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Des Moines Menace Super Y League 2004
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Super Y League Vision
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Super Y League Vision
The Des Moines Menace Academy (Academy) desires
to be recognized as a top soccer club in the
Midwest, allowing all players the opportunity to
reach the highest level of play they aspire to
achieve. The ability to execute an appropriate
organizational structure, player development
initiatives and professional standards will be
instrumental to our future success. The Menace
realize that the individual player, in order to
recognize their full potential, must continually
play a high level of competition. The Super Y
League was created to allow the best players to
play each other on a consistent basis. The
success of the Super Y league has been recognized
as evident by the college scouting participation
at matches and the recent granting of Olympic
development status.
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MENACE CLUB VISION A.   Club structures
analysis What/why is the club? What does the
club want to achieve? B.  Youth Plan Why is it
important for a club and its teams to have an
all-encompassing youth plan? What are the
philosophies/time frames of teaching the youngest
to the older youths? How does this affect the
senior soccer set-up and how does one deal with
senior soccer players? C.  Year Plan Why and how
does one set up a year plan? What are the various
phases? D. Training Sessions Theory and Practice
of how, what and why. How and what to train with
regard to age specifics, intensity and manner of
coaching. Why is the set-up of sessions
important?
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John Brandt President
Kyle Krause Owner
Marc Grune Technical Director
Nate Van Steenvoort Director of Operations
Vladimir Vlad Head of Medical Department
Matt Kennedy Communication Director
Bill Koeppen Technical Advisor
Menace Academy Advisory Board
Academy Coaches
Camp Director
Nicole Campbell Office Manager
PDL Coach and Team
Community Outreach Soccer West Soccer South
Menace Camps/ Clinics
JR Fernandes Jr. Menace
MENACE ACADEMY
John Zimniski Teams Coordinator (SYL)
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Youth Plan
The Youth Plan characterises the identity of the
club. Without the youngest there ultimately will
not be a club. Develop and nurture the young as
soon as possible. Let them be part of the club
with enjoyment and many learning moments. Lay the
ground stone of all soccer skills with players
from 6/7/8 years of age and they will show
dramatic improvement. But the road to the end
product is long and windy, with many ups and
downs. A Youth Plan sets down what a club desires
to achieve within the soccer development of
players from 6 up to 18 years of age. That is a
very long period 12 years of coaching, and every
step along the way is vital. To coach and teach
the correct things one needs to understand the
mechanics of children from a physiological
(body), as well as from a psychological (mental)
point of view. These characteristics are
constantly acting with and against each other.
The general age characteristics follow the
pattern in the following table
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YEAR PLAN
ANNUAL OPERATION (PERIODISATION PLANS)   The
periodisation plan (year plan) is generally
broken down into the following units Ø      
general preparation period I Ø       specific
preparation period I 6-8 weeks Ø       game
preparation period I 5 ½ months Ø      
game period I 3-4 months Ø       break 2-3
weeks Ø       specific preparation period II Ø
      game preparation period II 4 weeks Ø      
game period II 3-4 months 5 ½ months Ø      
tapering off period 2-3 weeks Ø       break 1
month   The various units are not separate from
one another, but flow into each other. Therefore,
some can be combined into one period (especially
after the mid-season break). This is further
illustrated in the next diagrams, that show the
various models
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European soccer Year (Youth season) 10 months
soccer (all age groups) 2-4 TIMES TRAINING
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South African soccer Year (Ajax Youth season)
9 months soccer (all age groups) 2-4 TIMES
TRAINING
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USA (IOWA) Youth season U6-U10 4 months
soccer U11-U12 6 months U13-U14 8 months -gt
TRAINING TIMES??!
 U10 and under 4 months
U11 and U12 6 months
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U13 and U14 8 months
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4. TEAMS 5. TEAM STRUCTURES 6. TRAINING
FACILITIES 7. TRAINING PROCEDURES 8. TRAINING
TIMES 9. COACHES
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Super Y League Organization

• TEAMS
• TEAM STRUCTURES
• TRAINING FACILITIES
• TRAINING PROCEDURES
• COACHES

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• TEAMS
• a. Boys U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U19
• b. Girls U14, U16, U19
• TEAM STRUCTURES
• a. According to calendar year (1/1 12/31)
• b. Moving for development purpose intended
• TRAINING FACILITIES
• a. Top facilities
• b. Schedules and times
• TRAINING PROCEDURES
• a. Commitment, discipline, identification and
  choice gt for soccer.

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• COACHES
• a. high level, licensed, constant further
  education (in-house
• and internationally)
• b. working with internationally recognized
  principles
• c. working with age groups that compliment
  their strengths
• d. working with year plans (periodisation) and
  training
• session plans
• gt DEVELOPMENT (LONG-TERM)!!

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Academy Structure

• Professional Organization
• Coaching Staff
• Player Development
• - Skills, Techniques, Tactics
• - Fitness Physiology
• - Personality Ethics

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• SYL Information
• SYL Try-outs part of the training procedure of
  the teams (compare to handout)
• U13 Boys Team (born on or after 1/1/91)
• April 5th 500 645 PM
• April 6th 500 645 PM
• April 7th 500 645 PM
• U14 Boys/Girls (born on or after 1/1/90)
• April 5th 600 730 PM
• April 6th 600 730 PM
• April 7th 600 730 PM
• U15 Boys (born on or after 1/1/89), U16
  Boys/Girls (born on or after 1/1/88), U17 Boys
  (born on or after 1/1/87), U19 Boys/Girls (born
  on or after 1/1/85)
• April 7th 630 800 PM
• April 14th 600 745 PM
• April 21st 600 745 PM
• SYL Cost Structure (see handout)
• SYL Training Schedule

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• SYL Practice Schedule
• Training times will adhere to the set times as
  follows (open to change)
• U13B Mo.,Tu., Th. from 500 to 630pm
• U14B Mo.,Tu., Th. from 500 to 630pm
• U14G Mo.,Tu., Th. from 500 to 630pm
• U15B Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 600 to 730pm (from
  June)
• U16B Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 600 to 730pm (from
  June)
• U16G Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 600 to 730pm (from
  June)
• U17B Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 630 to 800pm (from
  June)
• U19B Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 630 to 800pm (from
  June)
• U19G Mo.,Tu., Th., Fr. from 630 to 800pm (from
  June)

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