U13 2012

Saturday's session is now completely full. Please note that it has been moved to 2:30PM upstairs. A pizza/foosball/Xmas party will follow at my house.

Sunday's match is confirmed. Please arrive no later than 10:30AM for warm-up. The following players are confirmed:

1. Aeddon
2. Justin
3. Artur
4. Hunter
5. Braiden
6. Mohammed
7. Shar
8. Isaac 

We can still use a couple more players!

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In the morning before the game, the field almost got white. We have yet to play on a white field :-(

The secret for not feeling cold: just keep moving (running, jogging, anything). In 5 minutes you'll be warm. Appropriate layering of clothing also helps. I wear a MEC T3 hoody, and I am yet to feel any cold with it (just a thin shell on top to cut the wind). My hands were a bit cold at the beginning (but I have Reynaud's syndrome), problem solved in 5 minutes with a pair of wool mitts lent by Sarah.

The problem is that some players are very out of shape and just can't run all the time. This is the best time of the year to go running!

Practice (7 players initially, then 8)
Game (17 players today):


One great goalkeeper, terrific defender, and always positive and cheerful:
The brave 11 (Shar and Lavender just outside the photo), crazy for soccer, who played until dark:

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Our 8 committed and eager boys were simply spectacular today. After 2 minutes of play they had hit a couple of posts, were up 2x0. They played a possession and passing game, and were called "Barcelona" by a member of the other team.

Goals:

• Braiden 7
• Hunter 3
• Shar 2
• Justin 1

Shar also played gk for 35 minutes, zero goals scored on him. Many thanks to Braiden, Artur, Gabriel, Hunter for also going into net as well, all playing really well.

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Video from today's soccer, covering pks, and Shar's amazing shot.

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Nice soccer practice today:

Actually, tennis is great for cross-training. While a very technical sport with counter-intuitive movements, the physics are the same. Intelligent players will understand the similarities with a soccer ball movement (spin). For example, in tennis, the racket face should point to the ground when hitting most shots, while blasting a ball, without corresponding top spin, is a very bad thing. However, putting a ball over the net and making it land in the correct spot is similar to putting ball over a wall in soccer.

There was actually soccer too, 19 players came today. Final score was 9x8.




Coach ran 4.85Km in the soccer match today:

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24 players came today, 6 matches.

Teams:

Final results:

Congratulations to our champions, very well done:

• Richard, 
• Braiden
• Peter
• Noah
• Vincent
• Gustavo

Top scorers:

1. Braiden 9 (received "Gold" Medal)
2. Agui 8 
3. Samy 5 
4. Shar 4 
5. Daniel 4 
6. Ismael 3 
7. Isaac 3 
8. Omar 3 
9. Peter 2 
10. Khung 2 
11. Noah 1 
12. Eric 1 
13. Ben 1 
14. Raul 1 

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Weather looks great for Sunday, +13C and sunny. Forecast as of 4PM Friday:

Our outdoor game is Sunday at 11AM or 3PM this week.

R.S.V.P.

Location: tbd

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We are on, 2PM-5PM.

We have four teams of 6. You must be present the entire time as all teams play all teams in round robin fashion and there will be standings and a champion.

AHS, lower gym. Park and enter at the back.

• We have 4 teams of 5 players each (the 6th player is a rotating sub), playing GK + 4
• Six 20-mins matches total for the event; 3 matches for each team
• Cost: $0. Donations accepted.

Thanks.

UPDATE: Teams, tentative and subject to change:



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First come first served - Message sent 1PM Thursday. If you wish to play, please respond ASAP.

UPDATE: COMPLETELY FULL - SUBMIT FORM FOR WAITING LIST ONLY.

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Another very good day for soccer. 25 players showed up, a new record!

Thank you all.

Game and pks:
Just a silly video.

Coach ran 5.35Km during the game (airplane view of GPS tracking data below):



And the extended "funny boys" part of the 11+ (camera was left recording):

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