Summer Training and other tidbits!

Parents/Girls,

I THINK (not totally sure yet) that we can have the field this July from 5:30-6:55pm.  The HHS boys will be getting finished around 5:20pm and the HHS girls begin at 7:00pm.  Let's plan on beginning next Thursday, July 12th, 11th,  at 5:30pm and ending at 6:55pm.

PLEASE do not get on the field or in the way of the boys--let them finish and get off the field.  In fact, please go to the bleachers on the OTHER SIDE (Fan section) and wait there until the boys have cleared out.

And I want our girls to be off the field and out of the parking lot by 7:00pm.  I am squeezing them in (off paper/record) so we don't have to waste my uses on the field, and instead save them for games, scrimmages, camps, etc.

IF the boys push their practice back because of the heat, we will have to take our practice to General Cable Field.  I will let you know ahead of time through this blog if that happens, and I'm sure it will often.

Our practice will concentrate on 45 minutes of small sided games (very very little coaching).  We will set up three small fields.  1 point for "move of the day" that is successfully used to create space or beat defender, and 1 point for goal.  In the past, I think we gave a point for multiple moves each game.  This summer, I want these moves to become so second nature, that we are only going to concentrate on 1-2 moves each practice, to make it habit--drill it in their heads!  One of the three fields will be the "winners" field.  The winning teams on each of the two fields will play on that field.  The winning team on the winner's field will always have the option to "keep field", or sit out and rest/water break!

The second 45 minutes will be athletic training, which will be a little harder than in the past, but not quite as hard as what they may have experienced at S4 Camp.  For those girls trying out that same night for school teams (like the HHS girls who will have tryouts right after), I would only want them to go about 50%, or maybe just the first half of the athletic training, and then go rest their bodies their school tryout.

This summer training is not mandatory, but highly advised, especially for the level of play we will be up against in the fall.

FALL:
We applied for the Buckeye league.  I have petitioned for the Premier Division 1 (Javanon won this in the spring), or the Elite Division which is the highest Division under State.  Being a "Select Team", I am guessing that we will be put in the Premier Division 1, which is where I hope we land.  That in itself will be pretty awesome.  I was afraid if I petitioned for only the Premier Division 1, that they may put us in the Division 2, 3 or 4.

We also applied for the Mead Cup tournament.  This has always been a great tournament.  Based on us finishing as a semifinalist in the Mead Cup Silver Division last fall, and Finalist in the Ky State Cup, I'm sure they'll be putting us in a higher division in the Mead Cup this fall.

We are currently ranked 4th in the State on gotsoccer.com and 5th on allsport.com!!!  I think this alone will be putting us in higher brackets.

SOOO, that is why I really think it's important that the girls make these trainings, and are working on their own with their weaknesses (left foot passing, left foot first touches, taking the ball out of the air and controlling it, etc.).   There are many girls on this team that if they don't work on the beforementioned, might not be able to compete successfully in the divisions we might be playing in.  PLEASE work on these at least 20-30 minutes every day.  That is not too much to ask.


Lastly, I have paid all the fee's for our Buckeye and Mead cup already.  I only have gotten about 1/2 of the payments.  If you haven't, please mail a check made out to me for $109 to my address:

Brian Wiefering
121 Miami Parkway
Fort Thomas, KY 40175.

Thanks all, and I hope everyone is enjoying their Summer and had a great 4th of July!!!!!

Brian