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Jul, 2017

IMPORTANT TEAM INFORMATION - Please Read

Hillsborough AYSO U16 Girls Parents,

First, we would like to welcome you and your daughters to Hillsborough’s U16 Girls Team (Team Name to be voted on by the girls)! Greg Haslam and Marco Garcia are your coaches.  We have been coaching together for the past eight seasons together and are excited to once again have the opportunity to coach your daughters.  Some for a second or third time.

Second, our mission as coaches if to provide your daughters with a safe and fun experience and they continue in their development of individual skills as well as learning how to participate in a team environment.  Our goal every year is to grow the players desire for the game and want to continue after the season ends.

Third, please visit the Hillsborough AYSO home page powered by Blue Sombrero.  The most crucial item is to get a player picture uploaded so that we can print out player cards which are required for intercity play.   These need to be recognizable headshots.  If you have any difficulty with the process please notify one of the coaches.

Fourth, due to the upgrades to the North School field, our practices will be held at West School in August and parts of September.  Also our first games will be scheduled as Away games and the backend of the season we will have mostly Home games (at least that is the plan for now).  We are checking into the availability of San Mateo High School for field use, but at this point it is an unknown.  

Practice

Speaking of practice, the first practice for the season will be on Monday August 7th at 5:30 pm at West Elementary.  We have another practice on Sunday  August 13th at 4:30pm at West.  We will have practices during these time slots (Sundays and Mondays throughout the season).

Practices are 90 minutes long (unless otherwise notified).  Please have your daughters arrive promptly as the initial warm-up period is important to avoid injury.

Our practice schedule for the season will be Sundays at 4:30 pm and Mondays at 5:00 pm.  We understand that due to schedules, players can not make every practice or game.  Please update on the Blue Sombrero site your players availability so that as coaches we can prepare accordingly.

Games

We will be playing U16 Girls from other cities in the Region and on some weeks will be required to travel to Foster City, Redwood City, Half Moon Bay, etc.  We encourage carpooling when possible.

Players should arrive 45 minutes prior to game time for adequate warm-up, drills, and instruction.

Game length is will be approx 90 minutes, with two 40 minute halves.There are free substitutions throughout the game with every player playing at least 40 minutes of game time.  

Please make sure your daughter has two bottles of water / sportsdrink at each game.  The girls will also be required to bring their own snacks (oranges, watermelon, bananas, sports bars).

For games they will wear their official uniforms.  White tops, navy shorts and navy socks.

Preseaon

begins now!Even though our first practice is weeks away, the girls can start to prepare by doing the following activities:

Building up fitness by joggingJuggling the ball in the backyard (15 minutes).  Check out Youtube for instructional videos.
Passing the ball with a parent /friend 30 x with each foot per session.  Do this 3 times a week.Footwork drills in the backyard - again choose a workout (see youtube) that is appropriate for the skill level of the player.

Uniforms

Team uniforms will be handed out hopefully by the first practice (they were just ordered) at the first practices.  Please note (as this comes up every year) that the short sizes are typically larger than the girls would like (tops too on occasion).  We make a request for smaller average sizes every year, hopefully this year will be different.

Practice Gear

For practices please have your players equipped with the mandatory following equipment:Shorts, top, cleats, socks, shin guards, and a water bottle.  Team uniforms are not necessary for practice.

Fields

August - mid September practices will be at West School,  376 Barbara Way, Hillsborough.

September - October practices and Home games will be at North Elementary, 545 Eucalyptus Ave, Hillsborough, CA 94010.  Away games times and locations will be posted on the team page.

Team Manager(s)

We would like to have one or more parents volunteers as Team  Managers.  The responsibilities that would be included here are:

Track time played for each girl during the game
Assist in communication with parents
Help coordinate travel
Assist in event planning

Parent Referees

If you are a parent who can referee this year, please let us know.  Each team is required to submit one referee.  

Season Schedule

First Game will be in mid - August

The schedule for the season will be posted on the team website as soon as it is available.

Both Coaches will be on vacation the weekend of the 19-20 of August, so we will reschedule any game for that date.  Feel free to have that as a free weekend!  

There will be a practice on Monday the 21st of August for those who can attend.  

Photo Day

TBD.

Coach contact information:


Coach Marco GarciaM: [email protected]

Coach Greg HaslamM: [email protected]

We look forward to having a great season with your daughters!  Please let us know if there are any questions.  We will also try and plan a team meeting for parents and players in the coming weeks.

Best,Coaches Greg and Marco
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