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 First JS Academy team - GU15 - Spring 2009 Dear Parents,
I have been coaching youth soccer players and coaches in New England for 38 years, even when I was the Place Kicker for the New England Patriots. I have a passion and love for the game. Winning and losing is part of the game and part of life, but it is not the main focus of coaching the skills and tactics of the game. Soccer is an educational tool for child development on and off the field. I am committed to the total maturity of your child into a strong, well rounded, focused, and polite individual. My staff and I care about each player who joins us for this incredible journey through life, where your family and our club family work together for the ultimate development of your child. I am a proud father of four children who played soccer from elementary school to All American College level. The soccer life skills have held them all in good stead and helped them become a better Doctor, Lawyer, Software Engineer and an NSCAA Premier soccer coach. My daughter, Felicity Day, the All American and one of the few NSCAA Premier coaches will be the Coaching Director and help with the teams as will I. We are looking forward to this new club development in our 38 year soccer tradition in New England. Please join us with your child. Sincerely, Philosophy
Our goals at JS Academy are to provide an advanced level of soccer and fitness training to your son/daughter and the team, to build solid foundations of proper technical and tactical awareness, to compete at the highest possible level as we learn the 6 V6, 8 V 8, 11 v 11 games, and to have a lot of fun while we grow together. This will be accomplished through mastering the building blocks of of ever increasing difficulty and by putting our training to the test in weekly matches. Our coaching style at JS Academy relies on positive reinforcement, humor and non-stressful, low volume critical feedback. We do our instructing in practice where players’ attention can be concentrated on skill building. We refrain from instructing players on the field during a game unless the directions are for positioning, attentiveness, or encouragement to meet a challenge. Our belief is that a player matures only when he/she is capable of making his/hers own decisions and we encourage all players to rely on each other, as well as the coaches. Simply put, we believe that soccer is a game of skill and control. We work diligently to teach the techniques of the game (dribbling, passing, shooting, control, heading). We want every player to be confident with the ball at their feet and be able to play 1V1, both offensively and defensively. Our progression includes small group games and working on what we call shape (triangle and diamonds) again, offensively and defensively. We constantly emphasis a good first touch, which means the player can lift his/her head and begin to recognize options or choices that are available at any given point in time. This is what we call tactics or decision making. Now our progression is essentially numbers up situations and we work on 2v1, 3v1, 3v2, 4v1, 4v2 etc. once again offensively and defensively. Our ultimate goal is playing a methodology which emphasizes possession on offense and pressure on defense; a team shape which involves playing in the other teams half and producing many goal scoring opportunities. Player development is and will continue to be our primary focus working with players from 6-18 years old. This method of play will produce good technically sound and tactically aware players which will ultimately produce team success on the field. |
