Dear Parents,
Welcome to the 2012 Fall season. Soccer has returned to Amherst and what a beautiful weekend we had to host our first games at Cemetery Fields. Thank you for choosing HFC/ASC as your child's soccer development program.
By now you should have heard from your coaches and hopefully have had that parent meeting where expectations from parents, coach and players have been discussed. As a board we would like to offer up the following tips to keep in mind while watching your player this season. Please click here to read the attachment. /Content/directors/upimg/dir5071/15thingstokeepinmindfromthesidelines.pdf
Many of us on the board were fortunate to be on the sidelines for numerous games, viewing the great soccer showing this weekend at Cemetery fields. We are proud of our players, their efforts and our club's philosophies and want to take a minute to remind everyone who we are and what we stand for. The games are exciting and cheering is fantastic, we just want to do it in the right way so that it benefits the players-isn't that the point?
We are about player development and not winning-The kids are here to play! We think about the players first-treat them with respect! It is a difficult game that takes a lot of physical and mental effort, and both get more difficult as players get tired. Young players are still learning, remember that. Let them make mistakes, it is part of learning.
There is a qualified coach on the other sideline. Let the coach be the coach. First, the kids need to think for themselves, typically by the time a parent yells a direction it is too late anyway. Second, they need to be able to hear their coach. Third, all they need from parents is positive encouragement.
We respect referees, especially when they are young kids learning the job. It is a hard job and they make mistakes. If you disagree with the call your yelling at the ref is not likely to gain you any favors later in the game.
As always feel free to reach out to any of us if you have concerns or questions. Team specific questions should first be addressed to your team manager and/or coach. Thanks again for supporting and choosing Hampshire FC/ASC.
Molly Dix, President
Peter Camello, Vice President
Lisa Davidson, Treasurer
Chris Estabrook, Secretary
Eric Facey, Member at Large
Betsy Hansen, Member at Large
Welcome to the 2012 Fall season. Soccer has returned to Amherst and what a beautiful weekend we had to host our first games at Cemetery Fields. Thank you for choosing HFC/ASC as your child's soccer development program.
By now you should have heard from your coaches and hopefully have had that parent meeting where expectations from parents, coach and players have been discussed. As a board we would like to offer up the following tips to keep in mind while watching your player this season. Please click here to read the attachment. /Content/directors/upimg/dir5071/15thingstokeepinmindfromthesidelines.pdf
Many of us on the board were fortunate to be on the sidelines for numerous games, viewing the great soccer showing this weekend at Cemetery fields. We are proud of our players, their efforts and our club's philosophies and want to take a minute to remind everyone who we are and what we stand for. The games are exciting and cheering is fantastic, we just want to do it in the right way so that it benefits the players-isn't that the point?
We are about player development and not winning-The kids are here to play! We think about the players first-treat them with respect! It is a difficult game that takes a lot of physical and mental effort, and both get more difficult as players get tired. Young players are still learning, remember that. Let them make mistakes, it is part of learning.
There is a qualified coach on the other sideline. Let the coach be the coach. First, the kids need to think for themselves, typically by the time a parent yells a direction it is too late anyway. Second, they need to be able to hear their coach. Third, all they need from parents is positive encouragement.
We respect referees, especially when they are young kids learning the job. It is a hard job and they make mistakes. If you disagree with the call your yelling at the ref is not likely to gain you any favors later in the game.
We look forward to another Fall season and we hope you are as excited about the growth of our club as we are. The feedback on our coaching staff from Southern NH University has been excellent. The kids enjoyed a great camp with their SNHU coaches and had the opportunity to meet many of the other undergraduate players as well. We are pleased with our relationship with SNHU and would ask whenever possible to support their program. Their schedule can be found here: http://www.snhupenmen.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/schedule
As always feel free to reach out to any of us if you have concerns or questions. Team specific questions should first be addressed to your team manager and/or coach. Thanks again for supporting and choosing Hampshire FC/ASC.
Molly Dix, President
Peter Camello, Vice President
Lisa Davidson, Treasurer
Chris Estabrook, Secretary
Eric Facey, Member at Large
Betsy Hansen, Member at Large
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