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2016/2017 Indoor Registration Now Open I N S I D E T H I S

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Indoor Phoenix

Information

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Adult Program

Information

2

SPDSA 40 Year

Celebration

3

SPDSA Annual General

Meeting

3

ASA Provincials Info 3

Strive for Excellence

Camp Review

4

Coach of the Week 5

Wild Wing Partnership 6

CSA National Player

Rhian Wilkinson visits

6

K-Das Kickoff Review 7

Technical Corner

(New U4-U6 Program)

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S H E R W O O D P A R K D I S T R I C T S O C C E R A S S O C I A T I O N

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I M P O R T A N T

D A T E S

ASA Provincials

Tier II & III

Aug

12-14

ASA Provincials

Tier I

Aug

18-21

Phoenix

Assessments

Aug 15

Sept 1

Registration for the upcoming indoor season is

now open.

All indoor registrations must be completed

online using SPDSA’s Ramp Registration. If you

have not registered online before you will need

to create a RAMP account using a valid email.

Please try to use the same account each

season or else we end up with multiple profiles

for players.

Early Bird Rates End

August 31 for Community

REGISTER HERE

The SPDSA is in need of Coaches for the

upcoming indoor season for the following:

All Age Groups - Community

SPDSA Head Coaches will receive

a $75.00 Coaches Credit

that will be credited towards their

child’s fees upon completion of a

Criminal Record Check and Team

information form

To become a Coach with the SPDSA

please use the link below

Coaching Applications

Click the links below for program

descriptions:

Youth Community Programs

U4 (Born 2013 ) Co-Ed

U5 (Born 2012) Boys Girls

U6 (Born 2011) Boys Girls

U7 (Born 2010) Boys Girls

U8 (Born 2009) Boys Girls

U10 (Born 2007-08) Boys Girls

U12 (Born 2005-06) Boys Girls

U14 (Born 2003-04) Boys Girls

U16 (Born 2001-02) Boys Girls

U18 (Born 1999-00) Boys Girls

Jr. Phoenix and Phoenix Programs

See Page 2

Adult Programs

Ladies Phoenix Ladies Tier 4 Classics

Co-Ed Masters

Spare a $5 Program

The SPDSA, has implemented a $5.00

Hardship Donation Package available

when you register for the upcoming

season.

The SPDSA currently works with

Kidsport and Jumpstart to help

families, however, these programs do

have caps on their funding.

If you are able to spare $5, select the

“Hardship Fund Donation” package

along with the season package when

registering online, so we can make

sure everyone plays.

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2016/2017 Indoor Phoenix Information SPDSA’s Elite level soccer invites you to come out this coming Indoor Season

The Sherwood Park Phoenix offer high level competitive

soccer for players aged U10 -

U18 and an Adult Ladies team.

Youth teams compete in either

EIYSA (Tier I and II) or EMSA

(Premier A or B).

Through our assessment

process players attend tryouts

with final selections to each of the offered teams being

made by Coaches, Assessors and Technical Staff.

All players wishing to tryout for the Phoenix program

must Register Online prior to their tryout date.

For more information on the Phoenix Program, click here

For more information on the Specific Age-Group use the

links below:

U9/U10 Boys U9/U10 Girls

U11/U12 Boys U11/U12 Girls

U13/U14 Boys U13/U14 Girls

U15/U16 Boys U15/U16 Girls

U17/U18 Boys U17/U18 Girls

For the Tryout schedule, click here

To see the selected Coaches for the 2016/2017 season,

click here

Registration Deadline

Junior Phoenix August 10

U12+ Phoenix August 16

REGISTER ONLINE

2016/2017 Indoor Adult Programs Adult Phoenix and SPDSA run leagues accepting teams

The SPDSA will be offering the three indoor leagues from last

year once again, as well as our competitive adult program will be

fielding two ladies teams. Click on the link to be taken to the

program page for more information.

