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October Newsletter
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What you need to know - page 2 Upcoming winter programs - page 3 Alumni watch - page 5 Technically Speaking: Technical Director Nick Gumpert discusses the importance of player communication - page 6
October 2014 MONDAY
Fire FC Calendar
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4 Rec games CSA OFF
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11 Rec games CSA Games
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18 CSA games
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25 CSA games CSA Cup
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Fire FC 552 25 Rd. Ste. B Grand Junction, CO 81505 970-242-4550
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www.gjsoccer.org
Office hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
What you need t know...
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Recreational • Schedules can be found online at gjsoccer.org • CSA Cup Oct. 25 & 26 hosted in GJ • PDP • U9/10 girls Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6:15 pm (This is the final week) • U9/10 boys Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-6:15 pm (This is the final week) • U7/8 boys & girls Fridays 5:30-6:45 pm (Oct. 11 is final training) • Upcoming off-season programs • Tots program 3-5 years old • Soccer Stars for U4-8 players • Winter Indoor Soccer League for U4-8 & U9-U18 (4v4) • Winter Skills (U7-12)
Competitive • CSA Cup (formerly CYS Cup) Oct. 25 & 26 hosted in GJ for United level teams • High School boys tryouts Nov. 9 at Canyon View from noon to 1:30 pm • Western Slope Premier Tryouts at CMU *one-time $15 tryout fee • Boys • U16s: Sunday, Oct. 12 from 8:30-10:30 am • U18s: Sunday, Oct. 12 from 4-6 pm • Girls • U16s: Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2-3:30 pm and Monday, Oct. 13 from 7-8:30 pm • U18s: Saturday, Oct. 11 from 3:30-5 pm and Monday, Oct. 20 from 7-8:30 pm • Upcoming off-season programs • Winter Indoor Soccer League for U9-18 (4v4) • Winter Skills (U7-12) • Finishing Clinic (U11-18) • Winter ggoalie trainingg (U11-18)
Winter Programs Registration Opening Up Go to gjsoccer.org and go under the “Programs” tab to find more information and to register Indoor Soccer League: U5-8 and U9-18 Soccer Tots: U3-5 Winter Skills: U7-12 Soccer Stars: U4-8 Finishing Clinic: U11-18 Goalie Training: U11-18
Suggestions to Get the Most Out of Precious Practice Time *This article was first written by Mike Freitag in the March 2014 Goal Post Scripts
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raining is essential to a player’s development. It is recommended that the ratio to games should be 3-1. It has also been suggested that one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours of deep practice to really become an expert in an undertaking. With those things in mind, I would like to make a few recommendations to coaches to get the most out of the precious hours you have with your players. Pre-Practice Set Up Most of you have heard of the “Special One,” Jose Mourinho, coach of Chelsea in England. It is said he arrives to practice an hour in advance to set up the field for training. He already has a well-thought-out training plan in hand and wants to set up the activities on the field so that time is not wasted between activities. Cones, flags, vests, goals, etc. are set up so players can move from one exercise to the next without wasting time or lose the momentum of practice. I suggest you follow coach Mourinho’s example so you can have an effective practice without wasting time to set up the next activity. Show and Go This is a little rhyme I learned from a colleague that I use a lot when instructing coaches. The intention is to remind coaches to get into their activities quickly and not spend too much time talking. Players want to be active and lost interest when listening to a coach who talks too much. Coaches should be clear and concise when explaining activities.
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When to Teach As a coach, you are a teacher and you would not be doing you job if you did not guide and correct your players to improve their game. However, when you do it can have a negative or positive effect on your practice. Coaches need to pick and choose when to make coaching points and how they make those points. Most of us can find a
Continued on page 5
Soccer Shorts F
ire FC had three teams participate at the Trebol tournament October 4 & 5. The U13/14, coached by Matt Leach, girls finished with a win Saturday night after having played two good games earlier on Saturday. The U12 girls premier, coached by Shaun Howe, took second after winning two and tieing one game in their group play. The U10 PDP girls, coached by Chad Dare and Fire FC Staff, played well throughout the weekend and won two games and lost one while playing a year up in their U11 bracket. Congratulations to those teams for representing Fire FC well over the weekend!
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number of Fire FC players U12-U18 were recommended and attended tryouts for Colorado’s Olympic Development Program (ODP). Tryouts took place this past weekend and pick back up over the next couple of weekends, depending on the age group. Good luck to those who were recommended!
Challenger Soccer has a proud history of making sports accessible for kids with special needs in Grand Junction. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to boys and girls, ages 4-19, who have a mental or physical disability. The goal is to enable young athletes with disabilities to be valued and successful members of the US Youth Soccer family. TOPSoccer was formed to perpetuate the US Youth Soccer mission statement, which is in part, “to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America’s youth through the sport of soccer of all ages and levels of competition.” There are thousands of children with disabilities who need and can be provided with the opportunity to play soccer through the TOPSoccer program. Fire FC is proud to have offered this opportunity for the fourth consecutive year.
