player can not attend the tryout, you
must contact the coach prior to the tryout (there
is usually only one tryout)
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All Stars
Costs and Uniforms?
● There are costs: uniform, tournament fee, and
patches. Last season it was about $55 per
player in all for my U11 team.
● Financial assistance is available.
● The all star coordinator selects uniforms
● Travel quality
● Names are optional (usually coach's choice)
● Numbers are usually assigned (up to coach)
● Teams, if there is more than one:
● Teams should be of equal strength
● Rosters do not have to be selected
immediately—joint practices may be held
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All Stars
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Playing Time?
● Equal playing time is not guaranteed
● Players must play at least 25% of each game
● There is no goalie requirement to play up
● No goalie in U8 all stars
● This season 5v5 with a max of 10 on each team
(recommended 8 per team).
Player Expectations?
● Sportsmanship (parents and coaches too!)
● Must continue to play in house league
● If house practices or games are missed, then the
player may lose all star status
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All Stars
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Please register on-line (new this season).
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All Stars
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Tryout equipment
● Shin guards and soccer shoes
● A soccer ball, size 3 for U8
● Water/sports drink to keep hydrated. Each
player should have plenty of fluids to keep
hydrated before, during and after the tryout.
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All Stars
Try out dates. The boys will have an additional tryout the following week.
GIRLS
U8G
Markus Rodlauer
[email protected]
John Walker
[email protected]
William McDonald
[email protected]
29Apr
Springhill 6
&7
2:00 - 4:00
pm
29Apr
Springhill 6 & 4:00 - 6:00
7
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BOYS
U8B
Christopher Peterson
[email protected]
Kavian Milani
[email protected]
Andrew Levetown
[email protected]
Reblitz/Spafford
[email protected]
Keith Horenstein
[email protected]
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McLean Premier Soccer
• This is the only “travel” soccer option at U9.
• Information available on the web:
www.mcleansoccer.org
• Two informational meetings will be held during May.
• Tryouts consist of several (3-5) low key sessions.
• Larger monetary and time commitments.
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House League After U8
Continued small sided play that progressively
approaches the “real” game.
All stars continues.
New in 07-08 (maybe): academy training.
Above U12, the program transitions to the
Suburban Friendship League (SFL) --- sort of a
local travel league for house players.
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House League U8 to U9
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Single game
Larger Field (+29%)
Reduced scoring area (-40%, mainly due to 2 goals)
Larger ball, #4
Goalkeepers (can't play whole game)
6 v. 6 (five field players)
One referee
Halves not quarters (4% more time)
Scores and standings kept
Round robin tournament at end of season
“Real” restarts: goal kicks, corner kicks, throw-ins,
and kick-offs
Direct and Indirect kicks (there are penalty kicks)
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House League U8 to U9
Team Reformation
• Coaches work to create league parity, where all our house teams are competitive
with each other.
• This is done with all the coaches in the group and the age group coordinator.
There are specific guidelines and additional guidance is provided by someone who
has already gone through the process.
• Instead of the league deciding where to place players, the coaches that know the
players are driving the decisions.
• There will be a meeting in the fall to review the process mechanics.
• The house commissioner is open to suggestions to improve this process.
• This means that your team that has been the same since U6 will probably change
in U9.
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Most Players Stay in the House
League
2006 data
U11m History
100%
Percent
80%
ODSL
60%
NCSL
40%
house
20%
0%
u7
u8
u9
u10
u11
Historical Age Groups
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What the future might hold?
All groups are
different
● There is a drop off in
the number of players
over time.
● The trend used to be
that children would
tend to stop playing
soccer after 6th grade--MYS now has a
larger percentage of
players staying in
these older age
groups (not yet known
for the group shown).
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2006 data
U11m Population History
100%
Percent
80%
ODSL
60%
NCSL
40%
house
20%
0%
u7
u8
u9
u10
u11
Historical Age Group
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Academy Training
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“Academy” training is a different style of running
practices.
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Several teams practice together.
All coaches coach all players.
This style of training is being used elsewhere in the
country.
It levels out both player and coach training.
A pilot program is being run this season.
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The MYS board will decide over the summer if it will
implement this training strategy.
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House League Coaches
The second F module covers U9 through U12, so
coaches do need to take a new module
For U11, coaches need to take the E module.
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Questions & Answers
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