McLean Youth Soccer Travel Program Overview
McLean Youth Soccer Travel Program Overview May 2014
MYS’ mission is to develop youth through the sport of soccer by providing quality coaching, a high caliber environment and a commitment to best practices. – Travel programs include over 900 players • Approximately 55 – 60 travel teams • Entry level to elite, from U09 – U19 • Regional leagues oriented to varying levels of play: – SFL, CCL ,ODSL, NCSL, WAGS, ECNL, EDP, Region I
– Summer & Spring break camps, skills training (e.g., position specific, Goalkeeper training, Striker specific training), indoor programs (e.g., BallMasters)
– 13 MYS Girls Players named to Washington Post All-Met teams – 3 MYS Travel Teams captured titles at Disney Showcase, Bethesda Tournament – MYS U18 ECNL Player Selected for U-20 U.S. Women's National Team (CONCACAF Championship Roster) – U12 Boys Virginia State Champions (2013) – U13 Boys Virginia State Cup Finalists (2014)
– 17 MYS players signed college letters of intent – Twelve (12) former MYS players represented on all Final Four teams in the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship – FSU, VA Tech, UVA, UCLA
What makes good players? The Dutch Components • Technique • Insight • Personality • Speed
What makes good players? Liverpool Academy Components • Technique • Attitude • Balance • Speed
The McLean Model: What makes good players? • • • • • •
Creative Range of Passing 1st Touch Personality Decision-making Comfortable on the ball in tight spaces • Handling the ball under pressure
What makes good players?
•SPEED – Technical speed – Pure Speed – Speed of Action – Speed of Thought
What makes good players? PERSONALITY • Grit • Players that are ‘bought in’ • We never ‘give IN’!! • Growth mindset mentality • Willing to fail and try new things • ‘Win it back’ mentality • ‘Training the impulse’
Diverse and Varied Programs • Age Appropriate - Small Sided Games (3v3, 4v4, 8x8, etc.) • Technical Training • GK Training • Position Specific Functional Training • Speed/Agility/Strength • Intelligence / Character • Advanced Opportunities
Adapt to the Modern Game
Way of Playing • Pressing • Tempo • Transitions • Speed of Play
MYS Player Pathways
Elite Programs - Partnerships • Soccer landscape is changing • Across the country- mergers, affiliations, partnerships • To compete we have to improve our "pool” • MYS will be entering into conversations with other clubs in the near future • Concept: win-win scenario – work with other clubs to enhance training pool – select ECNL Core from that training pool
Age Group Focus
U9/10
• Basics of soccer • Developing individual technical skills • Emphasis on 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 components
U11/12
• Small sided tactical & team play • Technical skills mastery • Transitioning towards the 11v11 game
U13/14
• Transition to the 11v11 game • Player position specific development • Mental and physical toughness – ‘grit’
U15+
• • • •
Formalizing development of individual and team play Compete to win – correct match mentality development Technical / tactical functional team training Ownership of their soccer career
ECNL – Elite Clubs National League • The mission of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) is to change the landscape for elite female soccer players in the United States through innovative, player-centered programming and to enhance the overall experience by creating a better, more enjoyable, and more successful player, coach, and club development model • MYS has been a member of the ECNL since 2011
CCL – Club Champions League
• • • •
VA / MD Directors League League based Developmental Model Club-to-Club based scheduling 16 Clubs
Technical Strategy & Organization
Attacking Style Objectives • Curriculum based Age Appropriate Program • Objectives which are manageable and measurable • Fastest team in our matches ‘On and Off’ the ball • Handle ball under pressure – ‘Play Simple, Early, and Quick’ • Interchangeable Parts – player mobility • Ability to vary attacks • ‘Attack as a Unit’
