Rosters, Uniforms, and Pictures

Emails have been sent out to our players regarding your rostering. We are excited to have such quality players – every player is as important to us as the other and we all need each other.

We have had a few players skip practice for a few reasons – just a reminder that unless I know AHEAD of time you will not be there, it is an unexcused absence.

Uniforms will be handed out tomorrow however socks have still not arrived. Unfortunately, I have nothing to do with the ordering and there is nothing I can do but wait. That said, I have asked the AD for guidance regarding pictures as we do not want to do it without the complete uniform. Be alert for messages.

As for ordering pictures, you can preorder your pictures at a discount if you use “wilsonfs25”

https://www.christmascitystudio.com/vieworder

The last time I coached we used Fisk so the online ordering is new to me. Athletics will send out a flyer hopefully tomorrow with more information. I will pass along as soon as I get it.

Nolan Browne is practice player of the day. Great job!

Alumni Game

Spread the word. The alumni game is a voluntary event I like to run to bring back the “old-timers” to play against our new squad. We will play 20 min halves with water break at 10 min intervals for the old guys. I will referee the contest. Both of my coaches are alumni so they will be playing also. The game if for fun and designed to connect the generations and give us a brief informal scrimmage.

Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Where: WAIS Game Field

Players: Yellow Pinnies

Alums: Blue Pinnies

Coming Together

Another hot grind in the sun. We…

  1. Worked on pressing and beating the press
  2. Worked on sending and receiving long balls
  3. Worked on reducing touches and moving the ball more quickly
  4. Worked on our shape and letting the ball do the work
  5. Worked on finding the best roles for our talent
  6. Worked on communicating with each other

A long way to go yet but I saw a glimpse today of something special.

Reminders:

Varsity and JV Team decisions will be done Thursday night and will be sent via email

Uniforms Friday, Pictures Saturday at 8:00 AM. Show up in blue / blue and gold uniform.

Recognitions:

Dillard and Rocco are our practice players of the day. Great job boys. Two more signatures for our trophy.

Big thanks to Kaarsen, Yahriel, and Keerat who grabbed balls to clean up and Steve P for helping with practice all day today. It does not go unnoticed.

Building Grit and Character

Tough, Humble, Together

This is our motto for the season. The guys worked hard today in the heat and sun. We have a long way to go yet. We…

1. Worked on some skill with the ball – soft touch, protect, using the chest, the head

2. Worked on ball winning – an area we will need to improve.

3. Worked on our fitness in teams – I was pleased with the spirit here.

4. Are learning how to play humble and together. Complimenting instead of telling, personal responsibility, not blame. These are skills that must be practiced just like corners or pk’s. Good teams have great character.

5. Worked on some full field scrimmage – we ended 0-0 with mixed teams. Expect changes each day. Wherever you are, be YOUR best. It is all about the team.

Great stuff:

Connor and Justin were strong in the air. Andrew and Owen Miller were also strong winning the ball along with Danny. I liked the danger Harnit and Justin created on the wings and balls by Braden, Dillard, and Connor to find them. Our goalies look great.

We need to get better:

Still that urge for players to want to ref the game or coach their teammates. Stay in your lane. Encourage and compliment, don’t whinge or give orders. When you are home, send positive messages. Be upbeat. What did you do right. What did your teammates do right. What did you like that we did today. Boys to men.

NO WHINGING or BEING BOSSY CLUB Forming Tomorrow (This is a good club to be in!)

Technically, we need to pass the ball more quickly, quickly involving the whole team. Defensive and offensive positioning will be a major focus tomorrow as well.

What a great group of guys we have.

Thank you to Connor for helping cleaning up and Alex and Steve P for helping set up. I really appreciate it guys.

Tomorrow, seniors are on clean-up but of course anyone is welcome to help.

Pictures:

Christmas city had some conflicts so our pictures are now Saturday Morning – I had to make an extra practice for Saturday anyway so we could get in our Mandatory 10 practices before Kutztown next Friday.

We will go 8-10 on Saturday morning with pictures first.

Recover and Relax and good luck to our golfers. I need Anderson to have lowest score or I am doing pushups for the rest of my life.

Any concerns or good vibes, shoot mean an email or call!

Ohh…. add Hetrick to GERONIMO!!!!!

And they’re off!!

Day One is in the books:

Fitness Testing – Check, Heat Acclimatization – Check, Rolling out a shape – Check, Rolling out some themes – Check, Building Confidence – Setting Goals – Check, Realizing Connor Millen won’t take free kicks – Check (Having some fun with Connor here), Battle for Starting Positions – Check, Some Suffering – Check

Fitness Testing Resulted in:

4 Geronimo Class Players – Congrats – Jeff, Danny, Andrew, and Nolan B

More to come on results. These numbers are not the end all be all – Know that. Quality with the ball, game sense, communication, heart, character – these factors among others ALL play a large role in player selection.

Practice Player of the Day Today – Rashad (He worked really hard in all drills and without a jacket!) Great job!

Blue captained by Danny wins the group of the day today – free gatorades for ALL blues tomorrow courtesy of coach.

Practice Plan Tomorrow:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bTkqPeIh6vHJwqRg_9eeZ7DDnnAuSWoEu0hvp0ZuOGs/edit?usp=sharing

Theme Tomorrow:

Muscle Beach – Sleeveless shirts is the ticket.

Its just the beginning:

Get out of bed tomorrow and come to day 2 no matter how sore you are. Stick with us. The team needs you everyday! Everyone of you!

Jayden and Tyam and Kyle join us tomorrow!

Go Time

Our recurrent themes this year are:

Tough, Humble, Together (THT)

I will ask all players this tomorrow. As will I randomly quiz players on what I post here. The few of you who are checking here, spread the word. This is where EVERYTHING is communicated. Let’s go!!!!