We’re not quite on the fields, but that can’t stop us from training an staying engaged. The following clip is great collection of what players from all ages have been doing to stay active, and practice at home.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Practicing at Home, Commitment and Dedication – Ezekiel Grundler
10,000 hours has been considered the sweet spot for being at optimal performance in your chosen skill. Always a statistic up for debate among researchers, coaches, and teachers, where it is the quality of effort that you put in to the task will lead to optimal performance. There is no debate though in knowing that you will only progress through commitment and dedication, and that requires both time and purposeful practice. 10,000 hours equals 3 hours a day for 10 years, so when you put that in to perspective we have to ask ourselves do we put enough time in to realistically achieve our goals.
Shelter in Place has put us off the practice fields, but in to a position where we can take advantage of the situation and form positive habits of practicing at home throughout the week, even when regular club practices resume.
Our example is Ezekiel Grundler. An incredibly committed, and hard working player, who always displays excellent discipline, leadership, and a dedication to get better through practicing on his own around practices and at home. See for yourself how incredibly controlled his juggling is, and it’s from hours of extra practice, without a coach or parent telling him what to do.
Ezekiel Grundler from Fremont YSC on Vimeo.
Psychological Pillar – Resilience
Resilience is important for any athlete. An athlete will experience many ups and downs, no matter what level of play. These ups and downs will not only be from competition and performance, but also set backs such as injury or suspensions.
Today our athletes are faced with a ‘shelter in place’ order, something we have not experienced before, and a situation our youth players find themselves in through no fault of their own and with a new set of psycho-social challenges.
Make use of this informative and helpful presentation on resilience.
Completing Your Player Development Profile
See below the video instructions for guidance on how to fill out your Player Development Profile. Areas of the form are based an a players reflection of their current level of play, and awareness of their current rate of human element growth. The soccer specific information can be entered in reference to the Fremont YSC playing identity, and in relationship to the stage of development of the player.
Senior Girls vs Thierry Henry
A fun clip from our Senior Girls, great creativity and teamwork to pull this off with limits to what they can do during the shelter in place.
Competitive Evaluations 20/21 Season
Register for Evaluations at the following link – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Due to the COVID 19, the evaluation situation is very fluid. The dates and times are subject to change as we learn more about the shelter in place timeline. Additionally, we are also subject to the start dates of the 20/21 season, and any new window NorCal Premier schedule for the Region 3 clubs.
Register for Evaluations at the following link – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
By registering at the link you will be submitting your interest in playing in the 20/21 season. Through this registration we can contact you as we learn more information about the 20/21 season structure, and when we will be able to either host evaluations, or open up season registration to be ready to start playing once the league opens back up.
The evaluation process is currently under review due to the current Covid-19 safety protocols. This situation is ever changing, and for the most up to date information, register at the link so you can receive notification as to how the evaluation process will operate for the 2020/21 season. We cannot wait to get back on the fields, so make sure you are signed up for season registration updates.
Here is a breakdown of information regarding the 20/21 Season –
- Most recent news is US Club Soccer anticipating the Spring season being completed, but this is determined by regions, and with what the playing leagues can provide.
- Anticipation is for the Fall season to be able to start unaffected.
- May is currently the scheduled evaluations window, but highly unlikely to be going ahead, we are waiting on an update from NorCal Premier as to whether the dates will be changed.
- We operate as a club, with transparency between coaches, where coaches put the players needs ahead of a team. Therefore, we already have a good idea of which players are likely to be moved between rosters. This is one of the many benefits of a club structure so a 20 second window is not deciding the placement of a player.
- If evaluations cannot go ahead, we will be able to begin registration for the new season without evaluations based on evaluation sign ups and can use the early training weeks to move players around where needed. This will enable us to be able to move forward with the new season and be fully prepared with US Club registrations and team applications.
Meet the Coach – Rey Nagaoka
Our Meet Your Coaches Series, submit your questions and answers clip to be posted online.
Meet the Coach – Rey Nagaoka from Fremont YSC on Vimeo.
Burpees for Boomers and Ballers 2
We’ve not forgot about the parents, I am sure you are all scratching at the door to get out and get some exercise. With gyms and parks closed we can be limited within our workouts, but we’ll be posting a number of workouts you can do in a very small space, and with very limited equipment needed. If you don’t have the equipment shown in the video, be creative and use alternative instruments, a few suggestions can be found in the video.
Workouts also appropriate for players, and can even be a family workout.
Parks, Pitches, and Patios, Week 4
Latest installment of the practice at home program from Fremont YSC.
Coaches will be conducting online conferences with their teams to cover the session, and provided guided discovery to ways in which the player can further develop the session at home, along with individual challenges and competitions.
Players, do not forget to upload a 15 second clip to your TeamSnap account under the media files.
Weekly Review 35
We’re not quite on the fields, but that can’t stop us from training an staying engaged. The following clip is great collection of what players from all ages have been doing to stay active, and practice at home.
This week we set the at home practice of a small playing area as the theme will continue with practicing in small spaces, central area of full width for the player to use as visual aids to work between. The area was only a 3 x 3, so had to keep the ball close and under control, we video for this can be found at the following link – https://www.fremontyouthsoccer.com/2020/04/parks-pitches-and-patios-week-3/