A Publication of the Keeper Club
Written and edited by Jim Walker
-- July 2010
A publication of the Keeper Club
Written and edited by Jim Walker
JULY 5: NO TRAINING
There will be NO session of the Fitness and Technical Training Program on Monday, July 5, in recognition of the Independence Day holiday. Dyess Park will be closed.
TRAINING CALENDAR
*Summer keeper fitness and technical training for U14 and older boys
and girls continues on Mondays (9am), Tuesdays (6pm) and Thursdays
(6pm). No training July 5.
*Goalkeeper Camp is August 12-14.
*There will be NO regular keeper training in July
The 2010-2011 training schedule will be announced August 1. For more information, email JWalker332@aol.com or phone 281-217-1612.
CAMP TO FEATURE TEX AND DOC
A lanky Texan and a lovely doctor will headline the Keeper Club’s annual summer goalkeeper camp August 12-14 at Dyess Park. The tall one will be David Benner, a widely-traveled professional goalkeeper and highly-respected keeper trainer, who will journey down from Dallas to cover saves, sizzling shots, and shootouts. Assisting, and covering saves, stretching and strains, will be Heather Koudelka, who will look much the same as the many previous years she attended as a camper and worked as an instructor, but with a newly-earned doctorate in physical therapy. With Tex Benner and Doc Koudelka in starring roles, the camp features quality instruction, an official camp t-shirt, daily prizes, and an end-of-camp pizza and Powerade lunch. Fee is $125, with a $25 discount for paid-up Keeper Club members. Camp times are 5pm until 8pm on Thursday and Friday (August 12, 13) and 9am until noon Saturday (August 14). You may register online at www.dynamossoccer.com. For information, call 713-304-5060 or 281-217-1612. Other great camps at Dyess Park include:
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
SUMMER TRAINING GUESTS
Attendees at the Summer Fitness and Technical Training Program at Dyess Park received a welcome message June 27--bring a ball! It marked the beginning of the third week after fitness work without a ball for six sessions of the first two weeks. On July 1, guest trainer Steve Branz, a longtime keeper trainer in the Houston area who in the past has conducted clinics for the Keeper Club, will conduct training, focusing on crossing and shooting. He is a graduate of Iowa’s Cornell College where he was a four-year starter, served as captain his junior and senior years and holds many school records. He later played for the Illinois Thunder of the National Professional Soccer League. The program continues on Mondays (9am) and Tuesdays and Thursdays (6pm) until mid-August. For more information email JWalker332@aol.com or call 281-217-1612.
KEEPERTALK
Among goalkeepers attending the memorial service for Marty Espinoza June 26 were former professionals Roland Sikinger, David Benner, and Steve Branz, along with Keeper Club members Kaylee Barrett, Damon Mosher, Chase Patton, Daniel Adams, Kelsi Gibson, and Trevor Gibson. The service, at Fellowship of Cinco Ranch in Katy, celebrated the life of the Dynamos’ popular trainer, who passed away June 15 after a valiant battle with cancer. . .A third Keeper! Club member will attend St. Edward’s University when Sabrina Pasier begins her freshman year in the fall. Sabrina doesn’t plan to play varsity soccer at the Austin college, but likely will participate in intramurals. Previously, Heather Koudelka and Troi Jorgensen have been starting keepers for the Hilltoppers. Injuries have prevented Sabrina from playing competitively, but she loves the game so much she has continued to train at a high level. . .A core of Dynamos players from both the U15 boys team of Coach Aleks Alanis and the U15 girls team of Coach Troy Hutcheson are attending the Summer Fitness and Technical Program in preparation for the coming season. . .Calvin Anderson is being counted on handle goalkeeping duties for the U17 Dynamos of Coach Paul Meyer. Calvin is participating in the Summer Fitness and Technical Training Program at Dyess Park. . . If you have gotten this far in the newsletter, read a bit more and enter a drawing for a new soccer ball and a Houston Dynamo t-shirt. To enter, simply enjoy “How Jupkins Lost the Cup,” a tragic goalkeeping poem at the end of the newsletter and send an email to JWalker332@aol.com telling what stood between Joe Jupkins and the ball he wanted to save. Anybody reading this, young and old, is eligible to enter. . .The nasty things people can say about goalkeepers! Sports columnist Norman (The Couch Slouch) Chad commented, “The Americans somehow managed a 1-1 draw--thanks to a gift goal Edward Scissorhands could’ve stopped,” referring, of course, to England keeper Robert Green’s mishandling of an American goal. . .The Houston Chronicle reported that because of complaints about the unpredictable nature of the ball being used in the World Cup, Mexico went to the unusual step of employing American footballs in training sessions with goalkeeper Oscar Perez. . .If you have items for Keeper! or KeeperTalk, please email JWalker332@aol.com or call 281-217-1612.
