Take me out to the Ball Game.

 

Game number Three:

Mar 20 2010
1:00 PM

Home at Kelly West,
KWS1

against

CBS443
Hickerson

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Happy Pi Day!

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March 6th Soccer Game at Kelly Park against DMS441 @ 1:00pm.

First Soccer Game

*** FLASH *** u play 3/6 @ kelly 1 against DMS441 @ 1:00pm. BT

Great News! We are playing March 6th, Saturday, at 1:00 in the afternoon. We will play at Kelly Park against a Divine Mercy team. This team is very tough; most of the kids are students at Divine Mercy. They spend three to six hours per day at soccer training or weight-lifting; and the DMS 6th grade team tied the Melbourne High Varsity team 3-3. I heard that the ovens at Divine Mercy's kitchen were out for three weeks before anyone noticed. Their soccer players eat their meat raw. I'm not saying their goal tender is good; just that he is ten feet tall, weighs two-tons, breathes fire, and could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing.



We have our work cut out for us.


Our schedule is posted on the right side of this blog.

Tom

Scary Mary

Bob Meets Barak.

Bob Dylan greets President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during the Civil Rights concert in the East Room of the White House on February 9, 2010.

Next Practice is Tuesday

Yesterday’s practice was quite exciting. It appears that we have the makings of a nice little soccer team. With the brisk cool air, the players were gamboling like a bunch of puppies.

Our next practice will be Tuesday at 5:00 pm. With the sun setting as early as it does, we can only get a full 80 minute practice if we start at 5:00. If we go to all the trouble of dressing and driving we might as well play for a bit longer.

Some players cannot show up exactly at 5:00. No worries.

News about practice

It is official! Our first soccer practice is Tuesday February 16th at 5:30pm. We will meet at the point of the traffic circle closest to the Cocoa Beach High School baseball field. Our practice will take place at the fields behind the track/football stadium.


Players should have: a ball, shoes and shin-guards. Do not worry about the size of the ball; just pump it up with air. There is a water fountain at the baseball field bathrooms, but thirsty players need to bring a water bottle. Comfortable shoes are a must. Cleats are good; but flat bottomed shoes are fine. Kids at this age grow like weeds; better comfortable flats than too small cleats.


Until the season starts, we will have practice on Tuesday and Thursday. Once we begin playing games, practice will be one day per week. If a kid cannot make practice, it will not effect the time he or she plays during the game. I understand that there are many other demands on the young players time; homework, instrument practice and differential calculus. The first practice is important because it is our chance to meet each other and get off to a good start. The goal of practice is for the kids to have fun; if they are not disappointed at missing a practice, I am not doing my job. More fun = better soccer.


While I will be shuttling kids on and off the field during the games; the goal of having each player play the same amount of time remains the same. Assuming a player attends all eight games; he or she should play exactly the same amount of time as every other player. Your child should expect to play for long, uninterrupted chunks of time. We are trying to encourage players to take risks and be creative; nobody gets pulled because of a bad play. The kids need to know that they will get taken off the field not because of some aspect of their play; but only because their allotted time has expired.


Executive Summary: 1) Practice 5:30 pm on Tuesday and Thursday.
2) Must have ball and shin-guards.
3) Attendance at first practice is important.
4) Meet Tom on the sidewalk by the handicapped parking nearest the Cocoa Beach High baseball field.

Ajax

Washington Wrapped in White.

Dad. . . This is supposed to be a soccer blog.

Soccer Parents,

Thank you for your e-mails. Unfortunately, while I value your comments, I can only include the votes on the three polls to the right of this comment.

T

What we might learn.

Zinedine Zidane's Classic Soccer Move

Posted Jul 02, 2006

The pirouette is classic Zidane. He turns the attack forward at speed, hauls it to a stop, freezing defenders, then accelerates past. His control of the game led France to a 2006 quarterfinal victory over Brazil in the rematch of 1998's World Cup final.

2010 Spring Information

Welcome to the 2010 U-14 Spring Season! Practice begins on Tuesday, February 16, 2009.

We still need, and have room for, players. Our roster size is 18 and we still have room for five more players. We are looking for bigger, older U-14 players. Experience is not required. If you see a player we should have, but is not on the roster, e-mail me.

