Dynamos Soccer - KEEPER - Vol 17, No. 8

Saturday, 31 July, 2010 (1881 reads)

A publication of the Keeper Club

written and edited by Jim Walker

August 2010

A publication of the Keeper Club

Written and edited by Jim Walker

ALL ABOARD FOR 2010-11

You can register for the 2010-2011 season of the Keeper! Club anytime during Summer Keeper Camp (August 12-14) or at a special orientation meeting Saturday, August 14, 12:30pm, at the Dyess Park gazebo. Or just show up at the first training session Thursday, August 19 on Field 2 at Dyess Park. Boys and girls aged 10 through 18 are eligible to join other keepers for specialized training with veteran keeper trainers Jim Walker and Roland Sikinger. Fee is $50 for ten weeks of training (two sessions a week are available) or $200 for the full schedule of training from August 16 until early June 2011. Units of training are as follows: August 16-October 14, October 18-December 16, January 10-March 17, March 21-June 2.

Junior Keepers

This fall, an extra session for junior goalkeepers 8-10 years old who are playing for Cy-Fair Youth Soccer Club teams will be held each Thursday at 6:30pm at Dyess Park. The young keepers will be introduced to rules of the game for their position as well as basic technique training, with lots of fun games and activities to improve hand-eye coordination. The first two introductory sessions will be free, after which boys and girls can join for a fee of $25 which covers once-a-week training through December 16.

Please Note Time Change

TRAINING CALENDAR

*Goalkeeper Camp August 12-14.

*Regular Keeper! Club training for 2010-2011 begins Thursday, August 23

Another way to join the Keeper! Club: mail $50 (for sessions through October 14 to: Dynamos Keeper Club, 10924 Grant Road, #224, Houston, TX 77070. Keeper training sessions are held on *Mondays, 8-9:15pm (with Roland Sikinger) and Thursdays 5:30-6:45pm (with Jim Walker). Please note the time change on Mondays.

For more information, email JWalker332@aol.com or phone 281-217-1612.

BRADEN MANN ODP CHOICE

Braden (Striker) Mann was selected to the Region III pool after spending a week at Olympic Development Program (ODP) camp in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Braden, who will play for the under-14 Gold Dynamos of Coach Charlie Coull this fall, was one of five goalkeepers chosen for the regional team, which comprises players from 12 states including North and South Texas. Braden shares his experiences in Alabama exclusively for Keeper! In the following article:

By Braden Mann

AMAZING! I don’t know how else to describe it. This camp was like no other camp I’ve ever been to. The purpose of this camp is to figure out who to put on the Region 3 team that will play against the other three region teams from around the country. From those teams, they choose who to put on the national team to play in and against other countries. First, we got to the dorm with the whole South Texas team and some of the other states. After everybody was checked in, we went to our first practice at the fields, mainly to get to know everyone. The practice and my coach were both awesome. We went to dinner immediately after practice. The next morning, we went to breakfast and then on to our first game. The games were played so the coaches from the region team could watch and see who was good enough to make what is called the pool games. That’s when the region coaches choose about 100 people to play in a couple of games at night. When you play that game, some coaches from other regions get a chance to look at you and see if they want you to play in the final pool on the last night of camp. That’s when all the best players in the entire camp play in two games. One game for the younger kids born in 1997, and one game for the older kids born in 1997. On the last night, we also traded uniforms. For example, I traded a South Texas jersey and got North Carolina shorts. We also had a schedule each day, as follows:

Morning: breakfast

State vs. State games

Lunch

Afternoon: lecture

Pool games/ State practice

Dinner

There were about 400 people in the entire camp, and only about 60 made the final pool game. Five were goalies. I was one of those five! Unfortunately, I didn’t make the region team (they only take two goalies), but it was one of the most fun experiences I have ever had!

Braden Mann, named to regional ODP pool

Not Too Late to Sign Up

IF YOU’RE A KEEPER, YOU

NEED TO BE AT THIS CAMP!

If you haven’t registered for the Keeper! Club’s annual Summer Goalkeeper Camp, do it now because opening day (August 12) is just ahead. Featured instructor is the veteran David Benner, who travels from the Dallas area where he is a goalkeeper trainer for the United Soccer Club. A former professional keeper, David has worked the Keeper! Club camp before and is eager to return. Assisting will be Heather Koudelka, who recently earned her doctorate in physical therapy. She started in the Keeper! Club more than 15 years ago and was a four-year starter at St. Edward’s University, and currently plays for the highly-competitive Houston Challengers of the Houston Women’s Soccer League. In addition to quality instruction, the camp features an official camp t-shirt, daily prizes, and 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. You can still sign up for two other great camps at Dyess Park, too:

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

Editorial

LOOKIN’ AT DEM BONES

Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,

Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones

Now hear the word of the Lord.

