HFC EDPT - Practice tonight

Team:

The plan is to hold practice this evening if the weather is not too bad.  I will be monitoring to see if the fields are closed or if the weather becomes too bad.  I will send out a notification before practice if we are cancelling.  See you on the field.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC EDPT - Yes, we have Vacation Week Practice

Team:

Have received a few questions about practice this week, I thought I would broadcast a general announcement that yes we do have practice this week, for those not traveling on vacation.  See you all there!

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC EDP Travel - Teamer

Parents, Manager and Coaches:

I have sent up each of the teams on a free service called Teamer.  Teamer allows Coaches and Managers to quickly and easily notify players of games and events and for players to indicate which games and events they will be able to attend.

Each of you should have received an invitation to join Teamer for your team.  Please follow the directions to login and set your own password.  Also please valid the player profile information.  If the telephone number is not your mobile number you might want to change it so you can receive the SMS notifications.

You alll might have received an invitation from Teamer for he Boys Blue team.  I made an error while setting up the Blue team which resulted in all players receiving an invitation.  If you are not on the Blue team you should have received a corrected invitation for your team a little later.

Please let me know if you have any questions or issues.  Thanks.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC EDP Travel (u10) Parent Meeting Notes

Parents,

The coaching staff is very excited about the season after our first practice.  We have a great bunch of players and we want to thank you for being part of the program.

Attached, please find the meeting notes for the parent meeting after practice Wednesday evening.  If you were not able to attend please review and let me know if you have any questions.

As I mentioned during the meeting, we have a Friday deadline to get our teams in for the Night at the Revolution event.  I strongly encourage everyone to complete an order form for your player and return to your team manager by Friday practice.  The order form is available for download from the team website.

Your best resource, this season, is the EDP Travel webpage.  All important messages, schedules, event information, contact information, and links to soccer resources are available on the site.

EDP Travel webpage
http://asc-u10.blogspot.com/

Thanks and as always please let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC EDP Travel (U10) Outdoor Practice Begins on Wednesday 4/10

Players,

The sun is out and the snow is gone which means it is time for outdoor practice to begin.  Our first outdoor practice will be on this Wednesday, 4/10, @ 5:30 - 6:45pm on the Upper Wilkin's field.  We will be practicing every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the rest of the season.  Practices will occur regardless of the weather.  Practices are only cancelled if the town closes the fields or there is active thunder and lightning.

Because of the current condition of the fields, the town has asked that there are NO CLEATS for the week or so of practices until the fields have completed drying out.

Players should arrive 5-10 minutes early so practice can start promptly at 5:30.  Players should be at practice with:

• Dressed in practice kit (Blue HFC t-shirt, black shorts) 
• Plenty of water
• A size 4 soccer ball
• Shin guards
• Soccer shoes (no cleats for the first week)
• A "ready to train" attitude

PARENT MEETING
To kick off our season, we will have a parent meeting after our first practice.  The parent meeting will start at 6:45pm and be about 15 minutes long.  We will introduce the coaches and the team managers, talk about the program and coaching philosophy and the goals for the Spring season.  In addition, we will talk about the expectations for practices and games and the special events this season including the Night at the Revolution and the Memorial day tournament.  This is a great chance for those new to the program to ask question as well.  We strongly encourage every family to attend the meeting, but if you cannot attend for some reason, we will publish meeting notes and will be happy to answer any questions you may have later.

A reminder that the last winter training session will be on Tuesday at the dome at the regular time for those participating.  Thank for your attention and we will see you all on the field on Wednesday.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC EDP Travel (u10) Spring Season

Parents and Players:

Welcome to the Spring season.  We hope to start practices next week, assuming the town opens the fields.  Practices will be held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5:30 - 6:45 on Upper Wilkins Field.  We start practice at 5:30 exactly so please have your player arrive a least 5-10 minutes early so they are ready to go when practice starts.  We would like to get 5 or 6 practices in before the first games which will be the weekend of April 20-21.  I will send out an email annoucing the first practice as soon as I receive word the fields are open.

