Dynamos Soccer - KEEPER! Vol. 17 No. 5

Friday, 30 April, 2010 (1835 reads)

A publication of Keeper! Club,

written and edited by Jim Walker

May 2010

A publication of the Keeper Club Written and edited by Jim Walker

TRAINING CALENDAR

Final spring training session Thursday, May 27.

Summer keeper (and field player) fitness for

U14 and older begins Monday, June 14. Goalkeeper

Camp is August 12-14. First session for the

2010-11 season will be Monday, August 16

Training continues in May on Mondays (5:30pm) with Roland Sikinger and Thursdays (5:30pm) with Jim Walker. Regular weekly training for 2009-2010 ends Thursday, May 27. Fee for regular training remains at $100 ($$50 if playing for Cy-Fair Youth Soccer Club or Dynamos) for 10 weeks of sessions. Please make check payable to Keeper Club and mail to Dynamos, attn: Loree, 10924 Grant Rd. #224, Houston 77070. For more information, email JWalker332@aol.comor phone 281-217-1612.

ANNOUNCING: SUMMER FITNESS

What: Fitness and Technical Program for goalkeepers and field players

Who: Boys and girls 14 years and older

Where: Dyess Park

When: Begins June 14

How Long: Eight weeks

For keepers and field players entering high school or are already high school and college students, here’s an opportunity to prepare for that high school or college team you’re trying out for in the fall. It’s a fitness program, directed by Jim Walker at Dyess Park, that will allow you to grow from whatever fitness level you have to what you need to satisfy any coach’s fitness expectations in your efforts to make the team. It’s a technical program, too, with skill work for keepers and attackers. It begins Monday, June 14, at 9am and continues on Mondays at 9am, and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm, for eight weeks, ending in August. The fee is $100, with discounts ($50) for Dynamos players and Keeper Club members. Once registered, keepers and field players may attend as many days as they desire. The sessions, each running about one hour and fifteen minutes, are designed to help keepers win or maintain positions when they report to their respective club, high school or college teams. For the past several years, the program has been open to field players, who can benefit from crossing and shooting activities as well as the fitness regimen. To register, please make check payable to Dynamos Keeper Club and mail to: Keeper Club Summer Fitness, 10924 Grant Rd #224, Houston TX 77070. For more information email JWalker332@aol.com or call 281-217-1612.

DYNAMOS TRYOUTS

The Dynamos are inviting all boys and girls seeking the best training in the Houston area to visit Dyess Park on the following dates to try out for teams:

U11 Boys and Girls--Sat., May 1, 5.30-7pm; Mon., May 3, 5.30-7pm; Tues., May 4, 5:30-7pm

U12 Boys and Girls--Mon., June 7, 5:15-6:45pm; Wed., June 9, 5:15-6:45pm

U13 Boys and Girls--Mon. June 7, 6:30-8pm; Wed., June 9, 6:30-8pm

U14 Boys and Girls--Mon. June 7, 7:45-9:15pm, Wed., June 9, 7:45-9:15pm

U16 Boys and Girls--Tues., June 8, 5:15-6:45pm; Thurs., June 10, 5:15-6:45pm

U15-U16 Boys and Girls--Tues., June 8, 5:15-6:45pm; Thurs., June 10, 5:15-6:45pm

U17-U18-U19--Boys and Girls--Tues., June 8, 6:30-8pm; Thurs., June 10, 6:30-8pm

Goalkeepers and other players trying out should report one-half hour early to sign up and receive a number on the first day of each tryout. Trialists are asked to wear t-shirts and shorts, but not team uniforms. Keepers should bring gloves, long-sleeved jersey, a ball, and his or her own water, and wear comfortable shoes. Shin guards are required. You may or may not be asked to participate in a special session for keepers only. If not, you will be judged on your skills during short-sided and full-sided games. Selections will be made by Director Olivier Finidori, Head trainer Marty Espinoza, and staff trainers Freeman Turkson, Roland Sikinger, Chris Wells and Lauren Wells. Players who show promise and dedication are given every opportunity to ripen talents and reach the highest potential. For more information about the Dynamos program and tryouts, call Olivier at 713-304-5060 or email him at dynamo14@sbcglobal.net.

SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULED

Boys and girls interested in improving their keeper skills are urged to mark your calendar for this summer’s Goalkeeper Camp, scheduled August 12-14 at Dyess Park. The camp features quality instruction, an official camp t-shirt, daily prizes, and an end-of-camp pizza and Powerade lunch. The fee is $125, with a discount of $15 for paid-up Keeper Club members. Camp times are 5pm until 8pm on Thursday and Friday (August 12, 13) and 9am until noon on Saturday (August 14). The full schedule of Dynamos Summer Soccer Camps:

Girls Only Camp--Girls ages 6-16, July 26-30, 6-8pm, $125

FUNdamental--Boys, Girls ages 6-16, August 2-6, 6-8pm, $125

Select--Boys, Girls ages 9-18, August 9-13, 10-noon and 5-8pm, $175

Keeper--Boys, Girls 9-18, August 12-14, 5-8 Thurs. and Fri., 9am-noon Sat., $125

FAREWELL

The Keeper Club loses two valuable members when Veronica Pierce departs at end of the month for her new home in Farmington, New Mexico, and Patty Walrath leaves at summer’s end to begin her new career at Houston Baptist University. Ronni and Patty have been lively leaders at training sessions, always willing to demonstrate, lead groups, shag shots, enliven a session that gets too serious, or help bring back on track one that lost focus. For the past two years, Ronni and Patty, along with younger colleague Kaitrin Miller, won year-end awards for attending the most sessions. Both put in extra time and effort to make themselves better, but always were willing to help others along the way. Sometimes, in a fit of giggling or outrageous behavior, one of them always relieved tension by devilishly saying “Coach, what would you do without us?” Thanks, Ronni and Patty, for what you have meant to the Keeper Club, and all the best from the rest of us as you move on.

KEEPERTALK

Welcome to Chase Patton, a keeper for the U11 Dynamos Bronze team. . .Roly the Goalie presided over a drawing for four tickets (provided by parent Ray Steppe) to the Dynamo game May 1. Francesco Lo Sauro was the lucky winner. Thanks, Ray and Roly!. . .Both Kelsi Gibson and Marissa Mills came up with diving and breakaway saves when their teams faced each other and battled to a 1-1 tie at Dyess April 10. The following week it was learned Marissa was playing with a broken tibia bone and would miss the rest of the season. Marissa plans to be ready for the summer keeper camp. . .Kennedy McGill went the distance and turned in a fine performance as the U12 Dynamos defeated Space City, 3-1, April 17. . .Grant Steppe shut out Eclipse Red in the first half with several fine saves and efficient distribution, then scored a goal the second half to spark the U11 Dynamos to a 1-0 victory April 24; the next day, Ethan Maxson got good grades in goal from trainer Chris Wells as the Dynamos tied Texas Heat, 1-1. . .Kaylee Barrett returned to action in mid-April after being sidelined for eight weeks with a fractured arm. . .Everybody got wet when Roland held a session on boxing in the “Lake at Matzke” April 19 when Dyess was too soggy for training. Attending were Braden Mann, Trevor Gibson, Maddie Brown, Chase Patton, Cameron Rieth, Sabrina Pasier, and Kelsi Gibson. . .Senior keeper and bass player Patty Walrath traveled to New York City for performances with the Cy-Woods HS orchestra in early April. Born in New Jersey, Patty was elated she was able to visit Broadway and also find herself near her New Jersey birthplace. . .John (Stix) Kowalczyk, Keeper Club alumnus who has been training at Dyess Park between college graduation and the beginning of law school, saved a penalty and made other key saves as Inter won the Huntsville Soccer League men’s championship game, 5-1 in early April. “I attribute much of doing well to getting to do keeper training again,” concluded Stix. . .Longtime Keeper Club member and now Private First Class Jacob Fowler writes from Ft. Jackson, S. C., where he is undergoing basic training in the U. S. Army, that “the Keeper Club is really amazing in all it does. I plan to start playing again when I get back.”. .If you have read this far and would like a $25 gift certificate for Soccer-4-All, enter a Keeper Club drawing by emailing JWalker332@aol.com with the words “Just Say No to Goals.” A drawing will be held during the first week of summer fitness and you don’t have to be present to win. . .If you have items for Keeper! or KeeperTalk, please email JWalker332@aol.com or call 281-217-1612.