Toe bone connected to the funny bone,

Foot bone connected to the wish bone,

Leg bone connected to the back bone

With apologies to the traditional spiritual, we’ll proclaim right now that we’ve found players carrying those three extra kinds of bones--funny bone, wishbone, and backbone. The funny bone enables them to enjoy a laugh, even at one’s own expense. The wishbone inspires forward thinking, setting goals high and fostering dreams and ambitions. And the backbone, well, that’s what a boy or girl needs to get up and go to work and make all those dreams come true. We were fortunate this summer to associate with more than 30 boys and girls who proved over ten weeks that they indeed possess all three. Sometimes their moan and groan bones showed, too, but mostly the funny bone prevailed and they laughed a lot. Sometimes they hankered for less running and more popsicles, but spurred by their wishbone, tired bones showed up early and stayed late for conditioning that worked. And as for backbone, well, when the going got tough, these marvelous athletes turned it up a notch. Not a quit bone among ‘em. Thanks to all who made the summer fitness program a great place to be three times a week.--Jim Walker

KEEPERTALK

Don’t forget that Roland Sikinger’s weekly goalkeeper training session this fall will be Mondays at 8-9:15pm instead of 5:30-6:45pm. The change has been made to fit Roland’s regular team training schedule and also accommodate keepers unable to make the early sessions. . .Dropping by for a visit, and participating vigorously in several mid-July fitness sessions, was Ronni Pierce, who recently moved to New Mexico. Attendees also learned first-hand and received a live demo of the “Veronica,” a stretch no one can execute quite like her. Also visiting to say hello were Keeper Club alum Kevin Atnip and former Dynamos player Sawyer Johnson, who several years ago was the first field player to participate in the summer fitness program, opening to door to the current bigger numbers of non-goalkeepers. . .Kylie Austin has won the July drawing; she gets a new soccer ball and Houston Dynamo t-shirt. Second prize of a World Cup bumper sticker goes to Grant Steppe. The August prize will be a new Jabulani soccer ball, the type used in the World Cup. Read on for the August question. . .Thanks to Coach Troy Hutcheson, popsicles appeared for the first time this summer on the Fitness Training menu July 1. Chase McLaughlin got shut out that night, but was first on the scene for a popsicle July 13. . .Jonathan Kauffman, Patty Walrath and Oscar Barron took part in a post-workout workout July 15 as the three keepers faced shots from Coaches Alanis and Kowalczyk, along with Kevin Alanis and Cesar Barron. On another occasion, Patty, Oscar, and Calvin Anderson remained afterward to face shots. . .Iker Casillas won the World Cup Golden Glove Award after guiding Spain to the finals victory over Netherlands, becoming the first keeper to lift the trophy as winning captain. The Real Madrid shot-stopper allowed only two goals, the first coming in a 1-0 upset by Switzerland in Spain's first group game, the second in the 2-1 win over Chile. The 29-year-old Casillas shed tears at the final whistle after leading Spain to its first-ever World Cup title. . .Real Salt Lake’s Nick Rimando reeled off 566 minutes without yielding a goal in Major League Soccer. FC Dallas ended the streak, which included five consecutive clean sheets, with a goal in the 69^th minute of a 2-0 victory July 16. . .Here’s the prize question: Who claimed that he made the best save in the World Cup? Email Jwalker332@aol.com with the answer and your name will be placed in a drawing for the ball. Anybody reading this is eligible to enter. By the way, what stood between Joe Jupkins and the ball he wanted to save was the net, which Kylie correctly answered. Go back and read the poem in last month‘s Keeper! . .If you have items for Keeper! or KeeperTalk, please email JWalker332@aol.com or call 281-217-1612.