We will be fielding 2 Boys teams and 2 Girls teams this season.  I would like to welcome the 18 new players to the pool who are joining us this season and the 24 returning players from the Fall season.  I am posting the preliminary rosters for the teams below, but the coaches are reserving the right to make same changes, if needed, after our first few practices to keep the teams balanced.  We want to make sure each team has a great season and that can be tough to do when we have not seen many of the players play yet.


BU10 Blue Coach     - Shad Hansen
BU10 Blue Manager - Luminita and Paul Lin

Last Name	First Name	Jrsy	Team
C	Jackson	19	BU10 Blue
D	Miles	31	BU10 Blue
H	Reilly	11	BU10 Blue
L	Will	15	BU10 Blue
L	Alexander	14	BU10 Blue
N	Ben	13	BU10 Blue
R	Ethan	2	BU10 Blue
S	Johnathan	99	BU10 Blue
T	Oliver	5	BU10 Blue
U	William	17	BU10 Blue
W	Christopher	18	BU10 Blue

BU10 Red Coach     -  Mike Erikson
BU10 Red Manager - Alison Lockitt

Last Name	First Name	Jrsy	Team
B	Sutton	10	BU10 Red
D	Ezra	53	BU10 Red
E	Mike	23	BU10 Red
G	Corey	88	BU10 Red
L	Ethan	7	BU10 Red
L	Miles	24	BU10 Red
L	Ethan	3	BU10 Red
L	Ryan	16	BU10 Red
P	Sabastian	21	BU10 Red
T	Sam	63	BU10 Red
T	Simon	1	BU10 Red
V	David	tbd	BU10 Red

GU10 Blue Coach     - Angela Horner
GU10 Blue Manager - Mary Valvano

Last Name	First Name	Jrsy	Team
C	Eliza	22	GU10 Blue
C	Kyra	12	GU10 Blue
H	Carolyn	17	GU10 Blue
J	Katie	tbd	GU10 Blue
K	Taylor	99	GU10 Blue
Q	Taryn	5	GU10 Blue
R	Alison	4	GU10 Blue
S	Elle	5	GU10 Blue
V	Gwen	7	GU10 Blue

GU10 Red Coach     - Claudette Stone
GU10 Red Manager - Kirsten Quinn

Last Name	First Name	Jrsy	Team
A	Maddy	8	GU10 Red
B	Joely	11	GU10 Red
C	Meghan	24	GU10 Red
H	Brooke	10	GU10 Red
J	Elisabeth	20	GU10 Red
P	Caroline	16	GU10 Red
P	Nathalie	15	GU10 Red
Q	Neve	1	GU10 Red
S	Katerina	18	GU10 Red
Z	Adrianna	30	GU10 Red

I would like to welcome Alison Lockitt as our new team manger for the BU10 Red team, who most of you already know because she is also the club Uniform Coordinator.   I would also like to welcome Claudette Stone as the new coach of the GU10 Red team.  Claudette is a long time coach with the club and will bring lots of great experience to the team.

The Granite State Youth Soccer League schedules have been posted for each team, as some of you have already discovered.  You can check the schedules using the links below or just visit the team webpage and the links are available there are well.

BU10 Blue Schedule
http://www.granitestatesoccer.com/schedule/schedule_view_team_pub.asp?team_id=101647

BU10 Red Schedule
http://www.granitestatesoccer.com/schedule/schedule_view_team_pub.asp?team_id=101455

GU10 Blue Scheule
http://www.granitestatesoccer.com/schedule/schedule_view_team_pub.asp?team_id=101454

GU10 Red Schedule
http://www.granitestatesoccer.com/schedule/schedule_view_team_pub.asp?team_id=101775

Also remember the team webpage is a great source of information (schedules/calendars, contact info, links, photos, etc). Please check it out: 

HFC U10 webpage
http://asc-u10.blogspot.com/

We will be scheduling a parents meeting to kick off the season, introduce the coaches and managers, talk about the season and our coaching philosophy and answer your questions.  The parent meeting will be held following one of our first practices.  I will keep you up to date with the latest information via email, but if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  Thanks and I look forward to a great season.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC U10 - Fall Season Wrap-up

Parents & Players;

On behalf of all the coaches I would like thank you for an outstanding season.  We coach because we enjoy the game and even more we delight in seeing young players learn to enjoy the game as well.  This was a great season and we were delighted to see the teams progress from barely knowing where to be on the field in the first games to producing shutouts at the end of the season.

