The Winter Session of NKYA Indoor Soccer is winding down and I know many of our players will be headed for their various Outdoor teams and leagues in the next month or so. With that in mind I wanted to hold a sort of Spring Training clinic for our players before this current session ends. On Saturday March 16th we'll hold two separate one hour clinics at Midwest Sports. The first will be a ball skills clinic for players in the U6 and U8 divisions starting at 2:30 PM and running for one hour. The second clinic will be a Goal Keeping clinic for U8 and U10 players and will run from 3:30 to 4:30 PM.
U6/U8 Skills Clinic
When playing Indoor Soccer the wall keeps the game alive even when the players are just kicking wildly at the ball rather than trying to control and possess it. But when you take those same players to play outdoors? Those games can be a grind. The game starts, the game stops. Ball is in play, ball out of play. Interminable!
So what do we need? Ball control! Ball control! Ball control! The focus of this Spring Training clinic for the U6 and U8 players will be individual ball control skills and nothing else. I'll be working with players on how to trap/settle the ball, move and change direction with the ball and how to make solid contact with the ball when shooting. Every player will need a ball for this clinic. I'll have some with me but if you have your own please bring it. We won't be doing any passing drills or any other sort of "stand in line while someone else takes a turn" sorts of drills. My goal will be to get the players working right from the start with a ball at their feet and keep them going as consistently as possible for the whole hour. We'll be trying to get as many touches on the ball as possible in one hour. In addition to trying to develop their ball skills I'll be trying to impress upon them that Soccer is a game of controlling and possessing the ball. It's not just about kicking.
The U6/U8 Skills Clinic is free of charge.
U8/U10 Goal Keeper Clinic
This clinic will be coached by Jill Gronotte, Assistant Coach at Notre Dame Academy. She'll have a couple of her varsity Keepers with her to show our players the basics of playing the position. For this clinic there will be a $5 registration fee that you can pay the day of the clinic. We will be limiting participation in this Goal Keeper Clinic to 25 players so please RSVP to reserve a spot.
If you would like to attend either Clinic you can RSVP to me at nkyacoachpat@gmail.com. Please do RSVP so that I'll know how many assistant coaches I'll need to have on hand for the U6/U8 session. Hope to see you there.
Pat Michels
NKYA Youth Soccer
Update: Ten spots left in the Goal Keeper clinic as of 7:00 AM, March 3.
U6/U8 Skills Clinic
When playing Indoor Soccer the wall keeps the game alive even when the players are just kicking wildly at the ball rather than trying to control and possess it. But when you take those same players to play outdoors? Those games can be a grind. The game starts, the game stops. Ball is in play, ball out of play. Interminable!
So what do we need? Ball control! Ball control! Ball control! The focus of this Spring Training clinic for the U6 and U8 players will be individual ball control skills and nothing else. I'll be working with players on how to trap/settle the ball, move and change direction with the ball and how to make solid contact with the ball when shooting. Every player will need a ball for this clinic. I'll have some with me but if you have your own please bring it. We won't be doing any passing drills or any other sort of "stand in line while someone else takes a turn" sorts of drills. My goal will be to get the players working right from the start with a ball at their feet and keep them going as consistently as possible for the whole hour. We'll be trying to get as many touches on the ball as possible in one hour. In addition to trying to develop their ball skills I'll be trying to impress upon them that Soccer is a game of controlling and possessing the ball. It's not just about kicking.
The U6/U8 Skills Clinic is free of charge.
U8/U10 Goal Keeper Clinic
This clinic will be coached by Jill Gronotte, Assistant Coach at Notre Dame Academy. She'll have a couple of her varsity Keepers with her to show our players the basics of playing the position. For this clinic there will be a $5 registration fee that you can pay the day of the clinic. We will be limiting participation in this Goal Keeper Clinic to 25 players so please RSVP to reserve a spot.
If you would like to attend either Clinic you can RSVP to me at nkyacoachpat@gmail.com. Please do RSVP so that I'll know how many assistant coaches I'll need to have on hand for the U6/U8 session. Hope to see you there.
Pat Michels
NKYA Youth Soccer
Update: Ten spots left in the Goal Keeper clinic as of 7:00 AM, March 3.
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