Stevie Palma, Sean Foster, Tim Hofer helped CMU to their fourth straight win and are tied for 1st place in the RMAC. They take on Regis at home this Friday, Oct. 10, at 4:30 pm. They take on CU Springs Sunday at noon. Please support the Fire FC Alumni and the CMU Men’s team this weekend.
Tim Hofer
Sean Foster
Stevie Palma
Whitney Ravan scored three goals and assisted one this past weekend for Georgia State, helping GSU to a tie and a win. That took her to five goals on the season.
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Whitney Ravan
mistake in play probably every 30 seconds, but do you want to disrupt an activity every 30 seconds with a correction? No, but it is your responsibility to teach your players individually and your team collectively at the right times. The following are several methods to use in coaching. Some are less invasive to the flow of training than others, but all can be used effectively at the right time to make coaching points. Freeze: This is the most invasive method in that it stops the flow of the activity. Freeze, however, is useful when especially addressing team tactics. Natural Stoppage: This is a great opportunity to make a coaching point. When the ball is out of play or after a goal, a coach can make a point with little interference to the practice. Flow/Continuous Activity: This means that a coach makes a coaching point as the activity continues and thus does not interrupt play. Individual Reference: This is where a coach makes a coaching point to a player and play continues, thus, not interrupting the activity.
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Flow: Ideally, you want your practice and its activities to flow with little interruption, but at the same time you have to address aspects of your team and individual players play to improve. As a coach, you need to be selective when and how you make coaching points so that the activity is not chopped up and little is achieved. You want activities to flow like a game. This is an art and the more experience you have as a coach, you get better in managing your practice.
Technically Speaking... 6
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ommunication is often a common piece of the game I hear kids need to improve on. I agree that too many players, and ultimately teams, are not competent in this facet of the game, which does ultimately keep players and teams from being developing the best and most they can. Some things I believe are important for players is to understand why they should communicate. It’s one thing being told to do something, but people do or don’t do things for their own reasons, not ours. It’s important to get players to understand how and why communication is a good thing and can benefit them and their team.
Engagement and Understanding: Being able to communicate well shows the player is engaged and if they communicate well, it shows they can read the game. This will ultimately help them see answers (should a certain pass be made, is an opponent coming, does their teammate have time to receive the ball under control, etc.) before things happen, raising their standard and understanding of the game. If a player wants to realistically play at a high level, this is one reason why they need to communicate.
Early: Players should communicate early (tell their teammate “man on” before they even receive the ball). Late communication does no one any good, and if they’re “on time” (communicating right when their teammates receiving a ball, it’s too late. Leave them with a message: Players should create the habit to leave each pass they make with a message. To simplify this process, players should leave a teammate with something as simple as - “turn” or “man on.” If they want to become a really good player, they should do this any time a teammate is receiving a ball.
Specific: Players should be specific when the communicate. A defender should not just say “someone, step!” They need to hold a certain person (whoever’s closest) accountable. Example: “Sam, step/pressure!” There’s nothing wrong with holding teammates accountable, that’s a part of any teammates job. Everything a player does should be to help their team win; not being specific is not one of them.
Two-way street: Last, but certainly not least, players need to remember communication is a two-way street. Communicating effectively does not just involve talking; just as important is the listening aspect. They need to listen for each other. If I know my teammates have my back, that the information they’re giving me is to help us win, then I should understand I need their help and not work just for myself and on my own. By remembering and applying this piece of communication, trust and teamwork grows.
Competitive Teams Update
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U11 GP - The girls are 3rd in their Premier 1 bracket
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U11 BP - The boys are 3rd in their WSSL bracket
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U12 GP (Howe) - The girls are midtable in Challenge
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U12 GP (Molineaux) - The girls are 1st in Challenge
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U11/12 GU (Arotin) - The girls are midtable in their WSSL bracket
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U11/12 GU (Larson) - The girls are midtable in their WSSL bracket
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U12 BU - The boys are in 2nd in their WSSL bracket
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U13 GP - The girls are in 3rd in Classic 2
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U13 BP - The boys are in 4th in Classic 2
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U13/14 GU - The girls are in last in their WSSL bracket
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U13/14 BU - The boys are in last in their WSSL bracket
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U15 GP - The girls are in 2nd in Division 2
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U15 GU - The girls are in 1st in Division 6
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U16 GU - The girls are in 1st in Division 4
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U18 GP - The girls are midtable in Division 2
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U18 GU - The girls are midtable in the U18 WSSL bracket
Thank You TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS
• • • •
What you need to know - page 2 Upcoming winter programs - page 3 Alumni watch - page 5 Technically Speaking: Technical Director Nick Gumpert discusses the importance of player communication - page 6
October 2014 MONDAY
Fire FC Calendar
SUNDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
2
FRIDAY
3
SATURDAY
4 Rec games CSA OFF
6
7
8
9
10
11 Rec games CSA Games
13
14
15
16
17
18 CSA games
20
21
22
23
24
25 CSA games CSA Cup
27
28
29
Fire FC 552 25 Rd. Ste. B Grand Junction, CO 81505 970-242-4550
1
THURSDAY
30
31
www.gjsoccer.org
Office hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
What you need t know...
