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DOC SPRING 2010 REPORT

Director of Coaching Report – Spring 2010

It is hard to believe that another pre-season is underway and we are on our way to starting league play within a month. As you are probably aware, Nevada Elite F.C. has grown tremendously and we are now fielding 10 teams in 7 different age groups with 141 registered players! I hope you are all proud to be a part of the largest all-girls soccer club in the state of Nevada! That said, we do not care to be the biggest club, but we do strive to be the best. True to our mission, we have quickly built the model soccer club in Northern Nevada. For that I would like to thank our great coaches and parent volunteers, as well as our club president Tom Vallas. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to this tireless group of dedicated soccer people who really provide the playground on which we play. One just needs to glance at our website to see how this hard work has translated into successes on the pitch.

From a global perspective, all U15 and below players and their families should have received a Year Outlook at the beginning of the Fall season that outlines your team’s year-round training cycle (which includes league, tournament, and supplemental playing opportunities). Integrated club-wide, this training cycle was specifically designed to provide an environment to optimize our players’ development and enjoyment of the game and is progressive throughout their growth.

A major part of a healthy training cycle includes downtimes in which players have the opportunity to play the game primarily “uncoached”, as our teams do over the winter. We strongly believe that this type of play provides an atmosphere that sparks our players' enjoyment of and love for the game. This is designed to offer a stress free time to play the game and encourages self-discovered learning.

We are now moving into a time of year that is much more actively coached and as we begin outdoor pre-season training, you will see your team will return to focus on directed and progressive training sessions. True to our philosophy and fundamentals, training sessions will have a strong focus on individual skills and you will see a heavy influence on the Coerver ball mastery skills (at all age groups).

The Spring training and tournament schedules are set for all teams at this point (the exact Memorial Day tournament is being confirmed actually—most likely a tournament in Palo Alto, CA and the surrounding area). We are waiting for the league to finalize the spring schedule, but we don't expect a final league schedule until at least the second week in March. As always, we will still have club skills sessions on Saturday mornings. We will continue to offer GK and striking & finishing sessions weekly.

A few things that I would like to point out that make Nevada Elite F.C. an amazing club:

Ø Professionally licensed head coaches for every team. These coaches are not only licensed, they have all grown up playing the game and have played at higher levels

Ø Professionally licensed assistant coaches

Ø Club Skills Sessions weekly (in season)

Ø Goalkeeper Sessions weekly (in season) performed by our Director of Goalkeeping, Jen Mavis

Ø Striking and Finishing Sessions weekly (in season)

Ø Positive Youth Development Curriculum – which includes a lecture series for the coaching staff and on—field youth development assessment by Missy Price, PhD., in the spring.

Ø Age—appropriate integrated club training cycle and club tournament guidelines

Ø Specific club training location

Ø Club Web-based calendar

Ø Full—size goals available for every team practice (as needed)

Ø Summer Skills Camp with Performance Enhancement and Knee Injury Prevention programs (June-July)

Ø A regularly updated and informative website with online club registration and payment

Ø Adidas Affiliation

Ø Coerver Soccer Affiliation

Ø Dynasty Goalkeeper Camp Host (Feb/March)

Ø Women’s Professional Soccer League Camp Host (July)

Ø Nevada Zephyr Tournament Host

As we ready ourselves for the upcoming season, the club calendar will be updated as quickly as our volunteers can do so. The coaches have communicated their schedules with their teams individually at this point. Some highlights for the Spring calendar (starting week of March 8^th):

Spring Goalkeeper Sessions will be 5:30-6:45 as follows:

97-93s Tuesdays

00-98s Thursdays

Striking and Finishing will be 4:30-5:00 as follows:

97-93s Tuesdays

00-98s Thursdays

Club Saturday Skills Sessions:

00-98s at 9-10:15

97-93s at 10:30-11:45

Again, I hope to see you all on the pitch improving our soccer culture in Northern Nevada. As I hope you can see, I have a passion for this club and I hope to continue meet and exceed your expectations. Thank you for the opportunity to do what I do, and as always-

Go To Goal!

