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McEachern girls soccer. 2013-2014. EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS. SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE YOUR ATHLETE. STAY INFORMED Sign up for the text alerts send: @ gsoc1213 to ( 573) 535-5532. . EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS. ALL FORMS COMPLETED PRIOR TO TRYOUTS.
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McEachern girls soccer 2013-2014
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS • SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE YOUR ATHLETE. • STAY INFORMED • Sign up for the text alerts send: @gsoc1213 to (573) 535-5532.
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS • ALL FORMS COMPLETED PRIOR TO TRYOUTS. • Physical Form (with insurance information and county conduct policies) • Concussion Awareness Form • Confirm eligibility (see Coach Jones)
NOTES ON ELIGIBILITY • MUST RESIDE IN THE MCEACHERN DISTRICT. • MUST BE CLEARED THROUGH THE GHSA. • If you have transferred into MHS this year you need to contact Coach Jones immediately to verify clearance in time for season. • MUST PASS 5/8 CLASSES. • Semester classes count as 2 classes. • Year Long classes count as 1 class. • Incompletes count as failures. • MUST ATTEND 2 FULL CLASS PERIODS DAILY. • ISS / OSS = INELLIGIBLE. • FRIDAYS COUNT TOWARD THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.
NEWS FOR PARENTS • PURCHASE A SPIRIT PACK ($100 PER PLAYER). • Spirit Packs allow us to provide many additional elements that make McEachern Athletics special to our players. Hoodies, spirit tees, practice apparel, are all funded through these packs. • Your Spirit pack will include a hoodie ($25) and Gamedaytee ($12), and training pant ($40). Remaining funds will be used for Senior Night activities, staff apparel, sideline supplies, and/or placed in reserve. • Please make checks out to McEachern Athletic Booster Club.
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS • COMMIT TO WORK CONCESSIONS FOR AT LEAST ONE SOCCER MATCH. • Not one in which your daughter is playing. • We usually staff the boys games on double header nights. • ACQUIRE PROPER EQUIPMENT / APPARELL FOR YOUR ATHELTE. • NOCSAE approved shin-guards. (stamp must be visible on guard) • Proper soccer boots. • Single color practice socks.
PARENTS RAISING THE BAR! • WANT TO ELEVATE THE SOCCER EXPERIENCE AT McEACHERN? CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING IN THE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: • Volunteer to provide a pasta meal for one of our teams on the night before a match. You can team up with other parents, too! • Organize and serve as a liaison to collect monies and provide Subs before a long bus ride. • Volunteer to serve as videographer for a soccer team. • Volunteer to serve as timekeeper for a team. • Volunteer to provide fruit / water to athletes in the time between the end of school and game time. • Create a surplus of funds in the account to provide cold-weather gear or sideline enhancements for our teams or to provide additional tees shirts for use at practice.
EXPECTATIONS FOR athletes • LOVE THIS GAME! • PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT OF TRUST. • You are expected not only to improve your worth as a player, but also to improve the worth of those around you. This is a team sport and we are all capable of error, just as we are all capable of overcoming any obstacle. To be a teammate, you must remain dutiful trustworthy. • PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE. • You are expected to maintain an appropriate attitude toward your teammates, your coaches, and your opponents at any and all times. • You are expected to follow the leadership of your team captains.
EXPECTATIONS FOR athletes • BE A MODEL STUDENT. • Keep up your grades! Eligibility revolves around being a student! • School discipline cuts your playing time! • Off property activities can influence your eligibility! You have elected to hold yourself to a higher accountability than a regular student, be worthy of that honor. • PLAYING TIME IS NOT GUARANTEED. • Playing time is determined solely by the coaching staff and is not open for discussion. • A player may be suspended or dismissed from the team at any point in which the coaching staff feels such a move is in the best interest of McEachern Soccer.
EXPECTATIONS FOR athletes • ATTEND EVERY PRACTICE. 4-6PM DAILY • Changes in time or location are your responsibility. • Sign up for the text alerts send: @gsoc1213 to (573) 535-5532. • Only a pre-arranged exemption for academic or medical reasons will be excused. You will be expected to make up any missed conditioning/training opportunities. • WEAR PROPER APPAREL AT EVERY PRACTICE. (INCUDING SHINGUARDS). • Players will be issued practice shorts. Keep them sanitary and ready for practice. Only solid color socks will be allowed. • Shin guards must have the NOCSAE stamp.
EXPECTATIONS FOR athletes • RETURN ALL EQUIPMENT TO STORAGE AFTER PRACTICE / GAME. • RUN SIDELINES (BALLGIRL) FOR AT LEAST ONE MATCH. • KEEP THE LOCKER ROOM CLEAN, SAFE AND UNIFYING. • Practice time can/may be extended to maintain facility when needed.
EXPECTATIONS FOR athletes • WEAR PREDETERMINED ATTIRE / UNIFORM ON GAME DAY. • ARRIVE ON TIME FOR MATCHES AND/OR DEPARTURES. • Make arrangements for transportation. • BE IN GAME ATTIRE AT ALL TIMES ON THE SIDELINE.
TRYOUTS • ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ASSESSED TO DETERMINE TEAM SELECTION: • Soccer Acumen (Team and Individual play) • Soccer Knowledge • Athletic capacity • Drills • Simulated game play • Willingness to learn and achieve • Sportsmanship / personal conduct
TRYOUTS • ROSTERS CAN BE FILLED AND CLOSED AT ANY TIME BEGINNING JAN. 20. • WE WILL CLOSE TRYOUTS WITH ROSTERS TOTALLING NO MORE THAN 36 PLAYERS. • ATHLETES CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN MCEACHERN WINTER SPORTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO TRYOUT FOR SOCCER AFTER THEIR CURRENT SEASON ENDS. • SENIORS MAY ONLY COMPETE AT THE VARSITY LEVEL.
IMPORTANT DATES • Jan. 20 – first day of tryouts / practice. • All paperwork must be completed AND confirmed PRIOR to this date! • A player may be cut from the roster at any point beginning on this date. • Feb. 10 – first match!! .
WANNA SHOW SOME INDIAN PRIDE? . • Additional MHS Soccer apparel for family and friends, will be ordered Jan. 24. • Tees - $12 (add $2 for xxl or larger.) • Hoodies - $25 • Make out checks to McEachern Athletic Booster Club