2002 – 2003 Soccer Season

U12 Girls Silver B Terriers

 

 

Welcome to the U12 Girls Silver B Terriers soccer team. I am looking forward to an exciting, enjoyable year with the girls.

 

Season Goals: 1. To have fun playing on a soccer team

                             2. To learn more about playing the game of soccer

                             3. To improve your personal soccer skills

                             4. To enjoy new and old soccer friends

 

 

Coach’s Background:

 *Cydney Anne Smythies (age 43)

 *Married (to Doug) and have two children (Graham 13 and Carrie 11)

 *Grew up in Coquitlam

 *At the moment I am an at home mom.

 *Volunteer activities include The Canadian Red Cross Society, Parent Advisory Council and

   Coquitlam City Soccer Association.

 *Extensive coaching experience in swimming, synchronized swimming, field hockey, track

   & field, and soccer over a 25 year period.

 *Presently I am the Equipment Manager for Coquitlam City Soccer Association.

 

 

How I will measure success?          -Do the girls want to play soccer next season?

                                                -Do the girls look forward to practices?

                                                -Are we playing as a team? (positions, plays, passing)

                                                -Winning is nice but not our primary goal.

 

How will you measure success?

 

 

I would like the girls to continue to try a variety of positions on the field, but this is the age that we will be looking at specific skills for specific positions. Hopefully each girl will find a few favourite positions on the field where we can build their confidence and skill level. 

 

Our practice time is Tuesday 6:00 to 7:00pm at Riverview Park. We only have ¼ of the field for one hour. I am asking you to be at practice by 5:50 to warm-up and practice will start promptly at 6pm.

 

Our home game time is Sunday 10:30am at Miller Park. To all games you should arrive a ½ hour prior to game start time.  A complete schedule will be handed out as soon as I have confirmed all the times and locations. For now:

Sunday, September 8th      2:30 at Inter-River Park Field #2 in North Vancouver

Sunday, September 15th    10:30 at Miller Park

Sunday, September 22nd    10:30 at Miller Park

To obtain a map for any field location: go to www.coquitlamcitysoccer.com

scroll down the right hand side to “Field Location” and click onto BC Soccer

all the fields are listed in alphabetical order

 

 

Housekeeping items:

          -Please inform me if you have any allergies I should know about.

-Soon Doug will have a Terriers’ website set up where you can retrieve team information. [DONE: http://www.smythies.com/soccer/terriers/index.html]

-Please balance your activities, soccer may not be your #1 activity but you are on a team and there is a certain amount of commitment that comes along with that.

-School work and activities come first. Soccer is not an excuse to let your grades slip. Also this is your first year of middle school, enjoy the activities, clubs, sports that are offered. You will meet new friends and have great fun!

-Do we want oranges at the games?

-Never forget a water bottle to practice or games. Rehydration is very important.

-No jewelry is allowed when playing soccer.

-We practice and play outside. Please dress appropriately.

-You will get muddy and wet while playing soccer. Usually the muddiest girl has played the best game. Who will get the muddiest during our first rainy game?

-I am hoping to use the club’s mentoring program this year. It would be 2 older female soccer players that would come to help (maybe even run) some practices.

 

 

My phone number is (604) 931-3825. A complete team list and game schedule will be distributed at Tuesday’s practice.