Glastonbury Hartwell Soccer Club

1. Glastonbury Hartwell Soccer Club Travel Coaches Meeting Spring 2014

2. Agenda • Travel Key Contacts • Trainers and contact info • Key Dates • Friday Night ‘Developmental Clinics’ • New introductions this spring-friendlies • Technical and Tactical Development • Physical Conditioning and SAQ’s • Club Policies to be aware of • Injuries, First Aid and Concussion. • Q & A • Thank you

3. Travel Key Contacts • Andy Pinkowski: Travel Director email: HartwellTravel@yahoo.com • Dan Sidebottom: Director of Coaching email: hartwelldoc@yahoo.com • Joan Norman/Scott Schneider: Fields Scheduler/Registraiton/Website email: Hartwelltravelfields@yahoo.com • John Maher: Referee Coordinator email: hscref@cox.net • Erik Barbieri-Player Development Consultant email:erbarbs10@gmail.com • Carlos Silva- Fitness Consultant email: topofthegame@cox.net • Dave Clarke- Coach Consultant • Laura Hecker: Travel Uniforms email: Hartwelluniforms@yahoo.com

4. Trainers and contact information • Dan Sidebottom hartwelldoc@yahoo.com • Erik Barbieri erbarbs10@gmail.com • Chris O’Brien Chris.Obrien@uconn.edu • Gui Estes gestes03@gmail.com • Kofi Remey kreney9@yahoo.com • Nick Balistierri nibalistierri@gmail.com • Tom Turvil tomturvil@me.com • Andrew Besley a.besley@live.co.uk • Seb Nelson sebnelson32@yahoo.com • Stacey McConvile staceymcc2292@hotmail.co.uk

5. Key Dates • Outdoor practices start tomorrow. • UCONN vs Boston College Men's Soccer- Addison 1pm • Clinic U9-U14 Boys only 11am. • League Schedules released April 5th, league play starts April 12th and ends June 15th • Cup Draw posted at www.cjsa.org on April 18. • All teams registered for Hartwell Tournament weekend of April 25th – 27th • “Silent Sideline” is May 17-18th. Handing out Lollipops, Pretzels or Twizzlers is a good way to remind spectators to remain quiet. Applies to all towns in CJSA (home and away). • Player evaluation to be submitted by 19th May. • Try out dates follow.

6. Spring CT Cup Info • All Teams U11-U16 entered in CT Cup competition • CT Cup Draw published April 18th on CJSA website. • Weekend games must be scheduled for start between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM for the Spring Competition. • If teams mutually agree, games may be scheduled outside of stated hours but must be played by date specified by cup committee. • Games played on the designated day and between the stated hours DO NOT require agreement of away team. • All teams are scheduled to play in Hartwell Tournament April 26th – 27th. • If you are hosting a CT Cup game that weekend, let scheduling folks know ASAP so that we can find field(s) and schedule games. • More information regarding CT Cup policies and rules can be found on Hartwell website and/or CJSA website.

7. Try Out Dates

8. Friday Night- Development Clinics

9. Friendlies The amount of soccer games played by our teams is an issue. We play too many games! We should be decreasing the number of friendlies on a Saturday. Alternatively we are promoting: • Extra technical practice or tactical session • Unstructured play or small sided games (4v4’s) • Arest day • U9-11 is the key time to develop our children into better soccer players, therefore more environments which allow learning the better our children will be. • U12-14’s is an age where tactics become more prominent therefore use this time to work on tactical aspects of the game.

10. U9-12’s Player Development • At this stage, the main component of the training session will be technical. • It is sensible at this age to develop technique and basic tactical understanding. • Children’s capacity to solve problems increases significantly. Therefore players will begin working on basic and dynamic tactical scenarios. • At this stage, players are pre-pubescent and have important physical limitations in terms of strength and endurance.

11. U13-14’s Player Development • Players at this age develop a good understanding of the game. • However, these players are limited by their physical size and the significant changes, which arise with puberty. Safety should be considered each practice. • The coach must be cautious to avoid overtraining - should focus more on tactical and technical elements of the game and less on the physical aspects. • Tactical training plays an important role at this age. Use a Saturday and go over tactical work- go watch a game.

12. Specific positions played50% playing time and position rotation (U9-12’s) 50 % playing time and Specific position (U13-14’s)

13. Ending the practice • Finish each practice session with 20-15 minutes of play. • SSG’s or large sided games. • No coaching- let them play • Observe and evaluate if the session topic translates into the game.

14. Fitness Consultant- Carlos Silva • For the older ages U12-14’s if you require supplementary conditioning please reach out to Carlos. • The session can be set up on a- as requested basis • This could be done in small groups or full teams • U9-11’s this could be a good opportunity to expose the children to some SAQ (speed, agility and quickness) sessions. • PLEASE- use this as an addition session not your 3 hours a week technical/tactical practice. • Carlos Silva- topofthegame@cox.net

15. Seasonal plans USYS/US Soccer have recommendations which we used and produced our ownin alignment to them. See website and please use. T

16. Style of play/Formations • GHSC Recommend: • We want to play out from the back, and possess the ball whilst attacking when possible. This is idealistic, not every team will be able to play this. • 8v8 to play 3-3-1 • 11v11 to play 4-4-2,4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. • Please refrain from changing your formation every week. Keep it simple!

17. Club Policies • Policy on playtime: • Hartwell policy is that everyone will play at least 50% of the game. • Player’s time is directly connected to practice and participation. If a player regularly misses practice, it will affect playtime. • Field Trash Pickup • All teams responsible for trash/recycle pickup after practices and games. • Parks and Rec may fine GHSC for failure to police grounds and place collected items in appropriate bins • Player Sharing • Especially in the spring when children play multiple sports we are encouraging movement between Blue, White and Red if needed. • Also if the age group above needs players feel free to ask for talented individual’s to play up. • Respect the Referees • Many refs are kids from within GHSC • Please contact John Maher with any issues regarding referee conduct

18. GHSC Field Closing Policy • Updated field closing policy found on GHSC website • Field open unless notified otherwise • Player safety paramount • Notification via email/text (if registered) and posted on website. • Field closing decisions goal (except sudden/unexpected) • Weekdays – by 3:30 PM • Weekends – 2 hours prior to event (game, clinic, practice)

19. First aid/Injury and Concussions. • Please take a common sense approach to any injury. • If a player is hurt- deal with it to the best of your ability. • Inform the parent of the injured child. • Concussion Facts: A concussion is a brain injury and all concussions are serious. • Concussion symptoms: Sustains a blow to the head or has rapid head movement (can even be a mild blow), confusion, headache, nausea, sluggish, memory issues, answers questions slowly, dizzy, vision issues or just doesn’t “feel right”. • Next season all coaches will require to take a CDC (Concussion training course). • Enforce “When in Doubt – Sit It Out” policy for your team. • More information forthcoming from GHSC CDC Concussion in Youth Sports document: • CDC’s website: http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/pdf/coaches_Engl.pdf

20. Communication with DOC I want to know how is: • Practice • Trainer • Games • Player progression • Team progression • If the seasonal plan is appropriate • Etc…. the list is endless. • Please also talk to your trainers- communication is key.

21. Any questions? Thank you for listening!