U13 2012

Great practice today

These are the results of the fitness assessment:


7-20 (Lower slowdown is better).

Great results from Shar, Dylan, Alex, Francois, and K'Paw





















Cooper: 12 min run: More is better

Great results from Francois, Dylan, Alex, Gustavo, Hunter and Venance

















Illinois Agility test (lower is better)
Great results by Gustavo, and Stefano


















Height Jump (more is better)
Great results from Alex and Daniel

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Come and meet your wonderful new team, club, and families. We are very lucky that the club has a club house, where its trophies and history are displayed, and a banquet hall for us to hold events.

• Bring the whole family Wednesday APRIL 25, 6:30PM, at St. Anthony's club.
• Cost: $9 per person (adults or children 6 years old or older), your choice of 2 or 3 slices of pizza + pop included. Draw for prizes for the players + raffle for all.
• Conditional on a minimum of 50 people attending. Respond by Saturday April 14 using this form (click).

Yes, it's April 25 not May.

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The beautiful sunsets again.

We went for a short 3.2Km run This is how the players did and their times for the 3.2k.

1. Hunter 16:40
2. Gustavo 16:41
3. Francois 16:44
4. Alex 16:46
5. Liam 16:47

6. Adamo 17:05
7. Stefano 17:06
8. Peter 17:38
9. Trevor 17:40
10. Dylan
11. John
12. Daniel.
13. Shar
14. Sergio
15. Noah 19:30
16. Philip 19:31
17. Gabriel

There are many players who seem very out of shape, that is why we (and they should) go for runs and we work on fitness. We have about 40 days to get ready!

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This sounds slightly familiar! Adidas plans world's first 'smart soccer match' for July

The company says that it will use its miCoach system to provide coaches with real-time tracking on players playing in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game on July 25, allowing coaches to track player performance on the pitch. Coaches will be able to access real-time player statistics, including speed, acceleration, and power output, from a tablet. The software also provides alerts coaches might need to consider.


Hat tip to Luisa.

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We have practice tomorrow 6:10AM to 8PM.

• All players must bring both soccer cleats and running shoes.
• All players and parents must have read, understood, and signed the Player and Parent Code of Conduct.

Nest practice is Saturday 9:30AM-noon.

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As we begin the 2nd week of April, all players should be doing 2 weekly runs of 3.5Km this week (6.0Km for the 10k runners). This is for ALL players.

As of today, we have had 42 runs submitted, for a total of 228.25Km. Great work!

Targets:


Please submit your run online and you will be entered to win great prizes.

Remember: only very fit players can play the game.

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Did you see the moon at 6AM today?

Video:

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This was Gustavo's run today. Can you guess what he was doing?

Video:

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If you go for a run around Mud Lake, these amazing views is what you see today:

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This watch is only missing a GPS.

The Basis  is the first continuous health tracker that measures heart rate at the wrist. A green LED on the underside of the watch shines light (the blood absorbs green particularly well) and then it measures how much light is reflected back. Blood volume is highest immediately after a heartbeat, hence the watch can determine pulse. Also includes a three-axis accelerometer to detect motion, electrodes to measure galvanic skin response, and heat sensors to track skin and environmental temperature, providing real-time data: steps, calories burned, heart rate.

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Real Madrid also advanced to the UEFA's semi-finals by defeating APOEL 8-2 on aggregate goals.

You can see Kaka's amazingly curved goal here.

Kaka': "When I was little, I did not have a strong kick and I learned to hit the ball well to give trouble to the goalies. This was one of my most beautiful goals. Every day now I have more confidence in my game and in my far kick"

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As Maciej says, it's no wonder what we have not made to a WC in 25 years.  LTPD is finally addressing all this.

"Why can’t we turn a million kids playing the game in our country into eleven men playing for our country with any kind of success?"

"The last frustrating rattle before Canada starts to get things right. Governance reform is finally beginning, youth development finally being taken seriously. "

"Canadian soccer fans are sick of waiting for the future. It’s that simple.

Tired of finding the positives; exhausted with measuring the tiniest of successes; completely done with trying to sniff out promising little hints of better times to come.

A lot of us (and I’m writing this as a fan, first and foremost) invested the last lingering bits of our emotional capital in the under-23 team during the recent Olympic qualifiers. It looked so promising for a minute, the biggest men’s tournament berth since our one-time World Cup appearance was right there for the taking. We beat the Americans, the heavies of the competition, on their own turf. There’s no better win for any Canadian team in any sport, but this one was especially unlikely and sweet."

Read full article on Sportsnet.

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Watch the goals from Barcelona x Milan yesterday here. What does the coach say about where to shoot penalty kicks? There is not way the keeper can get those shots. Nice and simple.

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For Rogers customers: the game is shown live free on the Internet in HD. http://www.rogersondemand.com/channels/sportsnet_world_live. You may watch from anywhere.

Contest winners: Trevor for predicting the first scorer (Messi), Raul for predicting the number of goals by Barcelona.

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This was Gustavo's 6K run today. Max heart rate: 197bpm. He still had a couple of bpm to spare. The coach was beaten in a sprint at the end.

1 minute video showing the run out of the GPS watch:

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Do you ever shop for groceries at Loblaws, or Superstores, Your Independent, etc?

This week only, we get 5% for any gift card order, which is yours to use as you please.

• If you spend $500 in groceries, that raises $25 for the team
• If you spend $1K in groceries, that raises $50 for the team

You get gift cards at full value for use at any Loblaws/Superstore etc, they never expire.

There is no catch!

Deadline for order: this Friday at noon (We will place the order as long as we get a minimum $3k total order).

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If the player is new to the team, we need his photo id card please.

• If the player has an id card, kindly check the expiry date, and give us the card (we keep all cards in our team card holder).
• If the player does not have a photo id card, we need to request one ASAP. Kindly send us a digital photo with these specs:

• ·         Portrait orientation
• ·         Please do no crop an existing photo. Take a photo for the sole purpose of the ID card
• ·         Neutral background (white, light brown, etc.)
• ·         No objects showing behind the player such as trees, soccer goal posts, pets, etc.
• ·         Neutral facial expression
• ·         Head and shoulders (not the entire torso)
• ·         No head gear, bandanas, hats, etc. Glasses only if the player wears them to play
• ·         No flash (no red eye) or shadows
• ·         Small size (640x480 or so and file < 1MBytes)

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We are tentatively scheduling a practice for this Tuesday evening 6:10PM - 7:40PM, unless it rains.

Note that the Barcelona Milan match is earlier at 2:30PM, and it seems it is not available on regular TV. However, it is available streaming on the Internet. Link to be provided.

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UPDATED April 2.

Submit your run here.

The team ran 108.75Km in March. This is a record, March is usually not the best month for running, but we were blessed with great weather.

Starting in April, the player who runs the most for the month will earn the Fitness Award for the month, and a prize. In addition, a random draw will be made among all those who submit more than 3 entries.

Congratulations to all who ran. You are now fitter and healthier!

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The gift cards list is available here.

You  may choose from hundreds of retailers, including day to day names such as Metro, Loblaws, Food Basics, Shell, Esso, Canadian Tire, etc. The cards are for your own use. For example, if you $1k in Loblaws and Shell, you raise $35. These simply come off your team fees, and it's for stuff you use daily. It's a win-win for everyone.

The cards do not expire.

To order, we need to set up and account for you. Please contact us.

Next order: April 13.

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