I have an exciting announcement. This spring, the players will be exposed to a professional trainer. I have retained Devin R., an experienced coach and soccer player who will be imposing a serious training regime on the players.

Devin is a college student who has played competition soccer at a very high level. He will be drilling the players on individual moves and tactics. At the start of the season, when there are no games, we will be having two practices per week, creating a structure to build upon during the game. Devon is also the coach of a Rockledge competition team, so we may not be able to have him at our games, but he will be with us when we need him most.

While the goal of our team remains to have fun; practice will not be the loosey-goosey experience we had in the fall; Devon will be expecting our player to be as motivated and intense as the other competition players he coaches. Players will need to come to practice fully equipped and ready to play. (Our kids need to dress for soccer (this means shin-guards) and bring their own water and ball.) Devon, has been fully educated in the Dutch Method of soccer instruction and has worked with the youth program of Amsterdam’s Ajax. Our plan is to start off strong with intense practices and ease off as the season move on. We intend to teach the kids some of the standard movements so that as they learn the faints and dribbles they can incorporate individual skills into group play. However, just because we are focusing on individual skills does not mean we have abandoned the idea of creative, attacking soccer. Serious soccer can still be fun!

This season communication between the parents and players and team management will also be different. I have organized an electronic bulletin board which will contain all the information on practices and games. Comments can be posted. (If you notice, there are no last names on the board; for security, I use first names and identifying initials.) On this site, there are three polls on the right side, just below the “welcome to Cocoa Beach” picture. I am collecting parent input on the date and time of practice. This is the place to enter your desires on practices. We are still two weeks away from the start of practice. I am thinking about Tuesday and Friday practices until games start and then moving to one practice on Tuesday night. Enter your input.

One last thought. The plan our soccer club developed last fall was not able to be accomplished and the core of experienced U-14 players has dropped from 10 to 4 (a very good quartet, but four non-the-less). We are taking a group of young players into their first season of 11 v. 11, full field soccer; please lower your expectations. If we win a single game, our season will be a success.

Tom Y.

Mary in Pisa

Thumbs Up for the 2010 Soccer Schedule!

U-14 Spring Season Dates

February 16 Practice Begins

March 6-7 Week #1 Games

March 13-14 Week #2 Games

March 20-21 Week #3 Games

March 27-28 Week #4 Games

Mar 29 - Apr 2 Brevard schools spring break
No practice or games.

April 3-4 Easter weekend - no games

April 10-11 Week #5 Games

April 17-18 Week #6 Games

April 24-25 Week #7 Games

May 1-2 Potential Palm Bay tournement - No BYSL games

May 8-9 Week #8 Games - end of BYSL spring season

May 21 Last day of school - Brevard County (Friday)

Snacks, we don't need no stinking snacks

Following on the success of Snack Free 2009, the 2010 U-14 will have the following snack schedule. NO SNACKS

Check out this article for details. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/dining/20gusti.html?pagewanted=2&sq=snack%20soccer&st=cse&scp=2

March 24th is the LAST DATE we will be able to accept any further registrations in order to allow for team formations/assignments, scheduling, and uniform order/printing to occur in a timely manner. We will not be able to make any exceptions to this DEADLINE.

The registration fees provide for a uniform consisting of jersey and socks for the Spring season, referee fees for U-8 and above, maintenance of goals & nets, lining of game fields, and administration costs. You provide soccer approved cleats, shin-guards and a willingness to support your child’s team.

For any questions, you may contact CBS Club President, Brian Rye at (321) 394-5083 or any other CBS board member.

Spring Season Facts

• Spring season games begin the weekend of March 6-7 for all Recreational Teams!!! We will play a 8 game schedule for the Spring Season.
• Teams will be formed in late January with roster distribution during the first week of February to coaches for practice scheduling and coordination.
• Practices times and locations are scheduled and coordinated by the coaches to meet their work schedules, etc.. as volunteers. Most teams practice 1-2x per week in the evenings after work/school etc..

Click the 'Register Now' button to go to the CBS Registration Portal. [Note from Tom: the broken picture leads to the registration link. I am not a good programmer.]

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