Being Physically Prepared
At Connecticut Coast Soccer Clinic, we ask that you to please try to go into camp in your best physical condition. Every moment at Connecticut Coast is a valuable learning experience. You want to be able to seize every opportunity to practice and learn. We all know that our ability to pay attention decreases when we are tired, our ability to train with a pulled muscle is reduced, our ability to run with blisters is nearly impossible. The bottom line is that to take full advantage of everything that is offered at the clinic you must be in good physical condition.
Come Positive
A 3-hour session at a clinic can be a long time when you are training with intensity and surrounded by some unfamiliar faces. We have found that there will be some high and unfortunately, some low points during the week in a new environment. It is important that players focus on the many positive experiences when faced with a challenge during the week. Ultimately, you will learn more and have more successes with a positive state of mind!
We Love Ya MW! Coach Rob
Be a Sponge While at the Clinic
Probably the most important thing you can bring to the clinic is an open mind. You are about to be inundated with all types of technical, tactical, psychological and physiological information. No matter how good you are or how many successes you have enjoyed remember why you decided to go to a clinic...to get better by learning from the best. Our clinic is a learning environment like school. You are presented with a great deal of information and then it is up to you to decide what to do with it. Your goal should be to absorb as much information as possible and then fit what you can into your game. You may not agree with everything but you owe it to yourself to open your mind and try new things. Remember why you signed up for the clinic!
Bring the Right Equipment
Bringing the right equipment daily to the clinic is crucial to having a successful camp. Of course you will need to bring your usual gear; shirts, shorts, socks, shin guards cleats, indoor shoes or sneakers, however, these are important:
Cleats that are already broken in because new shoes can give you blisters!
An extra goalkeeper jersey for Goalkeepers.
Indoor shoes for possible indoor sessions and casual wear.
Daily medications, including Epi-Pens, if you have Bee allergies.
Inhalers need to be brought daily.
Sandals for the time when you are not playing.
Bug-spray for those pesky shoreline mosquitoes.
Sunscreen (at least 45 SPF).
A water bottle with your name on it (to prevent dehydration).
Spending money to purchase fresh fruit, bottled waters and sports drinks.
Change of clothes when the fire trucks leave.
Extra hair ties.
A cell phone get your new friend’s phone number
2010 Awards Assemblies
Half-Day Player Awards Assembly
Will be held Friday at 11:30am
All player 5-8 years old will receive a Participation Medal.
A Pizza Party will immediately follow the Half-Day Awards Assembly and is limited to player only.
Bottled waters and sports drinks will be available for purchase at the snack bar inside the Clubhouse (50% of all proceeds will go directly to the Waterford Soccer Club).
Shirt signings by players and autograph's by the coaching staff will occur during this special lunch hour.
Photograph's of players and the coaching staff will be available immediately following the Half-Day Awards Assembly.
Full-Day Player Awards Assembly
Will be held Friday at 3:00pm
All players and staff will participate in the Full-Day Awards Assembly.
Each group at camp will have three trophies presented at the Awards Assembly; the Kristine Lilly Award, the Most Improved Player Award, and the Coaches Award.
The trophy for the "Player of the Week" Award will be awarded at the end of the 2010 Full-Day Awards Assembly and will include gifts from our sponsors WEGOTSOCCER and Adidas.
Photograph's of players and the coaching staff will be available immediately following the Full-Day Awards Assembly.
"It's not just soccer, it's a way of life."
