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Post by coachluis on Sept 19, 2006 23:39:54 GMT -5
Greetings to the Rushmore Soccer Club Coaches! We have set up a forum for our club coaches in order to facilitate, share, discuss, argue about various topics that may help us become better at coaching. Now that you are registered, please detail what topics you may want to add to this forum. There will be seperate forums for various topics.
Thanks for all you do! Luis Usera DOPD Rushmore Soccer Club
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troy
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Post by troy on Sept 20, 2006 12:42:33 GMT -5
We need to start talking about our recommended tournaments for 2007.
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Post by coachluis on Sept 20, 2006 15:28:59 GMT -5
I agree. I am interested in knowing if there are any other tournaments that the coaches would like to recommend for the club recommended list for this summer.
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Post by Joe on Sept 21, 2006 0:24:41 GMT -5
Yes, I agree. I like the club recommended ones aside from that I think I'd still like my teams to travel where the club teams go, this will make things easier for me.
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Post by bazookaj on Sept 21, 2006 0:27:07 GMT -5
Ok my last message was as a guest to this board. It is supposed to be a thumbs up icon but it's late and ... well you know how it is.
Anyway, I do like this and am glad you mentioned it to me.
Later
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Post by Jerry Young on Sept 27, 2006 17:00:08 GMT -5
What are the club recommended tournaments currently on the table? I do not recall any documentation listing them.
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Post by coachluis on Oct 3, 2006 11:18:16 GMT -5
Right now we are just compiling a list of tournaments that are happening. We go to the various sites and put them down in what month they are held. In the 2nd coaches meeting in October we will try to pass on this information on the tournaments so the coaches can get a feel of what tournaments there are out there.
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Post by coachluis on Oct 3, 2006 11:19:39 GMT -5
The past tourneys:
Real Colorado (May) Challenge Cup (May) Bismarck (this year June) RSC USA CUP weekend (July)
were the club mandated tournaments.
Luis
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Post by gdrabek on Oct 18, 2006 16:05:05 GMT -5
These tournaments are great but wouldn't it be helpful in preparation for Challenge Cup that the teams be sent to an April tournament? Unfortunately the weather in unpredictible at that time of the year in the places close enough to keep the players' families interested. DRabek
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Post by Joe Sabrowski on Oct 18, 2006 23:58:36 GMT -5
I agree, it did like the Stillwater tournament and the weather wasn't too bad for us in April in Minn. But it may be better to find something in a southern state.
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Post by randymckee on Oct 24, 2006 9:33:19 GMT -5
In my experience, when you go south, you end up in Missouri or eastern Kansas (Kansas City). Then you run the risk of thunderstorms - there are a lot of them that time of year.
I think sometimes we are just best off picking a set and going there. We know that in the spring, the weather is unpredictable all over the Midwest.
I'm not going to try and outguess myself this year. I'm just biting the bullet and going - probably to an upper-level tourney in Chicago and perhaps an earlier one in Kansas City. Depends on my parents. Right now the Gold parents are gung-ho and we need to take advantage of that while the opportunity exists.
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troy
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Post by troy on Oct 24, 2006 15:36:08 GMT -5
I've always thought one or two tournaments before Challenge Cup would better prepare our players.
Perhaps the U14+ teams should look into a February/March tournament? Pueblo might be OK for the U14/15 teams? I'm not sure about the competition level for the older divisions.
The Midwest Soccer Challenge in Blaine (April 20-22) is for all age groups. Perhaps this would be one we should try for U13's+ (Challenge Cup teams).
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Post by coachluis on Oct 25, 2006 10:58:33 GMT -5
Pueblo, although not entirely super strong, is a great start to the outdoor season. Why not play teams that we haven't had the opportunity and then have success too? However, I think we need to pick up the pace in April to get our players ready for the may season.
Another thought...Treat the indoor season as an extension of the outdoor and teach the thought process that would best suit the outdoor game. Just a thought though.
Luis
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Post by bazookaj on Oct 25, 2006 21:43:57 GMT -5
A great thought. I wouldn't be against Pueblo. Treating indoor as an extension of outdoor was my intent with the U16 boys last season. A lot of touch and technical and always reinforced the fact that we were training for Challenge.
I also agree with Troy about the Midwest Challenge, it was a good tourney and it really gave me a good early look at the team and what we needed to work on prior to challenge.
Joe
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