Adult Phoenix Program

The Women’s Phoenix program is growing this season with the

addition of the 1998 Girls U18 team who are finishing their

youth soccer this outdoor season. This will give Sherwood Park,

two Phoenix teams in the Women’s program. If you are

interested in playing for the Adult Phoenix program please

contact the office.

Women’s Tier 4 SPDSA Program

The SPDSA’s Women’s Tier 4 indoor program has been a great

success the past few years, combining with our U18 T4 girls

teams. Last season had a total of 9 teams who played through a

very competitive and balanced season. As space in the adult

program is limited be sure to get your team registered early.

Co-Ed Recreational Program

The Co-Ed Recreational program is entering its 2nd indoor

season and 4th season overall. The league has grown each

season, starting the 2015 outdoor season with 6 teams, the

league grew to 7 last indoor and 2016 outdoor saw 9 teams.

Women’s Classics Program

The Women’s Classics program has been in Sherwood Park for a

number of years, and for the past few has been a 4-team league

with the same teams. These teams are generally looking for new

faces each season, and the SPDSA is also looking to expand if

possible.

Registration Information

Register ONLINE

Full Team - Fill out a Team Application form and send it to

Graeme ([email protected]), and have your players start

registering online. When each player registers, under “Team

Registering for” simply put the team name or team manager.

Small Group - Groups of friends, but not enough for a team?

Have individuals register online and under “Friend Request” fill

out all members of the group. The SPDSA will do its best to find

a team for the entire group.

Individual - The SPDSA will look to place individuals without a

team, onto a team looking for players, or combining individual

registrations and small groups to form a new team.

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An opportunity to learn about the SPDSA and become active in the Association

The SPDSA Annual General Meeting is

scheduled to take place on October 23

at 7:00pm in meetings room 1 & 2 at

the Library.

The SPDSA will be taking nominations

for the following Board of Director

positions, due by September 24th.

Nominations Form

President (2 Year Term)

Vice President (1 Year Term)

Secretary (2 Year Term)

The meeting will also consist of the

Nominations for 7 Directors at Large

positions from those members in

attendance. These positions come with

a 1 year term.

For more information on the meeting

or how to get involved with the Board

of Directors please contact Debbie

([email protected]).

S O C C E R I N T H E P A R K

SPDSA Annual General Meeting

40 Years of Soccer in Sherwood Park

In 1976, what is now the Sherwood Park

District Soccer Association was created in

order to govern, promote and administer

soccer in Sherwood Park. Derek Douglas, who

has been around from the very beginning,

spoke on just how far we have come, “When I

started out here in 1973, the only two fields we

had were at Salisbury high school and

Centennial Park.” By comparison, Sherwood

Park now boasts eight of the very best fields in

province (4 at Millennium Place and 5 at

Strathcona Athletic Park) and the new Turf

Field at Emerald Hills, on top of Premier fields

at Salisbury and a total of 30 fields used

throughout the outdoor season to

accommodate all of our programs, which

doesn’t include the numerous fields available

for use to teams for training.

Derek also mentioned the number of members

40 years ago, “[In the beginning] we had about

275 kids playing.” With the institution of the

SPDSA and the growing Sherwood Park

community, Derek noted it wasn’t long for the

association to begin to flourish, “just four

years later we were over 1,200 [kids playing

soccer].” The association since has continued

to grow, becoming one of the largest districts

in Alberta Soccer (after Edmonton and Calgary)

with the 2016 outdoor season drawing

approximately 3,000 players in Sherwood from

U4 - Adult.

On June 18th the SPDSA threw a celebration at

the St. Theresa fields, with all members invited

to join the festivities. The association put on a

BBQ, and activities for all ages, including: face

painting, balloon artists, bouncy castles, dunk

tanks and bubble soccer. It was a wonderful

day to celebrate such a great landmark, and a

big thank you to all those involved in putting it

together.

View our 40th Anniversary Video

The SPDSA thanks all of our members, and we

look forward to continuing to grow as an

association and a community.

