posted 05/12/2012
 
 
Dedham Youth Soccer Skills Night
 
DYS will hold a Skills Night for all players planning to play Travel Soccer in the Fall of 2012.  During the week of May 20-25, 2012, each age group will participate in an evaluation on the days and times assigned below:
 

Day	Time	Date of Birth Range
Sunday, May 20th	5:00 U13/14 Girls 6:30 U13/14 Boys	8/1/1998 – 7/31/2000
Monday, May 21st	5:00 pm U9 Girls 6:30 pm U9 Boys	8/1/2003 – 7/31/2004
Tuesday, May 22nd	5:00 pm U10 Girls 6:30 pm U10 Boys	8/1/2002 – 7/31/2003
Wednesday, May 23rd	5:00 pm U11 Girls 6:30 pm U11 Boys	8/1/2001 – 7/31/2002
Thursday, May 24th	5:00 pm U12 Girls 6:30 pm U12 Boys	8/1/2000 – 7/31/2001

All Skills Nights will be held at Gonzales Field (Upper Memorial)
This evaluation will be used with other player information gathered during the season to assist with the Team Selection Process.  More information on this process is on the following page.

• Please register for the Fall 2012 season at Dedhamsoccer.com prior to your designated Skills Night.

 

• The above dates, times and field locations may change due to conflicts or inclement weather. Please check DYS website leading up to and on the day your child is scheduled to attend.

 

• Please arrive at the field 30 minutes prior to the skill session to sign in.

 

• Players should wear soccer cleats, shin guards and bring a ball and water.

 

• If you have any questions, contact the DYS Registrar at .  Please put “Skills Night” in the text field of the email.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dedham Youth Soccer Player Evaluations and Team Selection Process
 
As part of our Player and Coach Development Program, Dedham Youth Soccer (DYS) is updating the process by which Travel Teams will be constructed for the Fall 2012 Season.  In order to provide multiple data points to assist in the evaluation and placement of players, DYS will collect the following information during the Spring season:

1. Input from the Player Evaluation Team.  This information will be gathered by DYS’s Director of Coaching (Simon Jones) and by DYS Evaluators.  The intent is to collect player performance and skill information through attendance at games and training sessions.  Evaluators will collect and report player skill and competency as part of the overall evaluation process.
2. Input from current coaches.  Each coach will be required to provide an assessment of the players on his/her team related to soccer skill, competency, athleticism, and overall performance.  Other information/comments will be included in this evaluation (e.g., attendance, attitude, strengths).
3. Skills Day Evaluation.  DYS will hold a series of skill evaluation days in May to assess player competency related to a variety of age-appropriate soccer skills.

Once this information has been collected, DYS will work with our Travel Coaches to select/place players on rosters for the Fall Travel season.  We hope that the additional information collected during the current season by coaches and evaluators will provide significantly more information than the single-day tryouts used in the past.  DYS and the prospective coaches will review the evaluation data and place players on ranked travel teams for the upcoming season.  We anticipate that approximately 90 percent of the team will be constructed using the Player Evaluations, with the remaining 1 or 2 players selected by the individual coach (with the approval of the Player Evaluation Team).
Coach Selection Process
In accordance with the Dedham Youth Soccer Curriculum, DYS is intent on improving the overall level of coaching in the Program through education, mentoring, and evaluation.  As a Board, we have agreed to begin offering in-house coaching education, fund State licensing courses for all our coaches, and offer mentoring for new coaches that seek assistance.  As part of this overall improvement process, DYS will begin tracking the progress of individual coaches to provide input for the selection of Coaches.  Coaches will be evaluated and assigned teams based on experience, participation, history, and licensing/training.
 

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posted 04/10/2012
 
The Game and Training Schedules for the Town Program are posted under the "Current Season" tab for your convenience.
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by Linda Ingram posted 03/20/2012
 
Dedham Youth Soccer has identified the need to further develop the club’s structure and curriculum to bring new methods and new philosophies of player and coach development to our Program.  To assist us, we are pleased to announce a new partnership with SoccerPlus to provide training for players, coaches, and parents through mentors, instructional text and video materials, and guidance on strategic planning for the improvement of the club.
The first two eLearning courses are now available for our use. 

• Introduction to the curriculum – (45 minutes)
• Planning and Coaching for Development  - required password: sp2012 (60 minutes)

The courses, as well as other educational resources are accessible from the following website:
www.playerdevelopmentrevolution.org.
To access the presentations:

• Select the “eLearning” tab from the horizontal toolbar. 
• You will be required to sign the “guest book”.  Provide the full name of our organization (Dedham Youth Soccer ), not just the initials.
• The courses can be viewed in one sitting or multiple sittings.
• Both courses will be available until April 10^th, 2012.

The two courses are intended to support the player development curriculum and are validated by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.  If a candidate successfully completes the assessment criteria (view 80% of the slides, listen to 80% of the audio and complete 100% of the assessment questions), he/she will receive a certificate from the NSCAA and a complimentary membership to the NSCAA for 12 months.
DYS is providing these courses as an additional service to our members, and we hope you will consider dedicating the time to increase your coaching skills and education.  DYS strongly encourages and expects that all of our volunteers to will participate in these courses.
Please contact Elaine Brancato ( ) if you have any questions.
 
Thank you and good luck this spring!
Dedham Youth Soccer
 

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by Linda Ingram posted 03/10/2012
 

Greetings Parents,

 

We like to announce a new initiative from our program, we will now be selling DYS travel uniforms on-line. You now have the ability to purchase the uniform utilizing the same secure website that hosts our registration process. 

 

To place an order:

 

• Click on the link below and sign in with your user name/password you used during registration.
• Click on the "Purchase" button next to your child's name.
• Select the items you need.
• The order will be complete once the credit card payment is processed.
• Please note only new kids to travel need to purchase uniforms.

For uniforms that are ordered prior to the start of the spring season (4/7/12), please see the following schedule for dates/locations for pick-up:

 

Ordered by 6:00 pm on:	Pickup Date:	Time:	Location:
Monday, March 12th	Tuesday, March 13th	6:30 pm - 7:15 pm	Endicott Estate
Sunday, April 1st	TBD

 

Note: If you order a uniform online, DYS will send you a message if there is a change to the above schedule or you can check here on our website.

 

Click here to purchase

 

Please contact the   if you have any questions.

 

Good luck this spring!

Dedham Youth Soccer

 

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