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You and Your Child
If you have brought your child along to Mini soccer before
you will have an idea of what to expect and what you will need. For new
attendees, here are the basics:
Equipment
The weather is usually warm through the U10 soccer season,
so bring a water bottle for your child. Cleats are nice but not essential,
running shoes are fine. Shin pads are worth investing in, as the program is
basically a lot of people learning to kick in a group. If you have a soccer ball
of your own please write your name on it and bring it along. DRAMSA has lots of
soccer balls but extras always help.
Parents
A parent or responsible adult for each child, has to be
present for the duration of every practice. With a group of children under their
care, the coaches cannot see to the ancillary needs of every child, such as
toilet breaks. Please do not leave the playing field unless you arrange for
another parent to mind your child.
Games are held on soccer pitches in Chalk River or at
Grouse Park at the west end of Deep River. To find Grouse Park, from the highway
follow Ridge road into town. The second turning on the left is Avon, which takes
you past Morison School to Grouse Park.
Playing the Game
One of the beauties of soccer as a game is the
lack of equipment needed in order to play. Kicking a ball about with your kids
is fun, and with two sweaters marking goal posts, couldn't be easier. Encourage
your child to kick the ball with the inside of the foot, run along kicking the
ball keeping it close to them, and copy the drills which the coaches use at
practices. If you want to play a game with a group of children and aren't sure
of the basic rules see our
resources page.
Select teams:
This year DRAMSC will offer a U10 (boys and girls mixed) select
team, a U12 select team might also be formed depending on interest
and coach availability.
The players for the U10 select team will be selected after try-outs
to be held on Apr-09, 09:00 (in-door in the Mackenzie Highschool
gym).
All select team players will also play with a house league
team. In addition to the regular house league games and practices,
the select team players will have one other practice per week, on
Saturday mornings. The U10 select team will compete in a division of
the VUSL (Valley United Soccer League) against other teams from
Renfrew County, and may also participate in one tournament. The U12
boys select team will participate in 2 or 3 tournaments, depending
on the coach’s schedule as well as availability of suitable
tournaments. For all select teams, the game and practice schedules
will be set to avoid conflicts with the house league teams. As we
have to pay for the field usage, player registration and league or
tournament registration fees, select team players are required to
pay an additional $50. This fee will be collected by the select team
manager once the player’s acceptance to the team is confirmed by the
head coach. Contact persons for inquiries are DRAMSC head coach
Fabrice Guerout (584-1983) and U10 select coach Helmut Fritzsche
(584-3227; helmut@bell.net).
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