Registration for Spring 2012 Season is open!
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Intramural Coaching Assignments for the Spring 2012
The West-Mont United Board of Directors is proud to welcome
Frank Sites as its new President
Frank was elected at the December 7th General Meeting. Prior to becoming President, Frank served as the PAGS league delegate since last December. He also has been the Uniform Coordinator and owner of our business relationship with Angelo’s Soccer (our travel uniform provider) for the past few years. Additionally, he is very active in our travel program in various coaching and team manager roles, as well as participating in our new adult soccer league. The Board looks forward to Frank’s leadership as we continue to improve our Club and take it to that next level.
Many thanks to our outgoing President, Janice Tabbut. Janice has been our President for the past 6 years. Her hard work and dedication were huge in all that we have done in recent years, including the FC Delco partnership, Clubhouse renovation, coaching programs, field restoration, and many, many other projects. She has set up the Club for many more successful years to come.
Also re-elected to the Board of Directors for another term were the following current Board members. We are very happy that to have them continue to serve on the Board and continue the great work that has been done in recent years.
Technical Director: Alex Zielke
Facilities Director: Paul Lucas
Director of Support Services: Joanne Neal
If you are interested in becoming more involved with the Club, we need your help at whatever level and time commitment you can be involved. We have lots of areas that need help, including facility management (multiple openings), marketing, and many other areas. If interested, please contact any WMU Board Member.
West-Mont United SA Fall Recap- West-Mont Pre-Academy Fall Recap and Winter Dates Announced, Director's Development Program (DDP) and West-Mont and FC DELCO Goalkeeping Academy
In the Fall of 2011 West-Mont United SA Announced their Development Program that would consist of three distinct training programs; West-Mont and FC DELCO Goalkeeping Academy, the Directors Development Program and the West-Mont Pre-Academy training program. Over the course of the next couple of days we will will be releasing the Fall Recap of all of the programs in 3 segments. Thursday we will being with the Pre-Academy Program. Friday will be the Director's Development Program (DDP) and Monday will be the West-Mont and FC DELCO Goalkeeping Academy.
Monday- Segment 3: West-Mont and FC DELCO Goalkeeping Academy
The Fall 2011 Goalkeeping Academy, held weekly at West Mont soccer fields, was a collaborative effort between FC Delco and West Mont Soccer Clubs in cooperation with the partnership that was created between the two clubs. Goalkeepers ranged from 8 to 16 years of age. The academy coaches were Brian Callaghan, Scott Nixon, Pat Walsh, and Lindsey Carstens. “The purpose of the Goalkeeper Academy was to work with goalkeepers of all ages. This Academy allowed us to work with 8 and 9 year old goalkeepers from West-Mont’s Academy as well as goalkeepers in those younger ages. The more keepers that we can work with at the younger ages, the more goalkeepers we are going to be able to grow for the future” says Scott Nixon.
The academy focused on developing the technical, tactical, and mental aspects of being a goalkeeper. It covered technical topics such as footwork, set position, high and low catching, collapse diving, parrying, boxing, breakaway saves, and distribution. It covered tactical topics such as anticipation, decision making, organizing the defense, rules of the game, positioning, restarts, participation in the attack, and communication with your defenders. Each training session was part of an overall design for the entire fall academy. Each session built on to the previous session to form a coordinated, comprehensive, and well balanced academy. The academy was a great success as participating goalkeepers showed consistent improvement each week.
“The Goalkeeping Academy was a huge success! One of the many major positive pieces of the Academy was that at the sessions there were 8 and 9 year olds on one side of the field and on the other side of the field there were 15 and 16 year old goalkeepers. This gave the younger keepers a sense of what they will become to be in years to come” says Peye Garcia, Director of Coaching for WMUSA. “This is just one step in our progressing our already positive relationship with FC DELCO and we looking forward to adding more programs as we move forward.”
Friday- Segment 2: West-Mont Director's Development Program (DDP)
Led by Peye Garcia, West-Mont United SA Director of Coaching, this program is the latest development effort from the most elite clubs in Eastern Pa. This year at the U9 age group, West-Mont along with 5 other clubs (Nether Providence, Reading Rage, Spirit United, West Chester United and YMS) formed a player-centered development program that focuses on creating a nurturing, educational soccer environment. Players were exposed to a staff of coaches whose focus is purely on player development. Players are taught the skills to prepare them to become future FC Delco/West-Mont premier players. "The Director's Development Program (DDP) was a huge success in it's inaugural season. Throughout the season the DDP stage provided players different platforms for the players to learn from, not only in a training and match format, but also from a variety of coaches" states Jesse Martinez, U9 DDP Director for West-Mont.