2
Recreational • Schedules can be found online at gjsoccer.org • CSA Cup Oct. 25 & 26 hosted in GJ • PDP • U9/10 girls Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6:15 pm (This is the final week) • U9/10 boys Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-6:15 pm (This is the final week) • U7/8 boys & girls Fridays 5:30-6:45 pm (Oct. 11 is final training) • Upcoming off-season programs • Tots program 3-5 years old • Soccer Stars for U4-8 players • Winter Indoor Soccer League for U4-8 & U9-U18 (4v4) • Winter Skills (U7-12)
Competitive • CSA Cup (formerly CYS Cup) Oct. 25 & 26 hosted in GJ for United level teams • High School boys tryouts Nov. 9 at Canyon View from noon to 1:30 pm • Western Slope Premier Tryouts at CMU *one-time $15 tryout fee • Boys • U16s: Sunday, Oct. 12 from 8:30-10:30 am • U18s: Sunday, Oct. 12 from 4-6 pm • Girls • U16s: Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2-3:30 pm and Monday, Oct. 13 from 7-8:30 pm • U18s: Saturday, Oct. 11 from 3:30-5 pm and Monday, Oct. 20 from 7-8:30 pm • Upcoming off-season programs • Winter Indoor Soccer League for U9-18 (4v4) • Winter Skills (U7-12) • Finishing Clinic (U11-18) • Winter ggoalie trainingg (U11-18)
Winter Programs Registration Opening Up Go to gjsoccer.org and go under the “Programs” tab to find more information and to register Indoor Soccer League: U5-8 and U9-18 Soccer Tots: U3-5 Winter Skills: U7-12 Soccer Stars: U4-8 Finishing Clinic: U11-18 Goalie Training: U11-18
Suggestions to Get the Most Out of Precious Practice Time *This article was first written by Mike Freitag in the March 2014 Goal Post Scripts
T
raining is essential to a player’s development. It is recommended that the ratio to games should be 3-1. It has also been suggested that one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours of deep practice to really become an expert in an undertaking. With those things in mind, I would like to make a few recommendations to coaches to get the most out of the precious hours you have with your players. Pre-Practice Set Up Most of you have heard of the “Special One,” Jose Mourinho, coach of Chelsea in England. It is said he arrives to practice an hour in advance to set up the field for training. He already has a well-thought-out training plan in hand and wants to set up the activities on the field so that time is not wasted between activities. Cones, flags, vests, goals, etc. are set up so players can move from one exercise to the next without wasting time or lose the momentum of practice. I suggest you follow coach Mourinho’s example so you can have an effective practice without wasting time to set up the next activity. Show and Go This is a little rhyme I learned from a colleague that I use a lot when instructing coaches. The intention is to remind coaches to get into their activities quickly and not spend too much time talking. Players want to be active and lost interest when listening to a coach who talks too much. Coaches should be clear and concise when explaining activities.
3
When to Teach As a coach, you are a teacher and you would not be doing you job if you did not guide and correct your players to improve their game. However, when you do it can have a negative or positive effect on your practice. Coaches need to pick and choose when to make coaching points and how they make those points. Most of us can find a
Continued on page 5
Soccer Shorts F
ire FC had three teams participate at the Trebol tournament October 4 & 5. The U13/14, coached by Matt Leach, girls finished with a win Saturday night after having played two good games earlier on Saturday. The U12 girls premier, coached by Shaun Howe, took second after winning two and tieing one game in their group play. The U10 PDP girls, coached by Chad Dare and Fire FC Staff, played well throughout the weekend and won two games and lost one while playing a year up in their U11 bracket. Congratulations to those teams for representing Fire FC well over the weekend!
4
A
number of Fire FC players U12-U18 were recommended and attended tryouts for Colorado’s Olympic Development Program (ODP). Tryouts took place this past weekend and pick back up over the next couple of weekends, depending on the age group. Good luck to those who were recommended!
Challenger Soccer has a proud history of making sports accessible for kids with special needs in Grand Junction. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to boys and girls, ages 4-19, who have a mental or physical disability. The goal is to enable young athletes with disabilities to be valued and successful members of the US Youth Soccer family. TOPSoccer was formed to perpetuate the US Youth Soccer mission statement, which is in part, “to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America’s youth through the sport of soccer of all ages and levels of competition.” There are thousands of children with disabilities who need and can be provided with the opportunity to play soccer through the TOPSoccer program. Fire FC is proud to have offered this opportunity for the fourth consecutive year.