TRAINING LOG

Here are names of keepers and field players who attended Fitness and Technical Program sessions in July:

1--keepers: Kevin Hobart, Patty Walrath, Sabrina Pasier, Oscar Barron, Jonathan Kauffman, Calvin Anderson; field players: Jessica Lykins, Cesar Barron, Kylie Austin, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson, Stephen Sorensen, Olivia Urrutia, Emma Urrutia, Clark Kauffman, assisting: Aleks Alanis, John Kowalczyk

6--keepers: Oscar Barron, Jonathan Kauffman, Sabrina Pasier, Kevin Hobart, Patty Walrath, Calvin Anderson, Ryan Lapsley, Edgar Regalado; field players: Kylie Austin, Cesar Barron, Kacie Cardenas, Olivia Urrutia, Emma Urrutia, Ashley Coil, Michael Ferioli, Armando Gomez, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson, Clark Kauffman, Jessica Lykins, Alexia Segovia, Brady Clark, Jimmy Meyer, Stephen Sorensen, Stephanie Thetford, Gabriel Naudin, Delaney Reynolds, Assisting: Aleks Alanis, Troy Hutcheson, Philip Anderson, John Kowalczyk.

8--keepers: Ryan Lapsley, Edgar Regalado, Calvin Anderson, Jonathan Kauffman, Kevin Hobart, Sabrina Pasier, Oscar Barron, Kacie Paine; field players: Kylie Austin, Stephanie Thetford, Clark Kauffman, Jessica Lykins, Alexia Segovia, Brady Clark, Jimmy Meyer, Monique Hutcheson, Taylor Hutcheson, Cesar Barron, Kacie Cardenas, Gabriel Naudin, Delaney Reynolds, Savannah Mallon, Ricky Cary, Judah Clark. Junior trainees, Von Alanis, Pierce McLaughlin. Assisting: Aleks Alanis, John Kowalczyk

12--keepers: Oscar Barron, Edgar Regalado, Jonathan Kauffman, Sabrina Pasier, Patty Walrath; guest: Veronica Pierce; field players: Ashley Coil, Stephanie Thetford, Jessica Lykins, Alexia Segovia, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson, Brady Clark, Delaney Reynolds, Savannah Mallon, Olivia Urrutia, Emma Urrutia, Chase McLaughlin, Jimmy Meyer, Ricky Cary, Michael Ferioli, Cesar Barron, Kacie Cardenas. Assisting: John Kowalczyk, Troy Hutcheson.

13--keepers: Jonathan Kauffman, Edgar Regalado, Oscar Barron, Sabrina Pasier, Patty Walrath, Kacie Paine, Kevin Hobart, Calvin Anderson; field players: Cesar Barron, Ricky Cary, Kacie Cardenas, Monique Hutcheson, Taylor Hutcheson, Brady Clark, Armando Gomez, Gabriel Naudin, Michael Ferioli, Joey Navarette, Zac Leal, Stephanie Thetford, Chase McLaughlin, C. J. Cardenas, Savannah Mallon, Alexia Segovia, Jimmy Meyer; assisting: Aleks Alanis, John Kowalczyk, Troy Hutcheson.

15--keepers: Calvin Anderson, Oscar Barron, Kevin Hobart, Jonathan Kauffman, Kacie Paine, Patty Walrath; field players: Ricky Cary, Armando Gomez, Joey Navarette, Cesar Barron, Savannah Mallon, Delaney Reynolds, Kacie Cardenas, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson; junior participant: Von Alanis; assisting: Aleks Alanis, John Kowalczyk.

19--keepers: Sabrina Pasier, Oscar Barron, Calvin Anderson, Jonathan Kauffman, Veronica Pierce; field players: Chase McLaughlin, Cesar Barron, Kylie Austin, Kacie Cardenas, Jessica Lykins, Ashley Coil, Alexia Segovia, Clark Kauffman, Mark Glen, Francesco Lo Sauro, Ricky Cary, Judah Clark, Michael Ferioli, Savannah Mallon.

20--keepers: Veronica Pierce, Jonathan Kauffman, Patty Walrath, Calvin Anderson, Oscar Barron, Kacie Paine, Sabrina Pasier, Kevin Hobart, Kaylee Barrett; field players: Kylie Austin, Cesar Barron, Kacie Cardenas, Ricky Cary, Judah Craft, Michael Ferioli, Elvis Guevara, Monique Hutcheson, Taylor Hutcheson, Francesco Lo Sauro, Clark Kauffman, Savannah Mallon, Chase McLaughlin, Jimmy Meyer, Gabe Naudin, Alexia Segovia, Joey Navarette, Stephanie Thetford, Olivia Urrutia; assisting: Aleks Alanis

22--keepers: Calvin Anderson, Oscar Barron, Kevin Hobart, Sabrina Pasier, Jonathan Kauffman, Patty Walrath;, Stephanie Thetford, Alexia Segovia, Gabe Naudin, Savannah Mallon, Clark Kauffman, Elvis Guevara, Michael Ferioli, Judah Craft, Ricky Cary, Kacie Cardenas, Cesar Barron, Kylie Austin, Jessica Lykins, Daniel Cooper, Kyle Standley, Omar Bucio, Alexis Ledesma; assisting: Aleks Alanis; guest, Kevin Atnip; special assistant, Von Alanis.