Coach Rich

Director of Coaching

Nevada Elite Football Club

DIRECTOR OF COACHING CORNER

Mission

Building Skill and Character

In my new role as Director of Coaching of Nevada Elite FC, my primary mission is to create a structure that encourages personal player development and helps build the character and skills necessary to succeed both in the game and, more importantly, in life. Passionate, knowledgeable coaches are fundamental to providing this experience. The game itself is inherently a teacher, and coaches simply facilitate its lessons. We are lucky to be a part of such a great game and we are honored that you are joining us in creating a great football (soccer) culture in Nevada.

Upon establishing the club in 2007, the original directors were unified in the belief that coaches are the foundation of providing such an environment. We believed that the best coaches are those who have played the game and lived the game in combination with being talented teachers and positive role models. These are the type of coaches that we have and the type of coaches that we are committed to having for every team within our club. We are also committed to continued improvement of our coaching staff through collaboration, education, and teamwork.

I would like to thank Tom Vallas, the coaches, and the Board of Directors for their support in appointing me as the Director of Coaching for Nevada Elite F.C. It truly is an honor to be chosen to lead such a talented team of coaches dedicated to creating a positive, creative, and fun football environment for the players in our club.

For those of you who do not know me, you will see me on the pitch and I encourage your discussions and input. For those of you who do know me, I hope to continue to meet and exceed your expectations in coaching the game. I look forward to making the "DOC Corner" a useful and informative page for players, parents and coaches. Your input is always appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Go To Goal,

Rich Reid, Director of Coaching

Vision, Philosophy, and Focus

Vision

To establish the model soccer club in Nevada

Philosophy

We believe that:

· Soccer is an inherently fun, invigorating, self-learned game. In the U.S. we have the tendency to over-coach the game. We are dedicated to providing regular un-coached “freeplay” or “playground soccer” opportunities in order to encourage love of the game and self-discovery.

· Mastering fundamental soccer skills increases enjoyment of the game and is the key to any future success in the game.

· Knowledgeable coaches who have played the game are the key to teaching the fundamentals properly.

· The best coaches are those who have played the game and lived the game in combination with being talented teachers and positive role models.

· Teaching personal development and life skills is an integral part of coaching.

· Providing an environment for players to succeed to the level to which they are committed is the club’s responsibility.

Focus

The focus of Nevada Elite FC is to teach and develop the fundamental soccer and life skills of every player, with the goal of creating complete, well-rounded players who enjoy playing soccer and can excel at a higher level.

Commitment To Creating A Soccer Culture

NEFC's Weekly Individual Technical Skills Sessions and Playground Football

Striking and Finishing is designed to work on individual skill improvement, specifically mastering the art of striking the ball and goal scoring.

All players are encouraged to attend as many sessions as they wish
It will be required that the player is self-initiating the desire to participate
I will generally lead these sessions and they will be designed based on the individual needs of the players in attendance and their personal goals.
These sessions may be broken into age groups as needed

Goalkeeping sessions with Jen Mavis progressing committed goalkeepers from fundamental to complex technical goalkeeping skills.

Playground football is designed to be uncoached free play. The environment of street/playground soccer has been a key missing ingredient in the U.S. and it is widely believed that the lack of significant uncoached play in the U.S. stifles self-learning, skill mastery, creativity, and enjoyment of the game. As a club, we are dedicated to providing the environment to play for the joy of playing.

All players are encouraged to attend as many times per week as they wish.
The games and activities will be completely up to the players, the rules are- the kids make the rules. They will organize and play games or activities as they see fit.
Parents and coaches are encouraged to allow them to play without interruption and definitely without coaching or coercing.
We will try to ensure that a coach is at the field however there will be times when coaches will not be present, at those times we ask that parents supervise from a distance for safety only.

Saturday Combined-age Skills Sessions: Led by all staff coaches, focusing on individual technical ball mastery with Coerver fundamentals as the focus. Sessions progress to small-sided competitive game playing from 1v1 to 3v3's in order to maximize every player's involvement and enjoyment with tons of touches on the ball.

The schedule for all skills programs will be modified based on the league games schedule so please stay apprised of the calendar changes regularly. Your participation and input are always encouraged.


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