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| Meeting Agenda
•Introductions
•Plans for the Team/Coaching Philosophy
•What to expect the first season, the first year ...
•Important Dates
•Training Schedule
•Registration
•Uniforms
•Costs
•Fundraising
•Volunteers
What to expect the first season, the first year ...
“Every player is expected to attend all practices, games, and tournaments.” Attendance is vital to successful player and team development.
Fall Season Preparations:
•The summer before the fall season, we plan to organize pickup soccer (with Edgar Team) for players who are interested in participating and working to gain experience playing with their new teammates.
•11 August the team will officially start up 3 training sessions per week through the end of August
•Possible scrimmage Labor Day weekend to prepare for the fall season.
WAGS League Play:
•8-9 Games on Sundays
•U9-U11 divisions formed geographically, no standings (U9 no scores posted)
Tournaments/Scrimmages:
•The first season the team will not do any of the pre-season tournaments,
•Participate in multiple scrimmages to prepare for the WAGS season.
Off Season:
•Interested players will have the opportunity to play indoor soccer in the winter.
•Individuals focus on individual soccer training
Acquire FCPS gym 1 day a week for group training with Coach Frank
•Play another sport.
•Just take a break. Taking a break from a particular sport can be very healthy. It really depends on the individual child.
Spring Season:
•WAGS League Play
•Team will do 1 local tournaments.
•To abide by VYS rules, tryouts will be held in the spring to supplement any open spots on the team.
Summer:
During the summer after the U9 year, the team will take a break from soccer and plan to regroup in the beginning of August.
U10 Season Preparations
Early August training begins to prepare for the fall U10 season.
Important Dates
13 July WAGS Schedule Requests Due
13 July WAGS Division Structure Posted
15 July Deadline for VYS Registration
11 Aug Training to be begin
18 Aug Mandatory WAGS Registration Meeting (0900-1200) (Daryl)
Aug 23 WAGS Fall Meeting (7:30 PM) (Daryl or Team rep)
Sept 1-3 Labor Day – Possible Scrimmage
8 Sept WAGS Season starts
Oct 6-8 Columbus Day – Possible Scrimmage
Nov 4 Daylight savings Time Ends (Earlier Training Times)
Training Schedule
Sat 11 Aug
Tue 14 Aug Thu 16 Aug Sat 18 Aug
Tue 21 Aug Thu 23 Aug Sat 25 Aug
Mon 27 Aug Tue 28 Aug Wed 29 Aug
Tues/Thur Sept- Nov
Weekday training 6:00 – 7:30PM
Saturday Training 9:00- 10:30AM
*NEED dates for Player Availability
Registration (To be completed in July)
1.All players register with VYS.
2.All players will need to provide a proof of age (copy of a birth certificate, passport, DMV issued Id card, etc.) and 2 pictures for player card.
3.All players will need to sign player cards.
4.All players will need to sign a Player Code of Conduct.
5.All parents will need to sign a Parent Code of Conduct.
6.Medical Release Form. (Does not need to be authorized)
Uniforms
Uniform kit to consist of 1 Red Jersey, 1 White Jersey, 1 Red Shorts, 2 Red socks
Bags (Optional)
Approximate cost Kit - $80. Bags $40
May try to be compatible with Edgar Team (odd or even #s)
Estimated Costs
Fall 2007 Season:
The estimated costs (per player) for the first season will be:
$ 90 VYS/VYSA
$ 45 WAGS
$325 Coach
$100 Uniform
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$560
Spring 2008 Season:
$ 90 VYS per player
$ 45 WAGS
$325 Coach
$ 45 Tournament (1)
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$505
Fundraising
•Corporate Sponsorship
•Giant SCRIP(5% credit)/ Great American SCRIP( %credit varies by vendor)
•Vendor Night - Find a place (home, community center, etc...) where we have Moms/Dads from the team or their friends or acquaintances sell goods, with proceeds going to our team (Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Southern Living at Home, etc...). I already have some folks lined up who sell "at-home" goods who may possibly be able to do this. We could also throw in a raffle.
•Yard Sale - We just need to find a location (church parking lot, pool parking lot...).
•Bake Sale or Dinner - We could do a bake sale at a shopping center, or host a dinner (spaghetti, salad, bread) at a church or other easy-to-access location.
•Selling Meal Tickets - This is actually a pretty good soccer fundraising idea and not too hard on parents and coaches. The problem is that this idea is sometimes too popular. If you’re not careful you can end up selling meals for the same day as some other organization or the area can get burned out on it.
•Interested families sell a certain number of tickets. The tickets are for a lunch or supper. The person buying the ticket is responsible for picking it up. For big orders from a business you should offer to deliver. You can have volunteer cooks or you can have all or parts of it catered. Many times you can get food donations from local businesses or you can ask parents to donate desserts. It can be tricky to get parent volunteers scheduled to work for lunch and supper time.
•Hold a Kick-A-Thon - To make this soccer fundraising event more profitable, consider adding more fun events to the activities at the soccer fields and have parents donate food to sell at the soccer fields for that day.
•Additional ideas!!!
Volunteers
We need the following parent volunteers for the upcoming soccer year:
Team Manager: Daryl Fitzgerald
Treasurer: Bruce Halper
Fundraising: Shirl Sayadian
Uniforms: John Whelpley
Web Mgr: Tom Smith investigating solution
Using an online web service to manage a space for the team
Fields: Christian Sabardine
Coordination of field setup/teardown for home games, between 1-4 games.
TSL:
Needs to be present at all games. Can be shared between husband/wife. Supports good sportsmanship and positive behavior on the sidelines.
Social Coordinator: (Patty Whelpley/Janet Sabardine)
WAGS Division Coordinator: Daryl Fitzgerald
Volunteer to recv emails with game results on Sundays and posting on the WAGS website. Volunteer may or may not get selected, as one volunteer is chosen from all teams in the division.
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1st team Meeting Notes
VYSA Medical Release Forms