Important info on the Hoodies

Karen passed the following info on:

I will pick-up everyones money, who ordered hoodies, on Monday at the scrimmage. They will be ready on Tuesday. Can you also explain that the hoodies are $12 instead of $9? It was a miscommunication. She thought sweatshirts and meant hoodies. Please tell everyone I apoligize for the misquote. If they do not want what they ordered because of the price difference, we will find someone to purchase it.

Please contact Karen directly with any questions.

Practicing in cold weather

Parents,

Please make sure that when your players show up for practice they have enough warm clothes. Many are coming in shorts and t-shirts with only an undershirt. The complaints I get from them are that their ears and hands get cold. It may help to have them bring a hat (or whatever they can to cover their ears and gloves). They can wear gloves both during a game and practice. It is not uncommon to see high school kids with gloves and head bands during a game. If you get them gloves, make sure they are appropriate for soccer if they are going to wear them in the games. They will need to have some "grip" on them for doing throw ins. You may need to go to a soccer specific store or website.

You know your children best so please make sure they are dressed warm whatever that means to you. It is a lot easier to take things off if they get hot but many complain they are cold and it does affect their practicing.

The weather is going to be cold and we are going to practice so they need to come prepared.

Thanks,

Rich

2/9 tentative scrimmage

We have a tentative scrimmage scheduled for Monday 2/9 from 6:30-8 (normal practice time). I need to know if your daughter will be available.

This is the boys team we scrimmaged last season. Immediately following the scrimmage, we will have pizza and drinks for all the players on both teams. As this is also Alexcia's birthday we will get to sing to her and have cake.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

Rich

Galaxy Hoodies and Top Shelf release

Parents and Players,

If you want a Galaxy hoodie, Karen Smith is coordinating the order. They are $9 and the deadline to order is Wednesday so if you want one contact Karen via phone or e-mail kkkkkk@cox.net.

Also, I have a release form that needs to be signed by a parent BEFORE the player will be able to play at Top Shelf. I will have the release with me on Monday at practice or you can sign it at Top Shelf on Tuesday (or any Tuesday after that). Without a parent's signature they will not be able to play at Top Shelf.

Thanks,

Rich

January 19 practice & parents meeting

Practice will be at 5pm on Monday the 19th. Also, our parents meeting will be Friday, January 30th @ 6:30 p.m. at my house. If you need directions, please e-mail me. Please remember this is for the parents only and not the players.

I know the date of the meeting doesn't work for everyone but it was the majority. If you can't make it, send me an e-mail. I will send you the notes and discussion items.

Thanks,

Rich

JANUARY 15 PRACTICE IS CANCELLED

Due to the very cold weather expected tonight, we will cancel practice. Remember to check the blog calendar for any updates. We will hold practice on Monday even though there is no school. Please check the blog for Monday practice time. If I can make it a little earlier, I will (say around 5p.m.

Rich

Still waiting on responses

PRACTICES WILL BEGIN AGAIN ON Monday 1/12. CHECK THE BLOG CALENDAR FOR MORE INFO.

Parents,
For those who did not respond to the questions I sent you (they are on the blog if you don't have the e-mail) previously, please do so today. I know there will still be conflicts through January and probably the first part of February for practices. From the few responses I did get, I imagine our practices for the remainder of this month won't be well attended due to other sports. If your daughter misses practice due to other sports, school or church concerns, that is understandable but if they just aren't coming because they don't want to, that could be a problem. I need to know from a going forward point what conflicts each player will have and who is committed to attending the tournaments, etc. If you have already responded, thank you.

If your daughter is not playing another sport, she needs to be attending our practices starting this week. Fitness, as always is a concern and we are going to begin working on that pretty regularly along with fundamentals for the rest of this month. Before our break, we had begun working on several new ways of approaching defense and offense (if your daughter is playing school soccer, they are probably receiving similar instruction). We will pick back up where we left off.

If you have any questions or need to discuss the tournament dates or practice schedule call me.

Thanks,

Rich