Kinders – Spring 2010
ABYS is pleased to offer an updated program for kindergartners
to learn and play soccer. Kinders is a developmentally
appropriate soccer program, designed by professional coaches.
For those players and coaches that participated in the Fall
2009 Kinders program, we will continue with the same format for
the Spring program.
Kinders consists of six 1.25 hour sessions as scheduled below.
Our Player Development Officer (PDO) will introduce new coaches
and young players to the fundamentals of soccer. This program
includes child-centered and age-appropriate interactive games
that maximize everyone's touches on the ball and makes learning
soccer skills FUN, and includes weekly team games as well.
In this updated program, kindergartners will be assigned
coaches, and the youngsters will meet their coach and will
receive a Team T-shirt at their first session.
Session Format
Center field time:
·
15 minutes of Professional Coach games with entire session of
players. At the same time the coaches will receive their weekly
instruction from another Professional Coach.
Team-time:
·
30 minutes: Professional Coach defined and guided interactive
games and drills
·
30 minutes: Game versus another Kinders Team
Session Times:
Session #1: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
Session #2: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
Kindergartners will be assigned to their co-ed teams based on
their enrolled school as much as feasible. Parents
will be notified to which session their child is assigned
one-week prior to the first session date.
Session Dates
Kinders will be scheduled on the following six Sunday
afternoons as follows:
·
May 2nd
·
May 9th
·
May 16th
·
May 23rd
·
June 6th
·
June 13th
Note there is no play scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend (May 30th).
Location:
School Street Fields
– (please Click on Field Maps for directions on the far left
side of this web page
www.abys.org)
What to Bring: Either
sneakers or soccer cleats are fine. Team T-Shirts will be
provided at the first session. Each child will need a #3 soccer
ball (available at Legends, Soccer Stuff or any number of other
local sporting goods stores), a water bottle and shin-guards. Please
remember to mark your child’s soccer ball and water bottle with
their name.
How to Register: Registration
is easy. Please register
online via our website at http://www.abys.org/.
Click on Spring 2010 Registration Sign Up Now! on the far
right.
PARENTS:
This program depends on participation by volunteer parent
coaches. The role of the coach in this program is to be guided
by the MLS PDO in facilitating the weekly interactive fun games
as well as the team games. All parents interested in learning
soccer or who would like to coach more soccer as their child
grows in ABYS are encouraged to volunteer as a coach. Parents
interested in coaching must register on
www.abys.org click on Spring
2010 Registration (Note: You should
register as a coach when you register your child for Fall
Soccer). Coaches must also complete the CORI form which
can be found on this website under:
https://www.mayouthsoccer.org/pages/1266_cori_kidsafe_form.cfm
The "Club" is : ABYS After you register you can either
print or email your CORI confirmation, please select email
option and copy yourself and Sue Reuther on your submission. sreuther@comcast.net.
E-mail Kinder Director David Morse
davidrmorse_1@msn.com
if you have any questions.