Defensive Style Objectives • Team of Ball Winners • Skilled in principles of defense; pressure, cover, balance • Communicate • Pressing team – ‘Win it back mentality’, Quick in transition! • Force opponents to play when they don’t want to! • ‘Train the Impulse’ – It is not a tactic, it is an impulse • Defend as a unit – 1v11
Fall Curriculum 2014
Match Day / Tournament Goals • Less than 20 unforced turnovers • Complete 75%-85% of passes • Assist in the development of players for the next level – collegiate, professional, international play • Improve Quality of final pass / Mentality to penetrate / Defensive transition • Use width/attack backs, make defenders face their own goals
Understanding / Accepting Roles • • • •
All-IN? Trust amongst the Team Emerging Roles and Emerging Players ‘Training the Behavior’
Technical Staff • Ken Krieger, Boys Technical Director – Formerly director of PWSI – 35+ years as a coach • Clyde Watson, Girls Technical Director – Formerly coach of Washington Freedom – 30+ years as coach • Age Group Directors: – Jamil Faryadi – U13-U18 Boys – Cindi Harkes – U13 -U18 Girls – Yuri Bogdanov – U8–U12 Boys and Girls • Goalkeeper Directors: – Kim Kammerdeiner – Matt Pasquinelli
Coaching Structure
2014-15 Team Tryout Process Weeks of May 26 and June 2 Registration through club website Staffing: Outgoing and Incoming coach Rolling notifications: ALL done within 72 hours of final tryout Team formation will be determined by the technical staff and will account for number of players
Coach Assignments - Girls Age Group
Lead
Assistant
Practice
U09
Marc Cascio
Eleanor Jones
Harry Opoku
U10
Juan Bernado
Jordan Grant
TBD
U11
Jaon Ahmad
Dan Ambrosio
Krissy Freeman
U12
Juan Bernado
Ben Gann
Denise Horacek
Age Group
ECNL
Green
White
U13G
Spencer Henderson
Spencer Henderson
Andrew Gooding
U14G
Clyde Watson
Harry Opoku
Jaime Valencia
U15G
Marianna Sullivan
TBD
Cristian Michel
U16G
TBD
Gino Leon
Patrick Finney
U17G
Clyde Watson
Cindi Harkes
Julio Gonzalez
U18G
Nadir Moumen
Nadir Moumen
TBD
Coach Assignments - Boys Age Group
Lead
Assistant
Practice
U09
George Bitadze
Seth Jacobs/Rich Gendron
Jose Venegas
U10
Brent Heupel
Jeremy Duff
Greig Warwick
U11
Ken Krieger
Seth Jacobs
Aaron West
U12
Yuri Bogdanov
Phillip Simon
Dan Ambrosio
Age Group
Green
White
Gold
U13
Marcelo Valencia
Marcelo Valencia
Scott Shoemaker
U14
Jamil Walker
Mike Foss
Gary Evans
U15
Robbie Wolfer
Farzad Mahmoudpour
TBD
U16
Sean Lanigan
Jamil Faryadi
TBD
U17
Jamil Faryadi
Iain MacKenzie
TBD
U18
Farzad Mahmoudpour
TBD
TBD
Questions? `
MYS’ mission is to develop youth through the sport of soccer by providing quality coaching, a high caliber environment and a commitment to best practices. – Travel programs include over 900 players • Approximately 55 – 60 travel teams • Entry level to elite, from U09 – U19 • Regional leagues oriented to varying levels of play: – SFL, CCL ,ODSL, NCSL, WAGS, ECNL, EDP, Region I
– Summer & Spring break camps, skills training (e.g., position specific, Goalkeeper training, Striker specific training), indoor programs (e.g., BallMasters)
– 13 MYS Girls Players named to Washington Post All-Met teams – 3 MYS Travel Teams captured titles at Disney Showcase, Bethesda Tournament – MYS U18 ECNL Player Selected for U-20 U.S. Women's National Team (CONCACAF Championship Roster) – U12 Boys Virginia State Champions (2013) – U13 Boys Virginia State Cup Finalists (2014)
– 17 MYS players signed college letters of intent – Twelve (12) former MYS players represented on all Final Four teams in the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship – FSU, VA Tech, UVA, UCLA
What makes good players? The Dutch Components • Technique • Insight • Personality • Speed
What makes good players? Liverpool Academy Components • Technique • Attitude • Balance • Speed
The McLean Model: What makes good players? • • • • • •
Creative Range of Passing 1st Touch Personality Decision-making Comfortable on the ball in tight spaces • Handling the ball under pressure
What makes good players?