A fun filled afternoon to celebrate 40 years of soccer in Sherwood Park

2012 - Present

2011 - 2012

1973 - 2011

2012 - Present

2009 - 2012

1984 - 2009

SPDSA LOGOS

Competitve Program Logos

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The SPDSA’s Strive for

Excellence Camp was once

again held this summer from

July 4– 8 and was extremely

successful.

With 137 participants this year,

the Millennium fields were buzzing with red shirts throughout

the week, including for the first time ever a U8 program. The

participants displayed great enthusiasm in furthering their

development under some great Coaches.

A BIG Thank You to our Volunteer Camp Counsellors who

throughout the week helped our Coaches with the organization,

set-up and take-down of activities and camp equipment.

Above Camp Counsellors Right Camp Coaches

COACHES SYMPOSIUM

The SPDSA in conjunction with the Strive for Excellence Camp

also hosted their annual Coaches Symposium, free to all current

SPDSA Coaches. The evening was a great opportunity to learn

from some of the top level Coaches (Tosh Farrell - Everton FC

Youth Academy, Joe Corrigan - Head Academy GK scout at

Manchester City and Alex Bunbury - Former Canadian National

Player (4th all-time scorer).

The evening ended with a Coaches social at Average Joes where

Coaches could discuss different methods, drills and approaches

to coaching with their peers.

S O C C E R I N T H E P A R K

Strive for Excellence Camp Another great camp with 137 Part icipants

ASA Provincials Information Tier IV Teams do well in Provincials, SPDSA getting ready to host 4 Competitions

Over the weekend

of July 10-12 the

SPDSA sent five

teams to the ASA Tier 4 Rural

Provincials across Alberta.

Each team represented Sherwood Park

extraordinarily and the SPDSA would

like to congratulate each team on a

successful season.

Honour Role

U14 Boys (Mogg)

U14 Girls (Surgenor) - Bronze

U16 Girls (Chapman) - Silver

U18 Boys (Lopatynski)

U18 Girls (Thoen)

SPDSA Hosts ASA Provincials

The SPDSA will be hosting the U14

Boys & Girls Tier 3 Provincials.

Competition Dates

Tier II and III Aug 12-14

Tier I Aug 18-21.

To view all Provincial Competition

Dates and Locations click here

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S O C C E R I N T H E P A R K

SPDSA Coach of the Week

Congratulations to the following Coaches for their hard work. Each Coach of the Week will receive a gift card from Press’d Sandwiches and Exist Cycle. Nominated By: Sunita Age Group of the Team: U4 - Team 19 (Marler) Please explain why you feel this Coach should be awarded the Coach of the Week: I would like to nominate Coach Craig and Ethan Marler. They have been a wonderful team for our little kickers group. They promote engagement of both parents and kids, they are always upbeat and strive for positives from all the kids even when the kids aren't super interested. I see how the years of playing soccer have molded Ethan into a great coach and his skill as a player to make it fun for the little ones. Craig is always upbeat and getting the kids involved, being a parent on the sideline as well I feel he sees how parent

involvement helps get the shy kids to join in. I feel very lucky that my son got these 2 as coaches as I see how much more excited he is to go to soccer and actually participate. Nominated By: Becky Galbraith Age Group of the Team: U10 Girls - Team 4 (Marshall) Please explain why you feel this Coach should be awarded the Coach of the Week: Coach Devon

Marshall and assistant coach Mark Eggli have an unbelievable dedication to this team. They come out with organized drills and an enthusiasm than never diminishes. They are so positive and encouraging, especially to our girls who have never played before and have set this tone for each and every game and practice. This positive attitude and approach to soccer has pulled our team together and made them try their hardest every time they go on the field. Our team has such a wide range of skill and experience levels, that getting these girls to be and play as a team couldn't have been easy. Coaches Marshall and

Eggli have brought out the maturity in my daughter and taught her not only how to be a better player, but also how to be a leader on and off the field. They have both gone above and beyond--in good weather and bad--and put an amazing effort into my daughter's team. They definitely deserve to be recognized.

