Rising U9 information for parents

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Rising U9 information for parents

• What is Rising U9?
• Under 8 players born after 7/31/98
• Information covered today
• Player Development
• All Stars this season
• McLean Premier Soccer for next year (brief)
• What to expect in house league in the future
• Information is on the web site,
  www.mcleansoccer.org

• Who is presenting tonight?
• Mark Johnston, House Commissioner
• Mark Thompson, Director of MPS
• Bob Maynes, Director of Coaching

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Player Development

• Small sided games make the game
• Easier decisions
• Fit the size of the players
• Greater teaching time
• More involved in the play
• More opportunities with the ball
• More opportunities to score
• Developmentally appropriate

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Player Development

• 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.
• Try outs are not developmentally appropriate
• Not efficient in selecting the best future
  players
• Create feelings of anxiety and failure
• MYS strives to create a place for every player
• 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 nightsit
  is not too late to sign up (only missed one
  session so far).

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All Stars

• Coaches and Team Selection?
• Anyonecoach or parentcan 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
  immediatelyjoint practices may be held

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All Stars

• 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

• Please register on-line (new this season).

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All Stars

• 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 mrodlauer_at_imf.org 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 200 - 400 pm
U8G John Walker fivewalkers_at_aol.com 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 200 - 400 pm
U8G William McDonald William.McDonald_at_capitalone.com 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 200 - 400 pm
BOYS          
U8B Christopher Peterson Christopher.Peterson_at_ferc.gov 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 400 - 600 pm
U8B Kavian Milani milani1_at_cox.net 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 400 - 600 pm
U8B Andrew Levetown alevetown_at_hotmail.com 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 400 - 600 pm
U8B Reblitz/Spafford Sdreblitz_at_aol.com 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 400 - 600 pm
U8B Keith Horenstein kaj4_at_verizon.net 29-Apr Springhill 6 7 400 - 600 pm
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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

• 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
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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).

2006 data
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Academy Training

• Academy training is a different style of
  running practices.
• 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.
• 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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