Stevie Palma, Sean Foster, Tim Hofer helped CMU to their fourth straight win and are tied for 1st place in the RMAC. They take on Regis at home this Friday, Oct. 10, at 4:30 pm. They take on CU Springs Sunday at noon. Please support the Fire FC Alumni and the CMU Men’s team this weekend.
Tim Hofer
Sean Foster
Stevie Palma
Whitney Ravan scored three goals and assisted one this past weekend for Georgia State, helping GSU to a tie and a win. That took her to five goals on the season.
Continued from page 3
Whitney Ravan
mistake in play probably every 30 seconds, but do you want to disrupt an activity every 30 seconds with a correction? No, but it is your responsibility to teach your players individually and your team collectively at the right times. The following are several methods to use in coaching. Some are less invasive to the flow of training than others, but all can be used effectively at the right time to make coaching points. Freeze: This is the most invasive method in that it stops the flow of the activity. Freeze, however, is useful when especially addressing team tactics. Natural Stoppage: This is a great opportunity to make a coaching point. When the ball is out of play or after a goal, a coach can make a point with little interference to the practice. Flow/Continuous Activity: This means that a coach makes a coaching point as the activity continues and thus does not interrupt play. Individual Reference: This is where a coach makes a coaching point to a player and play continues, thus, not interrupting the activity.
5
Flow: Ideally, you want your practice and its activities to flow with little interruption, but at the same time you have to address aspects of your team and individual players play to improve. As a coach, you need to be selective when and how you make coaching points so that the activity is not chopped up and little is achieved. You want activities to flow like a game. This is an art and the more experience you have as a coach, you get better in managing your practice.
Technically Speaking... 6
C
ommunication is often a common piece of the game I hear kids need to improve on. I agree that too many players, and ultimately teams, are not competent in this facet of the game, which does ultimately keep players and teams from being developing the best and most they can. Some things I believe are important for players is to understand why they should communicate. It’s one thing being told to do something, but people do or don’t do things for their own reasons, not ours. It’s important to get players to understand how and why communication is a good thing and can benefit them and their team.
Engagement and Understanding: Being able to communicate well shows the player is engaged and if they communicate well, it shows they can read the game. This will ultimately help them see answers (should a certain pass be made, is an opponent coming, does their teammate have time to receive the ball under control, etc.) before things happen, raising their standard and understanding of the game. If a player wants to realistically play at a high level, this is one reason why they need to communicate.
Early: Players should communicate early (tell their teammate “man on” before they even receive the ball). Late communication does no one any good, and if they’re “on time” (communicating right when their teammates receiving a ball, it’s too late. Leave them with a message: Players should create the habit to leave each pass they make with a message. To simplify this process, players should leave a teammate with something as simple as - “turn” or “man on.” If they want to become a really good player, they should do this any time a teammate is receiving a ball.
Specific: Players should be specific when the communicate. A defender should not just say “someone, step!” They need to hold a certain person (whoever’s closest) accountable. Example: “Sam, step/pressure!” There’s nothing wrong with holding teammates accountable, that’s a part of any teammates job. Everything a player does should be to help their team win; not being specific is not one of them.
Two-way street: Last, but certainly not least, players need to remember communication is a two-way street. Communicating effectively does not just involve talking; just as important is the listening aspect. They need to listen for each other. If I know my teammates have my back, that the information they’re giving me is to help us win, then I should understand I need their help and not work just for myself and on my own. By remembering and applying this piece of communication, trust and teamwork grows.
Competitive Teams Update
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U11 GP - The girls are 3rd in their Premier 1 bracket
•
U11 BP - The boys are 3rd in their WSSL bracket
•
U12 GP (Howe) - The girls are midtable in Challenge
•
U12 GP (Molineaux) - The girls are 1st in Challenge
•
U11/12 GU (Arotin) - The girls are midtable in their WSSL bracket
•
U11/12 GU (Larson) - The girls are midtable in their WSSL bracket
•
U12 BU - The boys are in 2nd in their WSSL bracket
•
U13 GP - The girls are in 3rd in Classic 2
•
U13 BP - The boys are in 4th in Classic 2
•
U13/14 GU - The girls are in last in their WSSL bracket
•
U13/14 BU - The boys are in last in their WSSL bracket
•
U15 GP - The girls are in 2nd in Division 2
•
U15 GU - The girls are in 1st in Division 6
•
U16 GU - The girls are in 1st in Division 4
•
U18 GP - The girls are midtable in Division 2
•
U18 GU - The girls are midtable in the U18 WSSL bracket
Thank You TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS
