Three Games to Go!

As we head toward the end of our Winter/Spring session some of you might already be thinking of the next opportunity to play.  The NKYA Fall Outdoor Soccer session will begin in August and the registration period for that session will open in late May.  As usual, the Outdoor session will include weekly practice time throughout the season for teams in every division.  I hope we'll be able to form teams in every division from U4 through U18 this time.  If you have a son or daughter in the U12 through U18 age groups who may be interested in playing please get in contact with me via email at nkyacoachpat@gmail.com.  We can offer a reduced "team" fee for whole teams signing up in those teen-age divisions so if your kid wants to play be sure you check with their friends to see if you can put a whole team together.

The formats for teams and games will be changing for this next Outdoor session.  We plan to reduce the field size and players on the field for U8 and up.  Currently we are planning to go with a 6 v 6 format for U8 through U18 and to play on fields slightly reduced in size.  By going with smaller sided teams we hope to be able to form more teams in each division and this format will also encourage each player on a team to be more involved in the game and to simply get more touches on the ball.   We will continue with the same length-of-game format in each division that we have been using.  I'm not certain if we will continue to play with the offsides rule for U10 and up if we're going with smaller sided teams.  If you have any thoughts on these changes let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.