RAW VIDEO MUSC BLUE U11 vs VERONA 9-15-12

Due to being busy and the lack of need because of team snap I have not kept up this website. It has been resurrected because I have begun piecing together my distractedly videoed highlights of the U11 Blue Team. Lord knows how long it will take me to put together a well edited finished package, so I will post selected raw video of the games first, using the G-GG-G method, footage of Good plays, Goals posted twice back to back and any footage of my son Giancarlo.

Later I will tighten it all up, and publish it at the highest video quality I can, but for now here is the first installment of the project:

MUSC BLUE 5 - VERONA 1

MUSC U11 Blue Game Reminder

Hello, Your team manager, Jose, has requested that you set (or double-check) your availability for your upcoming game. Opponent: Verona-B11CW-Hogan Home/Away: Home Date/Time: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:30 PM (Arrive at 2:00 PM) Location: Fortunato (10 Essex Avenue, Montclair NJ ) (view map) Website: http://www.ncsanj.com/fieldDirPop.cfm?fid=481 Game Notes For this game the player will be wearing their Blue Jersey. However, please bring the white jersey incase of a color conflict.

Hello Parents,

 

I have been working with our field director, Charlie, Coach David and the manager of the other team to schedule this makeup game. We have been assigned a field for September 30^th at 10:45 AM and the other team has accepted. I created an event on TeamSnap.  Please log in and mark your availability.

While I strive to accommodate everyone's needs when considering the date, a lot of the factors that go into rescheduling these games are out of my hands. I’m at the mercy of which field is available, trainer availability and the other team's availability.

 

Thanks,

Jose

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MUSC U11 Boys Academy

We build total footballers

goalie training

The club is offering goalie training for four of our boys. The training would be Saturday mornings and run for four weeks. One session will start in September, the other in October. More details can be found below.

Please let me know ASAP whether you son is interested. The trainers will nominate the four boys from our group. I need your information by Thursday so I can talk to the trainers and submit the nominations to the club by next Monday.

U11, U10 and U9 Academy Directors –

For those of you who don’t know me, I am the Director of the U10 Boys program, and the manager of a U12 Girls team. I am also the father of a full-time goalie in the U12 girls program, and in that role have been tasked with taking the lead on working with Dave Deutsch and Toure Weaver in putting together the goalie training program for the Club.

I am excited to announce that MUSC is going to offer “introductory” goalie training for our age groups this season. I am happy to announce that this training will be run by Chad Yablonski. Chad is a former MHS player and current MHS GK coach. For those of you who met Tyler Stakiwicz last Spring, he continues to work with our goalies, but because of his MSU obligations, he is only training the U12-U14 goalies this Fall.

For this group, we will run two courses, from 9-10 and 10-11 on Saturday mornings at Pittser, each with about six kids for a term of four weeks, starting September 22nd. We would then run another four week term with different kids beginning in October.

This course will differ from the one we did last Spring in that it is not just a general introductory course. Instead, it is meant for kids who at least have a mild interest in playing the position.

We have about twelve “slots” for the first four weeks.  What the Chad, Dave and I have agreed-upon is that each Director will “nominate” two kids out of his academy for each session, after talking about it with the managers. The idea is to try to make sure we target the training at kids who really have an interest & ability to play the position, rather than using the training time on kids who only rarely play the position. In essence, the program is really closer to the “Intermediate” program we did last Spring, but is still open to kids who have had no prior formal goalie training. The real “prerequisite” is having a real inclination to play the position.

Of course, if you have questions, please feel free to email me.

If you could get me your “nominations” by next Monday (9/17), I would appreciate it.

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MUSC U11 Boys Academy

We build total footballers

Team Snap

Hello Parents,

You will be receiving an email from teamsnap.com requesting that you join the MUSC U11 team.

We are going to try using team snap to keep track of your child’s availability for the upcoming games.

When you receive the email please take a moment to register and update your availability.   

Thanks in advance.

Jose

Next week training and schedule of games

Training Monday & Wednesday 5:30 to 7:00 at Brookdale stadium.

Small sided games Friday 4:00 to 5:30 at Brookdale stadium.

Schedule of games is attached. First game will be September 15th. The first two games are 'tbs' and will be scheduled for later. More to follow.

BTW, we will train and play a lot on turf. I suggest getting turf shoes.

Charlie

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 WHITE TEAM 

Date/Time	type	Game#	Div	Field	Home Team	Visitor Team	HS	VS	REF
SAT   09/08/12          12:00 AM		116896	B11E	TBS (H)	Montclair-B11E-Katz	Fair Lawn-B11E-Machuca
SAT   09/15/12          11:45 AM		116898	B11E	BGFD-Hickory	Bergenfield-B11E-Piovane	Montclair-B11E-Katz
SAT   09/22/12          03:45 PM		116902	B11E	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11E-Katz	Tenafly-B11E-Woda
SAT   09/29/12          03:00 PM		116905	B11E	NJRANG-VanDessel	NJRangers-B11E-Dontas	Montclair-B11E-Katz
SAT   10/13/12          01:00 PM		116907	B11E	DUM-Selzer	Dumont-B11E-Wehner	Montclair-B11E-Katz
SAT   10/20/12          11:00 AM		116909	B11E	FL-Brookdale	Fair Lawn-B11E-Machuca	Montclair-B11E-Katz
SAT   10/27/12          02:00 PM		116913	B11E	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11E-Katz	Bergenfield-B11E-Piovane
SAT   11/03/12          01:15 PM		116915	B11E	TEN-HSBrookField	Tenafly-B11E-Woda	Montclair-B11E-Katz
SAT   11/10/12          11:30 AM		116920	B11E	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11E-Katz	NJRangers-B11E-Dontas
SAT   11/17/12          02:00 PM		116923	B11E	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11E-Katz	Dumont-B11E-Wehner