Nominated By: Daniell Dentinger Age Group of the Team: U5 Boys - Team 07 (Matthews)

Please explain why you feel this Coach should be awarded the Coach of the Week: Coach Bill Matthews of the U5 Silver Surfers has been so amazing! He's so great with the kids but I really can't get over how amazing he's been with our son! Our little Lex doesn't speak a ton of english and he has a lot of anxiety so starting soccer for the first time was really overwhelming for him. From the very first day Coach Bill was so welcome and inclusive! He is so encouraging to all the kids and made Lex feel comfortable with him right away. He makes every kid feel special! Our son is so excited to go play soccer and whenever it seems like it's too much for him Coach Bill takes his hand and plays with him. Because of him our son is learning a love of the game and I couldn't be more grateful!

Nominated By: Eric Ritchie Age Group of the Team: U12 Boys - Team 06 (Swain)

Please explain why you feel this Coach should be awarded the Coach of the Week: I think my U12 community coach Jason Swain should be the coach of the week because he helped me out during a game last week. I am color blind and our team is a dark green jersey and I have trouble when we play against another dark jersey team because then all the jerseys look the same to me on the field. When I told my coach this he went and bought neon yellow tape and taped a yellow stripe around each player on my teams shin pad and sock so that I could tell who was on my team on the field. Thank you Coach Jason for helping me out and making soccer so much fun!

In recognition for the outstanding contributions of our Coaches

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The SPDSA is proud to announce a partnership deal with “Wild Wing” in Sherwood Park.

If you are with the SPDSA and dining-in or taking-out, simply mention to your server that you are a member of

Sherwood Park Soccer.

Your bill will then be entered into a special “Members Section” and the total amount will be added to the SPDSA

Account.

Periodically this amount will be cleared by Wild Wing, with 10% of the total spend being donated to the SPDSA.

This funding will be used by the SPDSA across our programs in order to benefit our members.

So head down to Wild Wing, and you’ll not only be getting great food, but you’ll be helping out the SPDSA.

During the outdoor season the SPDSA, in conjunction with Alberta Soccer hosted

a Fundamentals soccer festival.

These festivals take place throughout the province and introduce our coaches

and players to new and different training techniques that align with Canada

Soccer and FIFA’s preferred training methods.

This year, the Canadian Women’s National team and All-State insurance

partnered up to bring something special to a team in each district that hosted a

Fundamentals Festival.

Ryley Speers was the lucky SPDSA coach who was selected at the festival to have

Canadian National player Rhian Wilkinson join and lead his team through a

session this outdoor season.

Wilkinson has made 177 appearances (147 starts) for the Canadian National

team, debuting on April 26, 2003 against the USA. Wilkinson has scored 7 goals

and contributed with 23 assists throughout her National career, generally playing

as a right fullback. During her time with the National program, Rhian has won a

bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, a gold medal at the 2011 Pan

American Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. She will

once again be representing Canada at this years Rio Olympics.

Rhian Wilkinson joins SPDSA for a Day

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The SPDSA hosted the 2nd annual K-Days

Kickoff Tournament July 15 - 17. The

tournament consisted of 60 teams from

U10-U16 in Tier I - III divisions.

Sherwood Park Phoenix entered a

tournament high 24 teams with 6 Clubs

entering 3 or more teams. In total 18 clubs

were represented at the tournament,

including teams from Coaldale, Calgary and

5 teams from Yellowknife, NWT.

A big thank you to our tournament sponsor

Above & Beyond, who supplied all

tournament medals.

A big thank you to the U14 Boys Phoenix

(Sandle) parents and players who worked

hard throughout the weekend to provide a

fantastic concession.

A last thank you to all the referees who took

on multiple games this weekend

U10 - U12 Divisions

Following the Long-Term Player

Development model set out by CSA, the K-

Days Kickoff did not keep stats or standings

and as the focus should be on the overall

development of the players, rather than the

end result. Teams followed this model well

throughout the tournament, showing great

sportsmanship and providing a great

weekend of learning for the players

involved.