•SPEED – Technical speed – Pure Speed – Speed of Action – Speed of Thought
What makes good players? PERSONALITY • Grit • Players that are ‘bought in’ • We never ‘give IN’!! • Growth mindset mentality • Willing to fail and try new things • ‘Win it back’ mentality • ‘Training the impulse’
Diverse and Varied Programs • Age Appropriate - Small Sided Games (3v3, 4v4, 8x8, etc.) • Technical Training • GK Training • Position Specific Functional Training • Speed/Agility/Strength • Intelligence / Character • Advanced Opportunities
Adapt to the Modern Game
Way of Playing • Pressing • Tempo • Transitions • Speed of Play
MYS Player Pathways
Elite Programs - Partnerships • Soccer landscape is changing • Across the country- mergers, affiliations, partnerships • To compete we have to improve our "pool” • MYS will be entering into conversations with other clubs in the near future • Concept: win-win scenario – work with other clubs to enhance training pool – select ECNL Core from that training pool
Age Group Focus
U9/10
• Basics of soccer • Developing individual technical skills • Emphasis on 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 components
U11/12
• Small sided tactical & team play • Technical skills mastery • Transitioning towards the 11v11 game
U13/14
• Transition to the 11v11 game • Player position specific development • Mental and physical toughness – ‘grit’
U15+
• • • •
Formalizing development of individual and team play Compete to win – correct match mentality development Technical / tactical functional team training Ownership of their soccer career
ECNL – Elite Clubs National League • The mission of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) is to change the landscape for elite female soccer players in the United States through innovative, player-centered programming and to enhance the overall experience by creating a better, more enjoyable, and more successful player, coach, and club development model • MYS has been a member of the ECNL since 2011
CCL – Club Champions League
• • • •
VA / MD Directors League League based Developmental Model Club-to-Club based scheduling 16 Clubs
Technical Strategy & Organization
Attacking Style Objectives • Curriculum based Age Appropriate Program • Objectives which are manageable and measurable • Fastest team in our matches ‘On and Off’ the ball • Handle ball under pressure – ‘Play Simple, Early, and Quick’ • Interchangeable Parts – player mobility • Ability to vary attacks • ‘Attack as a Unit’
Defensive Style Objectives • Team of Ball Winners • Skilled in principles of defense; pressure, cover, balance • Communicate • Pressing team – ‘Win it back mentality’, Quick in transition! • Force opponents to play when they don’t want to! • ‘Train the Impulse’ – It is not a tactic, it is an impulse • Defend as a unit – 1v11
Fall Curriculum 2014
Match Day / Tournament Goals • Less than 20 unforced turnovers • Complete 75%-85% of passes • Assist in the development of players for the next level – collegiate, professional, international play • Improve Quality of final pass / Mentality to penetrate / Defensive transition • Use width/attack backs, make defenders face their own goals
Understanding / Accepting Roles • • • •
All-IN? Trust amongst the Team Emerging Roles and Emerging Players ‘Training the Behavior’
Technical Staff • Ken Krieger, Boys Technical Director – Formerly director of PWSI – 35+ years as a coach • Clyde Watson, Girls Technical Director – Formerly coach of Washington Freedom – 30+ years as coach • Age Group Directors: – Jamil Faryadi – U13-U18 Boys – Cindi Harkes – U13 -U18 Girls – Yuri Bogdanov – U8–U12 Boys and Girls • Goalkeeper Directors: – Kim Kammerdeiner – Matt Pasquinelli
Coaching Structure
2014-15 Team Tryout Process Weeks of May 26 and June 2 Registration through club website Staffing: Outgoing and Incoming coach Rolling notifications: ALL done within 72 hours of final tryout Team formation will be determined by the technical staff and will account for number of players
Coach Assignments - Girls Age Group
Lead
Assistant
Practice
U09
Marc Cascio
Eleanor Jones
Harry Opoku
U10
Juan Bernado
Jordan Grant
TBD
U11
Jaon Ahmad
Dan Ambrosio
Krissy Freeman
U12
Juan Bernado
Ben Gann
Denise Horacek
Age Group
ECNL
Green
White
U13G
Spencer Henderson
Spencer Henderson
Andrew Gooding
U14G
Clyde Watson
Harry Opoku
Jaime Valencia
U15G
Marianna Sullivan
TBD
Cristian Michel
U16G
TBD
Gino Leon
Patrick Finney
U17G
Clyde Watson
Cindi Harkes
Julio Gonzalez
U18G
Nadir Moumen
Nadir Moumen
TBD
Coach Assignments - Boys Age Group
Lead
Assistant
Practice
U09
George Bitadze
Seth Jacobs/Rich Gendron
Jose Venegas
U10
Brent Heupel
Jeremy Duff
Greig Warwick
U11
Ken Krieger
Seth Jacobs
Aaron West
U12
Yuri Bogdanov
Phillip Simon
Dan Ambrosio
Age Group
Green
White
Gold
U13
Marcelo Valencia
Marcelo Valencia
Scott Shoemaker
U14
Jamil Walker
Mike Foss
Gary Evans
U15
Robbie Wolfer
Farzad Mahmoudpour
TBD
U16
Sean Lanigan
Jamil Faryadi
TBD
U17
Jamil Faryadi
Iain MacKenzie
TBD
U18
Farzad Mahmoudpour
TBD
TBD
Questions? `