TRAINING LOG
Attending one or more sessions the first week of Summer Fitness and Technical Program sessions at Dyess Park were Calvin Anderson, Kylie Austin, Cesar Barron, Oscar Barron, Kacie Cardenas, Ricky Cary, Ashley Coil, Judah Craft, Michael Ferioli, Armando Gomez, Kevin Hobart, Monique Hutcheson, Taylor Hutcheson, Clark Kauffman, Jonathan Kauffman, Ryan Lapsley, Jessica Lykins, Chase McLaughlin, Pierce McLaughlin, Sabrina Pasier, Madison Rundell, Alexia Segovia, Joey Navarette, Stephan Sorensen, Stephanie Thetford, Emma Urrutia, Olivia Urrutia, Patty Walrath, Alex Weidenheft, and Kelly Weidenheft. Junior SF&TP Participant: Von Alanis
Listing of players who attended fitness training at Dyess Park the rest of June:
Second week:
21--keepers: Sabrina Pasier, Oscar Barron, Kevin Hobart, field players: Emma Urrutia, Kylie Austin, Ashley Coil, Olivia Urrutia, Kacie Cardenas, Cesar Barron, Monique Hutcheson, Chase McLaughlin, Taylor Hutcheson, Ricky Cary and Melanie Schuchert. Assisting: John Kowalczyk and David Urrutia
22-keepers: Kevin Hobart, Sabrina Pasier, Ryan Lapsley, Patty Walrath, Jonathan Kauffman, Calvin Anderson; field players: Ashley Coil, Alexia Segovia, Taylor Hutcheson, Ricky Cary, Monique Hutcheson, Clark Kauffman, Kylie Austin, Kacie Cardenas, Ricky Cary, Stephanie Thetford, Michael Ferioli, C. J. Cardenas; assisting: Aleks Alanis, Phillip Anderson.
24--keepers: Sabrina Pasier, Calvin Anderson, Ryan Lapsley, Patty Walrath, Jonathan Kauffman, Oscar Barron; field players: Ashley Coil, Kylie Austin, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson, Clark Kauffman, Judah Craft, Armando Gomez, Alexia Segovia, Kacie Cardenas, Ricky Cary, Stephanie Thetford, Michael Ferioli, Chase McLaughlin, Cesar Barron. Assisting: John Kowalczyk, Troy Hutcheson. Aleks Alanis.
Third week:
28--keepers: Calvin Anderson, Patty Walrath, Oscar Barron, Sabrina Pasier; field players: Delaney Reynolds, Kylie Austin, Chase McLaughlin, Monique Hutcheson, Ricky Cary, Judah Craft, Cesar Barron, Kacie Cardenas, Taylor Hutcheson, Jessica Lykins, Stephen Sorensen. Assisting: John Kowalczyk, Troy Hutcheson
29--keepers: Jonathan Kauffman, Oscar Barron, Sabrina Pasier, Calvin Anderson, Patty Walrath, Kaylee Barrett, Kacie Paine, Kevin Hobart; field players: Stephen Sorensen, Cesar Barron, Jessica Lykins, Taylor Hutcheson, Kacie Cardenas, Monique Hutcheson, Kylie Austin, Michael Ferioli, Armando Gomez, Clark Kauffman, Joey Navarette; assisting: Aleks Alanis, John Kowalczyk, Troy Hutcheson.
QUOTABLE
“Every day when I work out, I feel so tired; but those are the days I feel more accomplished, so it's well worth it.”--Keeper! Club senior goalkeeper Patty Walrath.
TIP OF THE MONTH
Keep kicking! Continue to work on your kicking and receiving techniques. You must develop the skills to kick the ball over increasingly longer distances with both your dominant and non-dominant foot. Also develop receiving and first touch skills necessary as the last man back.
KEEPING SECRETS
There are coordinating factors to enable you to catch a one-pound ball that is traveling up to 70 miles per our, sometimes at close range. One is technique, which requires flexed fingers to catch the shape of the ball and cushion it, wrists cocked forward, arms bent and body relaxed. There’s also assistance from the gloves, which provide extended finger length, a large surface area, foam cushioning, and movement of the glove to accept the ball.
HOW JUPKINS LOST THE CUP(a poem)
Joe Jupkins was a goalie,
Resourceful, active, bold,
Yes, admirable wholly,
But, ah, he felt the cold.
So, since a second sweater
Still failed to meet his wants,
Nor was his plight the better
For three thick pairs of pants,
When his side pressed, believing
That danger was there none,
His goal unguarded leaving,
Around it he would run.
A fool to take such chances?
Perhaps; but don’t forget,
His school had not finances
To give the goal a net
So if, the pressure stopping,
The foe did break away,
Back through the goalposts popping,
He’d stand again at bay.
Unconquered to the Final
Joe and his comrades came.
Five minutes left, and nine all!
It was a thrilling game!
Down to the far end suring,
His forwards shot and shot;
So, from his lair emerging,
Joe started round to trot.
But since, I know it well, you
Will not believe my tale,
There was, I ought to tell you,
That day a strongish gale.
By crises will unshaken,
The back (a giant) cleared,
And to that goal forsaken
By Joe, the ball careered.
Get back, you blighter! Hurry!
Get back! The warning came;
And with a calm ‘Don’t worry!’
Joe turned to join the game.
O horror! O disaster!
How could you, Joe, forget
That yesterday your master
Had bought the goal a net?
There, through the meshes peering,
Like some poor chimp caged up,
Helpless he watched doom nearing,
How Jupkins lost the Cup.”
--J. B. Poynton, ‘How Jupkins Lost the Cup,’ in The Footballer’s Fireside Book.
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