Honour Role (U14-U18)

U14 Boys Tier II/III

Gold - Coaldale Thunder FC (Top Left)

Silver - Sherwood Park Phoenix (Sandle)

Bronze - SW Sting (Rodriguez)

U14 Girls Tier II/III (All 3 Middle Right)

Gold - Sherwood Park Phoenix (MacNeil)

Silver - Sherwood Park Phoenix (Nicks)

Bronze - Sherwood Park Phoenix (So)

U16 Boys Tier II

Gold - St. Albert Impact (Clarke) (Top Right)

Silver - Sherwood Park Phoenix (McCullough)

U16 Boys Tier III

Gold - Scottish United (Bottom Left)

Silver - S.P. Phoenix (Espinoza) (Middle Left)

Bronze - Lakeland United (Bottom Right)

K-Days Kickoff Wrap-Up 60 Teams compete in the 2nd Annual Tournament

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T h e N e a r P o s t

TOSH FARRELL DISCUSSES DEVELOPING YOUTH PLAYERS

Tosh Farrell is a Coach that should be taken seriously

when in comes to developing youth players in the game

of soccer and has been praised by many people.

Credentials and Experience

His credentials and past experience are very impressive,

holding a UEFA ‘A’ License and the English FA Coach

Educator Level 1 license. He spent 14 seasons as

Technical Coordinator of Everton FC’s youth academy.

Tosh was instrumental in the development of numerous

players, including Wayne Rooney, who have represented

Everton, other English Clubs and National Sides.

In an interview with GoalNation, Farrell spoke about his

experiences and beliefs about training and his goals for

the future.

Praises and Referrals

Bill Beswick, former Manchester United sports

psychologist says Farrell’s focus “is exclusively on the

process of development - he knows if he gets this right

the score will take care of itself.” Simon Clifford, founder

of Brazilian Futebol de Salao schools in England has said

that Farrell is “light years ahead of anyone else” in terms

of developing youth players and former Irish FA Chief

Executive Howard Wells has called him “one of the most

inspirational coaches of young players [that he has ever

seen].”

Coaching Wayne Rooney and Everton Youth

When asked about what it was like developing Wayne

Rooney as a youth player, Tosh pointed out at the time

“you don’t know it is Wayne Rooney” and that as a youth

coach, you just know that you have a talented player in

front of you and treating them the same, you won’t have

any problems. But Rooney must have been special right

Tosh? “Wayne was a talented player...there was no

guarantee that he was going to achieve what he has,”

states Farrell on Wayne Rooney, “you have to be careful

not to throw your eggs in one basket. Some players are

late bloomers, so you have to be flexible.” Tosh goes on

to say that the difference between Wayne and others was

self-practice - and that Wayne would listen and apply

everything that he learned, and on a daily basis wanted to

better himself.

On Developing Youth in North America

“The game ratio in [North America] is out of balance. We

need to practice more and play less.” Farrell notes that

players want to play in the games, but practice is most

important because “during a soccer game, a player will

have the ball for two minutes max,” and he questions

how this is beneficial for development.

“...For Everton—you would look at a player and ask if

they had the potential to be in the program for a

sustained period of time and where they could go.” Tosh

goes on to comment about how the set-up is very

different in North America, “[here we recruit players] and

now you have ended up with eye catchers...why have a

development program at all if you are going to replace

your players every year with tryouts? There is a lack of

emphasis on investing in players—really developing

players, which takes time.”

This contents of this article were taken from the original

on Goalnation.com, posted on May 21, 2014 by Diane

Scavuzzo. To read the article in its entirety please click

here.

Strive For Excellence Coach discusses his time coaching Wayne Rooney and how he sees development in N. America

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T h e F A R P o s t

SPDSA Introduces Re-Vamped Technical Lead Roles

Changes bring more technical guidance, especially at the “Golden Stage” of learning

The SPDSA Technical team has introduced new Technical Lead roles starting for the 2016-2017 Indoor Season that will be able to

bring more technical assistance in order to enhance the development of our Coaches and Players.