TRAINING LOG

Listing of players who attended training at Dyess Park in April:

1--Oscar Barron, Ronni Pierce, Patty Walrath, Kaitrin Miller, Francesco Lo Sauro, Braden Mann, Sabrina Pasier. Guest instructor: John Kowalczyk

5--Patty Walrath, Ronni Pierce, Francesco Lo Sauro, Sabrina Pasier, Trevor Gibson, Kelsi Gibson, Maddie Brown

8--Kaitrin Miller, Sabrina Pasier, Ethan Maxson, Braden Mann, Grant Steppe, Ronni Pierce, Francesco Lo Sauro. Kevin Hobart

12--Kelsi Gibson, Aaron Austin, Taylor Elliott, Francesco Lo Sauro, Ronni Pierce, Sabrina Pasier, Maddie Brown, Chase Patton

15--Grant Steppe, Kaitrin Miller, Francesco Lo Sauro, Ronnie Pierce, Sabrina Pasier, Patty Walrath, Oscar Barron, Edgar Regalado, Alyssa Bradley, Kaylee Barrett Guest instructor: John Kowalczyk Guest: Cesar Barron

19--Braden Mann, Trevor Gibson, Maddie Brown, Chase Patton, Cameron Rieth, Sabrina Pasier, Kennedy McGill, Kelsi Gibson

22-Sabrina Pasier, Ronni Pierce, Kaitrin Miller, Grant Steppe, Oscar Barron, Alyssa Bradley, Kaylee Barrett, Damon Mosher, Patty Walrath, Francesco Lo Sauro. Guest instructor: John Kowalczyk

26--Kevin Hobart, Braden Mann, Kennedy McGill , Maddie Brown, Sabrina Pasier, Taylor Elliott, Cameron Rieth, Chase Patton

29--Alyssa Bradley, Kaylee Barrett, Braden Mann, Francesco Lo Sauro, Sabrina Pasier, Patty Walrath, Oscar Barron, Kaitrin Miller, Ronni Pierce. Guest: Cesar Barron

TIP(S) OF THE MONTH

A few Keeper Club reminders:

. . .Work to become perfect within your range. Catch and hold in your immediate range, block or parry when you can't catch in your extended range, don’t fail to go after every ball.

. . .Good players practice until they get it right; great players practice until they never get it wrong.

. . .Never turn your back to the ball.

. . .Do the Veronica stretch until you can do it like Veronica

. . .Do Patty Cake ball work until you can do it like Patty

. . .Do your very best on the Keeper’s Dozen, whether you’re saving or shooting. It is a technique test, an opportunity to put your training to work.

. . .Warming up is important, and include ballwork to reconfirm things you already know how to do. Warm up slowly and correctly, focusing on technique.

. . .Make sure your warmup includes getting on the ground, 30 times minimum

KEEPING SECRETS

Don’t catch a throw-in from your teammate. Not so many years ago, it was common practice for players to make throw-ins to their own goalkeeper. The law was changed and goalkeepers can no longer catch the ball, but must play a throw-in like other players. If the goalkeeper touches a throw-in with his or her hands, the result is an indirect free kick for the opposing team.

SPECIAL NOTE

If you wish to receive Keeper! by email, simply send a message with the words "Please email," to jwalker332@aol.com.” The newsletter will continue to be posted on the website, reached by typing in www.dynamossoccer.com and clicking “Here.” It is important that serious goalkeepers read the newsletter, as it carries valuable tips on playing and updates on Keeper Club activities.