I would like to thank all the players for the great work they put into practices and games.  I know you all listened because I could see the results on the field.  I would like to thank all the parents for supporting the program and their players and getting them to the practices and games on time.  I hope everyone enjoyed the season as much as the coaches did.

I look forward to continuing the momentum and growth we have seen during the Fall season during Winter training starting January 8.  Experience has shown that Winter training makes a huge difference in players advancing their skills from year to year.  At just 1:15 per week of time invested, it is easy even for players involved in winter sports programs to include in their schedule.  Winter training has been shown to be the difference between starting next season 3 steps forward or 2 steps back.  As I believe all the players are looking to play soccer again, I strongly encourage everyone to sign-up for Winter training.

While it is a ways off, I hope to see everyone back for the Spring season as well, but for now thanks for a great Fall, enjoy some free weekends and have a Happy Halloween!

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC U10 Practices

Parents,

Just a reminder that it is getting dark early and we do not have lights at the fields, so practices will end when our light runs out.  Probably sometime between 6:15-6:30.  Please be available to pick up you player.  Thanks.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC Goalie Training starts 9/17

The club will be offering goalie training for all goalies U10-U14 on Monday nights at Cemetery Fields.  If this training is during your regular team training time, please let your coach know you will be late to practice.  

4:30-5:30 U10-U12

5:30-6:30 U13-U14

Monday nights for 6 weeks 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 (no practice 10/8 columbus day.

Please reply to this email to sign up.

Thanks
Lisa

Re: HFC U10: Friday Practice and Parent Meeting

Parents,

I look forward to seeing you at the parents meeting after practice this evening.  The meeting will be on the practice field (upper Wilkins) at 6:45pm.  I have attached a handout with some information I have collected over the years, which you may find interesting and useful.  Please take a look at the contents when you have some time this weekend.

Thanks and I look forward to talking with you all in a few hours.

Attachment: Parent's Handout

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC U10: Friday Practice and Parent Meeting

Parent & Players:

Two items.  First, I would like to have parents meeting after practice on Friday for about 15 minutes to talk about the seasons and the U10 program. If for any reason you will not be able to attend, please let me know I will make sure you are updated with the meeting information.  The meeting will start at the end of practice, at 6:45pm, and run for about 15 minutes depending on questions.

Second, your player should have received a blue HFC/ASC t-shirt at camp.  If you player did not receive a t-shirt, please let your team manager know by tomorrow (Thursday) and we will try and have them for you at Friday's practice.  The blue HFC/ASC t-shirt is the part of the practice uniform and should be worn at to each practice.

BU10 Blue - Luminita Lin <luminita_lin@yahoo.com>

                    Paul Lin <pfl_nyc@yahoo.com>

BU10 Red  - Kathy Naun <kathynaun@netzero.com>
GU10 Blue - Mary Valvano <mvalvano@gmail.com>
GU10 Red  - Kirsten Quinn <kirstenquinn@netscape.net>

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

HFC u10: Schedules available

Teams:

The game schedules for the Granite State League have been posted.  The best way to access the schedules is through the HFC u10 website ( http://asc-u10.blogspot.com/ ),  On the right hand column you will see the Granite State Schedule section with links for each of the teams.

These schedules sometimes change during the season and we will try to keep you up to date, but it is best to check the latest version online when in doubt.

Thanks to everyone for a good start to the season.  It been great to see the players at practice.  We still have some work to do to be ready for our first games next weekend, so we look forward to seeing you at practice next week.  Thanks.

Coach Mark Smith
(c) 603-493-7179

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 5^th 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 groupBRING: 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 5^th at 5:15!

Coach Molly and Josh the rest of the EDP Coaching Staff!