PSA Coach Newsletter

IMMEDIATE REPLY REQUIRED!
I need you to be sure that you have received your roster. If you have not done so then please email to PremierSoccerAcademy@yahoo.com or call (888-8880) right away so that I can mark your team as having the appropriate team information to get started.

Please contact the parents on your roster right away. Do not wait until after the coach’s orientation sessions. Getting practice day, time and location established is the highest priority even if your first practice is simply knocking a soccer ball around or having an informal inter-squad scrimmage. I highly recommend calling the parents on your team rater than sending out a team email. Some people do not check their email often enough for this to be effective for a first contact. If everyone on your team keeps up with their email regularly enough then feel free to make it your main form of communication later. Every season I get calls from angry parents saying they haven’t been contacted. An email from their coach sat in their inbox for a week or two unopened. This creates a tense and unpleasant beginning. Call your roster for first contact.

Uniform Distribution and Coach's Orientation

The coach’s orientation sessions and uniform distribution are scheduled for Saturday February 25th and Sunday February 26th. It is not mandatory that coaches attend the orientation yet it is highly recommended for new coaches. The content of the orientation sessions are exactly the same so if you attend one you need not attend the other. We will begin uniform distribution on Saturday and Sunday at 12pm with the orientation to start at 1pm (lasting roughly an hour). If you are planning to attend the orientation session then you may arrive closer to 1pm and simply get your teams uniforms at that time.
IMPORTANT: we will only distribute the entire team set of uniforms to a single person from each team. We will not distribute to individuals (unless specifically instructed otherwise).
LOCATION: Hoffmantown Athletic Field. Hoffmantown Church 8888 Harper NE. North of Academy & East of Wyoming.

All uniforms that are not picked up will be available at the game fields on Saturday March 3rd. If you decide to pick up your team's uniforms at the game field on Saturday please arrive at least 30 minutes early to allow plenty of time for the kids to change into their uniforms before your scheduled game time.


	Coach Newsletter Spring 2012		January 20th, 2012
	*in this issue* Roster Distribution . Uniform Distribution and Coach's Orientation. Dates & Locations. Game Schedules. Practice Information. Team Formation. Recruiting. Leftover Uniforms. Quick FAQ's. IMMEDIATE REPLY REQUIRED! I need you to be sure that you have received your roster. If you have not done so then please email to PremierSoccerAcademy@yahoo.com or call (888-8880) right away so that I can mark your team as having the appropriate team information to get started. Please contact the parents on your roster right away. Do not wait until after the coach’s orientation sessions. Getting practice day, time and location established is the highest priority even if your first practice is simply knocking a soccer ball around or having an informal inter-squad scrimmage. I highly recommend calling the parents on your team rater than sending out a team email. Some people do not check their email often enough for this to be effective for a first contact. If everyone on your team keeps up with their email regularly enough then feel free to make it your main form of communication later. Every season I get calls from angry parents saying they haven’t been contacted. An email from their coach sat in their inbox for a week or two unopened. This creates a tense and unpleasant beginning. Call your roster for first contact. Uniform Distribution and Coach's Orientation The coach’s orientation sessions and uniform distribution are scheduled for Saturday February 25th and Sunday February 26th. It is not mandatory that coaches attend the orientation yet it is highly recommended for new coaches. The content of the orientation sessions are exactly the same so if you attend one you need not attend the other. We will begin uniform distribution on Saturday and Sunday at 12pm with the orientation to start at 1pm (lasting roughly an hour). If you are planning to attend the orientation session then you may arrive closer to 1pm and simply get your teams uniforms at that time. IMPORTANT: we will only distribute the entire team set of uniforms to a single person from each team. We will not distribute to individuals (unless specifically instructed otherwise). LOCATION: Hoffmantown Athletic Field. Hoffmantown Church 8888 Harper NE. North of Academy & East of Wyoming. All uniforms that are not picked up will be available at the game fields on Saturday March 3rd. If you decide to pick up your team's uniforms at the game field on Saturday please arrive at least 30 minutes early to allow plenty of time for the kids to change into their uniforms before your scheduled game time. Dates & Location Our spring 2012 season is set to begin on Saturday March, 3rd. We are fortunate to play at the Hoffmantown Athletic Field again this season. An arial map has been posted on our game schedule page. Game Schedules All game schedules for the spring 2012 season will be posted on or before Friday February 22nd. Hard copies of the schedules will be available at the game field on every game day of the season. Please click the link below to access the current game schedules: PSA Game Schedules Click here to go to the Premier Soccer Academy home page. Click here to go to the Soccer In Albuquerque home page.
			Practice Information PSA teams may practice on any public park or at any public school. We do ask that PSA teams yield the right of way to teams that are 12 year olds and upwards on grass areas that have a regulation sized game field. This is because we play with small-sided teams on smaller than regulation game fields so please try to practice in smaller spaces. If a person asks for information about you or anyone on your team and they do not have credentials as an employee of the City of Albuquerque then please do not give any information at all. If this person is unhappy with your refusal to divulge any information then please tell them to call PSA at 888-8880. We will address the matter immediately and directly. One of the other soccer leagues in town (AYSO) has parents that volunteer to be “park monitors” but this is ONLY for their league. These “park monitors” do not hold any authority whatsoever regardless of what they tell you or what they believe. If any PSA parent or PSA player has an issue with any person, persons, or team at a practice location then please contact us immediately so that a PSA administrator can quickly rectify the situation. If you and/or your team is having difficulty finding a suitable practice location then please call us or send us an e-mail and we will be glad to help. Team Formation Any parent or player may form his or her own team. The team you form will play in the age division of the oldest player on the team. Your roster must be confirmed by a PSA administrator. The ages of the players must be kept close. We will most likely not confirm a roster that has an age gap of more than a couple of years between players. Many teams are formed based on extended family members, church mates, and of course schools/private schools. Rosters limits: Pre-K & Kindergarten - 6 players 1st Grade - 8 players 2nd thru 4th Grades - 10 players 5th Grade and above - 12 players Recruiting Anyone may recruit players for their respective teams. New players MUST complete the registration paperwork regardless of how they are brought into PSA. If your team has an extra uniform for the new recruit then it is very important that a parent from your team contact the league directly to inform us of this so that we do not make unnecessary uniform orders. Please keep in mind when recruiting new players that any child may play up a grade level or two but we will not permit an older child to play on a team in a younger grade division. Leftover Uniforms All teams that have uniforms that were not distributed to registered players MUST return them so that we do not waste money on unnecessary ordering. These uniforms were not given to PSA for free therefore we cannot simply give them away to kids (or adults) that are not registered to play. If you wish to have one for yourself or give one to a younger sibling of a registered player then we can do so at a minimal cost. Team Names Each team in PSA is allowed to pick any name they wish for their team. We must insist however that this name is chosen by the kiddos on the team rather than the adults. It is also very important to note that PSA will only track teams by the team number that was assigned to your team. The reason for this is that there are several teams named the “Geckos” but only one team with your number.