BLUE TEAM

Date/Time	type	Game#	Div	Field	Home Team	Visitor Team	HS	VS	REF
SAT   09/01/12          12:00 AM		115295	B11CW	TBS (L)	Tenafly-B11CW-Paulen	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors
SAT   09/08/12          12:00 AM		115301	B11CW	TBS (H)	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors	SDFC-B11CW-Hammond
SAT   09/15/12          02:30 PM		115306	B11CW	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors	Verona-B11CW-Hogan
SAT   09/22/12          12:00 PM		115313	B11CW	NUT-FatherGlotzbach	Nutley-B11CW-Vazquez	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors
SAT   09/29/12          05:00 PM		115317	B11CW	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors	Warriors-B11CW-Raffaele
SAT   10/13/12          02:00 PM		115321	B11CW	WYNE-FroehnerMemPk	WayneBG-B11CW-Kaloukian	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors
SAT   10/20/12          02:15 PM		115325	B11CW	ARS-MemorialParkRdg	Arsenal-B11CW-Puller	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors
SAT   10/27/12          03:45 PM		115332	B11CW	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors	Hoboken-B11CW-Pizzo
SAT   11/10/12          03:00 PM		115342	B11CW	MONT-Fortunato	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors	Belleville-B11CW-Serron
SAT   11/17/12          11:00 AM		115347	B11CW	EM-Villano	Emerson-B11CW-buschbacker	Montclair-B11CW-Neighbors

Fortunato Field
10 Essex Ave
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042

 

more program information

Here is another set of general information. This message will cover general philosophy as well as practice and game schedule updates.

Club Philosophy. Please see the attached academy guidelines that outline the general approach we subscribe to within Montclair United Soccer Club. I am also attaching the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) guidelines of best practices for player development. Each of these documents is informed by the science of child development as well as exemplar training programs across the world. At this age, our emphasis is still on developing individual skills while trying to foster their ability to work together as a team. Our metric for success is whether kids are improving by the end of each session.

This year we are switching to much larger fields with 11 boys playing for each team. The larger sided games are not well suited for these boys due to their general cognitive and physical development at this age. New Jersey is a bit of an anachronism in the general soccer world, which tends to have boys play smaller sides at this age.

We will keep focused on individual development and getting the boys to play well in small units. We will strive for a ‘possession-oriented’ game where the passes are kept short, simple, and on the ground. We will be happy if the boys can patiently work the ball up the field during the games.

Director of Coaching. Touré Weaver is the Director of Coaching for MUSC. Touré grew up in Montclair, playing for MUSC and the high school. He then went on to play for a Division 1 college team: University of Pittsburgh. Touré is passionate about coaching and spent time in the Netherlands learning about their approaches to player development. For a small country, the Dutch have had an outsized influence on world soccer, producing technically and tactically renowned players and teams. Touré has been applying his craft for more than 10 years within the Montclair High School. He has been freshman and junior varsity coach. He currently is the varsity assistant coach.

Touré wants to bring more intensity, discipline and attention to detail to the MUSC training program. He is establishing a general curriculum with age-based standards that trainers are expected to achieve. He will be monitoring the trainers and training program through the year.

As director of coaching, Touré will ensure that we are working toward a unified standard as well as consistency in performance across all teams.

Commitment. There will be an expectation that players will show commitment to their teammates and to the program. We recognize that the players will have other activities that may conflict with the soccer schedule over time. With that said, we ask that players regularly attend practices, be prompt, and show total focus while in the training sessions. By and large, the players who have signed up for this program are seriously committed to developing as soccer players. We want to honor that commitment.

All players are expected to wear their training jersey to practice. We will distribute this year's training jersey soon. 

Players are expected to treat their trainers, teammates, referees, opponents, and themselves with respect.  

Intra-Year Movement between Teams. Players will be evaluated between the fall and spring season and may be moved between teams. The criteria will be based on where the player best fits. The decision for movement will be made by the trainers in consultation with Touré. If this should happen, we will work together with the parents and trainers to communicate that this is in the best interest of the player's development.

Training Sessions. For now, training sessions will be Monday and Wednesdays 5:30 to 7:00. Small sided games will be held Fridays, 4:00 to 5:30. The days will not change but the training times may change as the days become shorter. Locations can also vary from week to week. Keep a lookout for the weekly email announcements about training time and place.

League Games. League games will be held on Saturdays, anytime between 9am and 5pm. The league is expected to publish the schedule this Friday. As soon as we get the schedules, we will distribute them.

Team Managers. Farley Katz will be the manager for the White team. José Francisco will be the manager for the Blue team. They will be responsible for coordinating game logistics and communicating with you the what/when/where/how of each game. It is very important that you let them know early in the week whether your son can play in the upcoming game.

Volunteers. This is a community-based organization that survives by the efforts of dedicated parents. We are fortunate to have so many talented individuals in our midst. I will be distributing a list of tasks over the weekend and asking for volunteers to pitch in.

Parent Meeting. I am trying to decide whether to call for a general in-person meeting after one of our practices or try a conference call around 8pm on a Monday or Wednesday. I have a conference call service that requires you to make a long-distance call to somewhere in Minnesota. Let me know which you would prefer.

More to come.

Charlie

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MUSC U11 Boys Academy

We build total footballers