Active Start Technical Lead: The Active Start technical lead will be responsible, with the assistance of the Grassroots Coordinator

in leading the new U4-U6 program (see below for details).

FUNdamentals Technical Lead: The Fundamentals technical lead will be responsible for the U7-U8 program in the SPDSA and will

be out to various games and team training sessions throughout the season. They will also house Coach Development sessions

during the season.

Learn to Train Technical Lead: Our big change comes with the introduction of 4 separate Learn to Train Technical Leads to assist

players and coaches in the “Golden Age of Learning” stage for our SPDSA players. The 4 different categories split the boys and girls,

and U9/U10 and U11/U12. These Technical Leads will take a lead role with our Phoenix teams and also provide support to the

equivalent community program in the form of Coach Development, Game play analysis and team training.

Goalkeeping Technical Lead: The introduction of a specialized Goalkeeping lead will help in developing proper technical,

fundamental and physical techniques of our goalkeepers. The technical lead will be responsible for Phoenix and Community

programs through specialized programs.

SPDSA Introduces New Program for U4-U6 Players

New program aligns with Canada Soccer and FIFA preferred training methods

When you head to Millennium Place Saturday mornings this

Indoor season, you will be witnessing something very differ-

ent than in past seasons. Our U4 - U6 program has gone

through changes this season that may take time for parents

and players to get used to, but the SPDSA has changed the

program in order to follow CSA’s and FIFA’s preferred training

methods.

The program has shifted into a station based session that will

incorporate 4 activities that the players move around at regu-

lar intervals. The four stations focus on, Fundamental Move-

ment/Coordination, Soccer Technique, 1v1-2v2 games, and

Small Sided Games. Using these methods will help develop

well-rounded young players with a foundation in physical

literacy, solid soccer skills, and ideally, an enduring love for

the game.

Each week the sessions will be led by a Master Coach from

the SPDSA Technical Department, with the assistance of 2

Mentor coaches and volunteer coaches.

If you have any questions or are interested in being a volun-

teer coach please contact the office.

U4 FIELD SET UP:

U5-U6 FIELD SET UP:

A1

Fundamental Movement

A2

Technical Game

A3

Coordination

A4

1v1 Games

A1

Fundamental Movement /

Coordination

A2

1v1 - 2v1 Games

A3

3v3 Games

A4

Technical

Thank you to our Sponsors

Sherwood Park District Soccer Association

Technical Office

Mon-Wed-Fri 9:00am - 1:00pm

Tues-Thurs-Weekends/Hol. Closed

131.2 Millennium Place

2000 Premier Way

Administration Office/Equipment Room

Mon-Wed-Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm

Tues-Thurs 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Weekends/Holidays Closed

#102 - 241 Kaska Road

Phone: 780-449-1343 | Fax: 780-464-5821

Staff Contacts

General Manager Debbie Ballam [email protected] ext. 4 Financials, Sponsorships, Website, ASA Travel Permits, Injury Claims, Daily Operations Operations Dean Mastrangelo [email protected] ext. 3 Equipment, Schedules, Facility Bookings Registrar Sharon Arnott [email protected] ext. 2 Registrations, Player Cards, CRC’s, Community Registrar Natasha Carter [email protected] Community Registrations, CRC’s, Administrative Support/Communication Coordinator Graeme Dickson [email protected] ext. 1 Communication, Newsletter, Adult League, Assists Tournament Coordination

Technical Director Ian Skitch [email protected] ext. 5 Overall direction of the Technical Program Grassroots Coordinator Sue Herring [email protected] Grassroots and Community Program Technical Coordinator Daniel Drummond [email protected] Academy, Technical Administration Technical Coach Eric Munoz [email protected] Technical Coaching Referee Coordinator Derek Douglas [email protected] Referee Development, Referee Assigning