Tuesday, August 28, 2012

EDP, non-travel soccer starts Sept 5th - full calendar attached



For some of you this is a final e-mail reminder.  It is not too late to sign up.  Also, tell your friends, who are still thinking about it. 

Everyone who is registered please read!

   Early Development Program
Training Starts September 5th at Upper Wilkins

In this e-mail – PLEASE READ…
-          Welcome
-          Calendar
-          ASC Event at Southern New Hampshire University – no cost
-          Columbus Day Tournament

Welcome to EDP
We are looking forward to having your player with us this season.  Our philosophy is to teach your kids the love of soccer and the skills to be successful at whatever level they choose to play.  Our philosophy translates into our running multiple sessions per week for this age group because we understand that kids this age have many interests and may not be available for every training session.  We use a set curriculum that builds on soccer basics as the season progresses and do encourage players to make as many sessions as possible.  The sessions run exactly one hour and we strongly request that players do not arrive late as it hurts the organization of the group when numbers shift after breaking the kids into groups.  For all players we have 4v4 on selected Saturdays.  Our older, and more experienced U10 pool plays in Granite State as competitive travel teams.  This season our EDP has 2 boys teams, and 2 girls teams, a great foundation for strong future teams.  Our goal is to develop all of our players to be competitive travel soccer players with a long and successful career built on proper technique and understanding. 
Calendar
Practices:           Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 5:30-6:30 PM., Upper Wilkins
arrive at 5:15 to get settled and avoid late arrival that disrupts the group
BRING: 4 soccer ball, cleats, shin guards, water, sunscreen, bug spray
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of each practice for the kids to warm-up and greet their friends so that soccer can start and finish on time. 
EDP Jamborees:   Saturdays, 8:00-9:00 a.m., Cemetery Field  - 4v4 jamborees
Note the new time – it is only six weeks so we hope you can all rally out of the house and then enjoy your day!
BRING: ASC shirt from camp (or you will be given one the first week of training)
size 4 ball, cleats, shin guards, water, sunscreen, bug spray
On Saturdays at Cemetery Fields we appreciate help from parents with set-up too and arrival at least 15 minutes prior is appreciated.  Note, this schedule may change during the season.
September 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
3
LABOR DAY
4
5TRAINING STARTS – arrive 5:15
finish 6:30
Upper Wilkins
6


7
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
8
No Jamboree
9

10Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
11
12
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
13


14
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
15
JAMBOREE
7:45 arrival
9:00 finish
16

17
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
18

19
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
20

21
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
22JAMBOREE
7:45 arrival
9:00 finish
23
24
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
25
26
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
27
28
Training
5:15 arrival
6:30 finish
29JAMBOREE
7:45 arrival
9:00 finish
30
October 2012
Monday
Tues
Wednesday
Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
Training
2
3
Training
4
5
Training
6
No Jamboree -
U9 and U10 in
Pepperell Tourney
7
U9 and U10 in
Pepperell Tourney
8
U9 and U10 in
Pepperell Tourney
No Training for younger players
9
10
Training
11
12
Training
13
Jamboree
14
15
Training
16
17
Training
18
19
Training
20
Jamboree
21


23
Training
24
25
Training
26
27
Training
28
Last Jamboree
Halloween Skills Competition
29

SNHU Game
On Thursday, August 30, 2012 the club will attend the SNHU game against Queens College at 4 PM.  Please respond and indicate if you will be able to attend the game and tailgate, and how many in your family will participate. Janet Dunlap is putting together a list tailgate items to send out to everybody. Please respond to Jan Dunlap at events@amherstsoccerclub.com TODAY!
Columbus Day Tournament
Once again we will be taking teams to Pepperell Mass for Columbus Day.  If your child is in the U10 Pool, please let your team manager know if you can participate (typically boys play on sat or sun, and girls play the other day).  If  your child is 8, and not in the player pool, but you think ready to give 6v6 a try, please let Molly Dix know at dix@rti.org

See you on the 5th at 5:15!
Coach Molly and Josh the rest of the EDP Coaching Staff!


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

HFC/ASC U10: Welcome to the Fall 2012 season

Players & Parents:

Welcome to the HFC U10 pool and the 2012 Fall Season.  It was great to see so many players at the Souhegan camp.  We had over 25 players n the U10 group and it made for a great week.  We have a great group of players this year with 37 players currently in the U10 pool.  This means we will have 2 boys teams and 2 girls teams registered this season with the Granite State Soccer League.

The U10 pool will practice as a group Mon, Wed and Fri at Upper Wilkins Field from 5:30-6:45pm.   Practices will begin next week on Monday, 8/27.  Our first games will be on Saturday, 9/8 so this will give us 5 practices to get ready for the first game of the season.  Since many of the players have not played 6v6 soccer, there is plenty of work to do to get ready for that first game.

The U10 pool is part of the Early Development Program (EDP) and while we play competitive games against other club teams our primary focus is on developing the skills of all the individual players.  The coaches will be focused on developing the technical skills of the players and teaching them to enjoy the game.  The coaches are always available to discuss issues or concerns with a player's development or participation.

There are 5 coaches will be focused on working with the U10 group.  This will allow us to make sure we always have good cover at practices and games this season.

Mark Smith (U10 Pool)
Shad Hansen (BU10 Blue)
Mike Erickson (BU10 Red)
Angela Hornor (GU10 Blue)
Barbara Bellipanni (GU10 Red)

We have currently have 3 team managers:

Paul & Luminita Lin (BU10 Blue)
Mary Valvano (GU10 Blue)
Kirsten Quinn (G10 Red)

We are still looking for a team manager for the BU10 Red team. If you have a player on the BU10 Red team and are interested in being the team manager please contact me.

We have our own team website with information about the U10 pool including an archive of emails, a calendar of events, links to other sites, contact info and photos.  Please check it out and refer to it through out the season for important information.


Please let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to seeing everyone on the field at practice on Monday, 8/27!

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179