The platform provided by West-Mont and the founding DDP clubs created a nurturing educational soccer environment for the better overall development for our players of the future. During the inaugural Fall season of the DDP, players played trained 2 times during the week (during the weekends if there was not a fixture), in various tournaments (Spirit United and Battle of HillTop to name a few), played in 4 Festivals (consisted of 2 5v5 Festivals and 2 8v8 Festivals with multiple games and games being played ability based and mixed ability), and played in regular weekend fixtures. "Overall the program was a great success in terms of the goals that were set forth in the inaugural season of the Director's Development Program" says Peye Garcia, DOC West-Mont United SA. Garcia adds, "The training to playing ratio is great. The weekend fixtures and the Festivals allowed players to compete and perform at a level that was suitable for learning. The different format for the Festivals and weekend fixtures allowed players to face different challenges that will help them learn, improve and be successful." Garcia continues with "We all have a winning competitive spirit inside of us, but teaching the kids that winning at all costs when you are 8 and 9 years isn't as important as developing first so you can be successful when you get to the older ages and perform at an Elite level when you are in High School, College and Possibly one day at the Professional Level. As coaches we use the term in soccer 'solving problems'. What we mean by this term is that Athletically all athletes will be different and they will all grow at a different rate, so if we can learn at an early age to 'Solve Problems' with the technical aspect of the game, we will be more successful when we get older and the tactical and physical side of the game really come into play."
The DDP program also allowed for development of young referees. With the DDP program, it allows our young referees to get game time and improve their referee skills at a young age.
The DDP program is currently a U9 program this year and will grow to U9 and U10 next year. Each age will be different and it will be centered on the aforementioned areas. The program will continue this winter by having weekly indoor training and participating in the YSC Indoor League. The Spring program will be very similar as the Fall, there will be weekly training, 3 festivals along with weekend fixtures. If you have any questions about the U9 DDP program, please contact Jesse Martinez, U9 DDP Director West-Mont, u9westmontunited@hotmail.com
Thursday-Segment 1: West-Mont Pre-Academy Fall Recap and Winter Dates Announced
Peye Garcia 4 West-Mont United Soccer Association (WMUSA) is happy to have just completed the Fall Segment of the Pre-Academy Program. The program consisted of players from WMUSA’s U7, U8 and U9 intramural teams. After a scouting and evaluation process players were invited to participate and 111 total kids participated in the fall program. “The focus of the program is to provide additional technical training and foster a fun environment for learning and improving each child’s fundamental skills” says Pre-Academy Director Matt Wooley. To read full recap click here.
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West-Mont is proud to announce our newest development program geared to producing some of the best players in the area, The West-Mont Academy. The development academy will consist of three distinct training programs, two existing, and one new: Those programs are:
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West-Mont and FC Delco Goalkeeper Academy
Led by BJ Callaghan, FC Delco Goalkeeping Director and Associate Head Coach at Villanova University, this program establishes a consistent path for young aspiring goalkeepers to develop individually into the highest quality player please go to www.westmontunitedsoccer.org/Training for more information.
Directors Development Program
Led by Peye Garcia, West-Mont United SA Director of Coaching, this program is the latest development effort from the most elite clubs in Eastern Pa. West-Mont is joining 5 other clubs in forming a player-centered development program that focuses on creating a nurturing, educational soccer environment. Players are exposed to a staff of coaches whose focus is purely on player development. Players are taught the skills to prepare them to become future FC Delco/West-Mont premier players. For more information please go to www.westmontunitedsoccer.org/sites/default/files/file/SoccerPrograms/DirectorsDevelopmentProgram.pdf
Joining those existing training programs will be the new:
West-Mont Pre-Academy
The Pre-Academy is the newest development program that will provide a fun, educational environment for some of the youngest players to learn. Led by DOC Peye Garcia and the West-Mont coaching staff, will evaluate players during games and players selected will be invited to receive extra training to prepare those players for potential placement into the U9 Directors Development Program. The goal is to build on an existing love of soccer with an emphasis on individual ball skill development
West-Mont’s coaching staff will be evaluating U7 Girls, U8 Boys and Girls, and U9 Boys and Girls players during intramural games in September. Selected players will then be invited into the Pre-Academy to receive the extra, professional caliber training. Training for this program will be held in the fall, winter, and spring.
More information will be distributed to parents and players during the fall Intramural games. Once again West-Mont is leading the charge in developing players of all abilities. Players at West-Mont continue to have the ability to develop from Little Strikers and Pre-Academy, through the Directors Development Program and Travel/Premier, possibly all the way to the US Development Academy, ECNL, and Philadelphia Union. For more information go to www.westmontunitedsoccer.org/PreAcademy
West-Mont United and FC Delco announce Goalkeeper Academy for the Fall 2011
Click here to go to the Trainng pages for more details.
West-Mont United is proud to announce
a partnership agreement with FC DELCO!
Check the Club News page for details.
