Good Thursday Morning!

YTS Families,

I hope you are all well.  Several things in this email:

1.  We will celebrate jersey day (Friday May 6th for the U9's and Tuesday May 10th for the U10's).  Participation is optional.  It would be great to see all of the kids wearing their favorite jersey.  I will try to encourage the staff to participate also. 

2.  As you all know the registration for YTS tryouts has closed.  If you are a rising U11 you still have some time to do register.  The deadline for the U11's is May 10th.

3.  We only have a few training sessions left so please make sure you attend as many of them as you can.

4.  Now for some tryout advice:

a.  If you have not pre-registered please get to the fields early so that you can get your son/daughter registered for the tryouts.    Remember when you check your child in you will do so at the Radford Building.  (The building alongside the Stadium Field).

b.  Make sure your son/daughter brings a soccer ball and plenty of water to drink.  Of course make sure they are dressed appropriately for the sessions.  The temperatures can be very hot.

c.  It is important that your son/daughter hydrates before/during and after the session.   Again please make sure they bring plenty of water.

d.  The sessions will begin with a simple technical warm-up followed by small sided games (ie 4v4 or 5v5).  

e.  I encourage you to help your child relax in preparation for the tryouts.  Most players will naturally be nervous- DON'T make it any worse.  Encourage them to put forth the maximum effort during the sessions and of course pay attention to what is going on.   The one thing the players can control is their ability to work hard.

f.  Once you give your son/daughter a kiss on the cheek... let them go.  Don't watch there every move and try to coach them via hand signals from the sideline!!  Parents will of course not be allowed on the fields.. and coaching is not permitted - regardless of how good your intentions are.

g.  At the conclusion of the session you don't need to provide a grade for your son/daughter just make sure they continue to hydrate, get something to eat, etc etc.   Don't go over ever single touch they had.  If anything be positive.

h.  We have multiple sessions so the kids can hopefully get comfortable with the environment.

I hope the information above helps you prepare for the upcoming tryouts!  


Thanks very much

Paul