26--keepers: Patty Walrath, Jonathan Kauffman, Kevin Hobart, Sabrina Pasier, Calvin Anderson; field players: Jessica Lykins, Ashley Coil, Michael Ferioli, Clark Kauffman, Judah Craft, Ricky Cary, Kacie Cardenas, Stephanie Thetford, Taylor Hutcheson, Monique Hutcheson, Jimmy Meyer, Mark Glen, Clark Kauffman, Delaney Reynolds, Kylie Austin

27--keepers: Jonathan Kauffman, Oscar Barron, Patty Walrath, Sabrina Pasier, Calvin Anderson, Kevin Hobart, Kacie Paine; field players: Delaney Reynolds, Stephanie Thetford, Taylor Hutcheson, Olivia Urrutia, Monique Hutcheson, Savannah Mallon, Kylie Austin, Ricky Cary, Joey Ferrante, Gabe Naudin, Zac Leal, Alexis Ledesma, Jessica Lykins, Cesar Barron, Daniel Cooper, Jimmy Meyer, Brady Clark; assisting: Aleks Alanis.

29--keepers: Calvin Anderson, Oscar Barron, Jonathan Kauffman, Patty Walrath, Sabrina Pasier, Kevin Hobart. field players: Jessica Lykins, Gabe Naudin, Zac Leal, Cesar Barron, Stephanie Thetford, Ricky Cary, Kacie Cardenas, Joey Ferrante, Kylie Austin, Olivia Urrutia, Savannah Mallon. Assisting: Aleks Alanis and John Kowalczyk

QUOTABLE

"I think I made the best save of the World Cup."--Forward Luis Suarez of Uruguay, whose handball prevented what would have been the winning goal against Ghana.

TIP OF THE MONTH

Visualization is a technique using the power of the mind to assist you in performing at a higher level. Visualization is not a substitute for physical practice. When using visualization, start with skills and moves you are trying to refine. It works best when you are in a relaxed state. To should use visualization effectively, you should practice 10-15 minutes each day. Visualization can be used to practice more than just physical skills and moves, of course. It has great value in preparing you to handle specific situation effectively, and develop routines that lead to more consistent, higher quality performances. Some examples:Before practice: Run through what you want to accomplish; set one or two specific performance goals for yourself. A performance goal is one that is within your control (e.g. “during the scrimmage I will follow my distribution by moving to support.”)Before games: Develop a pre-game routine getting you ready to do your best. Recall some of your best performances. How did you feel before the game? How did you warm up physically? What were you thinking? How excited or relaxed did you feel? Take this information and build a pre-game routine you use before every match.Corner kicks, goal, kicks, penalty shots: Develop a routine to help you become more consistent and effective.Bad calls, fouls, etc: To play at your highest level you must be focused on the game, and not allow opposing players or officiating to “take your head out of the game.” To make visualization and mental imagery work for you, it is important to develop the ability to vividly imagine yourself executing the skill or desired response. See yourself executing. Hear the sounds around you. Feel your muscles and body respond. Smell the grass and sweat! Use visualization to practice tough situations where you are fouled, or feel a bad call was made. Visualize yourself handling it well, and getting on with your game.--Former U. S. National Women’s Coach Tony DiCicco, Founder and President of SoccerPlus Goalkeeper School Originally published in The Keeper’s Line, September 1990. A prolific writer about the art of playing goalkeeper, DiCicco is considered a national guru for goalkeepers.

KEEPING SECRETS

Keeper! Club advice on facing penalty shots:

1. Take a position in the middle of the goal

2. Make yourself look big, especially taking away as much low space as possible.

3. Don’t guess. Wait for the penalty taker to shoot before making a decision.

4. Don’t dive, unless necessary. Save that shot straight down the middle.

5. If the shot is wide of your position, dive at a 45-degree angle toward the ball.