Developmental Soccer Canceled May 19th, no sessions on May 26th it is Memorial Day! Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!

Developmental Session Session will begin on Monday April 28th & Thursday may 1st, the time will be 4:00-5:00 for U4-U6 on Mondays and 4:00-5:00 for U7-U9 on Thursdays. Please be ready to start on time, since our time is short and at a premium we will have to begin right on time and end on time. The following Mondays & Thursdays will be our developmental dates:

Our SCSC Director’s of Coaching attended and completed the NSCAA director of coaching course May 2-4, 2008 in Lititz, PA.  This highly sought after qualification was attended by DOC’s from all over the country to learn how to effectively manage, teach, and promote the game to coaches, parents, and players within their clubs and communities.  The course included sessions on club management, marketing, player development, coach development, leadership, and many other topics that DOC’s encounter in their everyday duties.  This course was taught by Jeff Tipping (NSCAA Director of Coaching Education), Phil Wright (NSCAA National Staff & US Club Soccer Chairman), and many other NSCAA National Staff.  The National Soccer Coaches Association of America is an organization of over 20,000 soccer coaches and is the largest of its kind in the world.  They teach coaches to train players at every level of the game. 

Pictured left to right: Zach Sarno (SCSC GIRL’S DOC); Steve Mastronardi (SCSC BOY’S DOC); KERRY HILL (SCSC DEVELOPMENT DOC); Richard Butler (NSCAA NATIONAL STAFF & SOUTH CHARLOTTE SOCCER CLUB BOYS DOC); BILL STEFFAN (NSCAA NATIONAL STAFF & FORMER UNC WOMEN’S ASSISTANT COACH WITH ANSON DORRANCE); DR MATTHEW ROBINSON (NSCAA NATIONAL STAFF)

SCSC will be hosting its first NSCAA National Goalkeeping course July 25-27, 2008 at Elmira Southside High School.  This is the first time that an NSCAA national course is coming to the Elmira area.  Coaches from all over the country will be coming as well as our own club coaches.

The first ever SCSC and BC Fusion sponsored NSCAA courses came off great as they finished up this past weekend.  Coaches attended from all over western New York along with SCSC and BC Fusion coaches.  Five SCSC coaches earned their State and/or Regional diplomas and they are as follows:

ZACH SARNO (STATE AND REGIONAL), ADAM ROBINSON (STATE AND REGIONAL), SHAWN NUGENT (STATE AND REGIONAL), DEREK HAMILTON (STATE AND REGIONAL), AND ANNETTE HARRIS (STATE)

Great job SCSC coaches for earning this qualification and becoming more knowledgeable in training our goalkeepers! 

SCSC sponsored a USSF "D" course this past December through NYWSYSA.  Over 20 candidates from all over New York and beyond participated.  Glen Buckley, Chris Hershey, and Maureen Dracup from NYW taught the six day course.   This course is comprised of 36 hours of classroom instruction, practical teaching, on field testing, and oral testing. Of the 20 or so coaches that took part 8 coaches from SCSC received their USSF "D" License.  The following coaches from SCSC received this qualification:

ZACH SARNO, DEREK HAMILTON, KOSTAS VARKATZAS, SHAWN FIELD, SHAWN NUGENT, STEVE WISE, GREG BARR, AND ANNETTE HARRIS

Great job SCSC coaches for earning this license and taking the time to make our club great! 

Team selections for both the boy’s and girl’s side have been chosen for the upcoming spring season.  Again thanks for trying out for SCSC.  Please click on the link below to find out team selections.

SCSC tryouts for the spring of 2008 went very well for both the girls and boys side.  The club would like to thank every player, parent, volunteer, and coach for the hard work they have done the past two weekends in the chilly temperatures.  It takes a very well coordinated effort to make sure everything runs smoothly for a record number of 332 players and everything went great.  Some age groups had record numbers during tryouts and every age group had a wealth of talented players.  Being that our club has now received "Premier Club" status it is important to reiterate that we will making the most competitive teams we can at every age level.  We will have an "A" team for every age group on the boys side and a combined age group "A" team on the girls side.  Please read below an excerpt from the FAQ’s from our website in regards to additional teams and cuts:

Q. WILL THERE BE "CUTS"?

A. Our goal is to NOT make any cuts so long as we have enough players to field a second (or third or fourth…) team in a particular age group.  Players who do not make an "A" team will be put in the "B" team pool of players for their particular age group barring there is appropriate numbers to make a "B" team pool..  As all of our players have experienced we have went to age appropriate teams (U11, U12, etc...) for the boys side and now our girls side has combined age grouped teams (U9/U10, U11/U12, etc...).  Our "B" teams this season will be combined age group teams (U9/U10, U11/U12, etc...) on the boys and girls side.  Some of our true age group "B" teams in the past just have not had the committed numbers due to various reasons and we here at SCSC want to make the most competitive teams possible at every level within the club.  The "pool" of players means that each "B" team (or "A" team) can carry a maximum roster of 22 players and 18 can dress for games (based on league rules).  If there is over 22 players for any given "B" team pool or there is not enough players from each perspective "A" team pool to make an additional team cuts will have to be made by that particular coach.  We will encourage any players who exceed the roster limitation to practice with the team even if they would not be able to play in the league games. In the past, many kids practicing in this fashion have ultimately played their way onto the roster. Our goal is to develop players and you cannot do so by cutting players before they have had a chance to learn.

A. Yes, our new online registration system permits us to very easily and quickly issue credits to your credit card if for some reason your child is not able to play with SCSC. Please note however that if your child is placed on a team, following the team selection announcements, then no refund will be issued should you decide to withdraw from the program (except in extraordinary circumstances, eg. injury, moving away from the area). All refund requests should be made in writing for review by the board.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS FOR THIS UPCOMING SPRING SEASON WHICH SHOULD BE GREAT.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US AT DOC@SOARINGCAPSOCCER.COM.

The full description of the new DOC program is outlined in the link below.