Dear AYS Recreational League Players and Parents:
Welcome to the 2009
Spring Instructional Season!
I would first like to thank all of you who responded to our
volunteer request. The response was truly
overwhelming.
Our season will begin on April 19th. The first day will be devoted to meeting your
coaches, getting your team shirt and going through a series of drills to get
familiar with the ball and fields we will be playing on.
Prior to each game the coaches will meet and review the ball
skills and drills we will be working on with the children that day. While the coaches are meeting we encourage
you warm up with your child on the fields. Each week your child will need:
Water
Bottle (1or more)
Cleats
(optional U5 & U6)
Shin
Pads
Practice
Ball (Size 3 U5 o?= U7 / Size 4 U8)
Shorts
and Socks
Once back with their team the coaches will call everyone
together and introduce the drills. The
teams will stay with their coaches in the center of the two fields. Prior to
the start of the game the players will present themselves to the Referees for
an equipment check:
Shoes:
show the bottom of the boot
Shin
pads: Tap them
No
Jewelry: If your child can not remove it you must tape it.
The players will be utilized on either field throughout the
game. For Parent/Player Behavior Guidelines please refer to the Parent
Info and Spring Instructional In-Town Season sections of our website
www.attleborosoccer.com
About 2 weeks prior to the start of the season your coach
will contact you to let you know what team your child is on and where you will
meet on the first day. Please refer to
the Spring
Instructional In-Town Season sections of the website for:
Complete game day
schedule
Write up of the skills
and drills introduced each game day
Soccer is an all-weather sport.B Therefore you should
expect that at least some of your childo?=s games would be played on damp and
rainy days. The field conditions, not
the weather are the deciding factor for our Field Coordinator to cancel game
day.
All cancellations will be posted on our website and an email
will be sent as soon as a decision is made. If we miss 3 or more games we will schedule 1 make up session.
For our U7 and U8 players we will be offering 3 specialty
clinics after the game day:
Clinic
1: Goal Keeping;
Clinic
2: Throw-In
Clinic
3: Corner/Goalie Kicks (set up and defend)
An invitation will be sent out prior to the clinic date and
we ask you to let us know if you will be able to attend so we can plan the
correct number of volunteers, equipment and field space.
On game day we will have Age Group Coordinators at the field
to answer any questions or help you with any problems. They will know how to reach either myself or
Chris Macia, AYS Recreation League Assistant Director on game day. You can also
contact me directly at:
aysrecdirector@yahoo.com
On behalf of all the Recreation League Volunteers we are
looking forward to seeing you on the field and remember:
Play Safe, Play Fair, and Have Fun!
MaryElizabeth Clark
AYS Recreation League Director
aysrecdirector@comcast.net