When: June 21-27, 2004

What:

• National Diploma (San Francisco State University - San Francisco, Calif.)

• Advanced National Diploma (Amherst College - Amherst, Mass.)  

General Information
FEES: The course fees for the residential academy (National and Advanced National courses) are $800 for NSCAA members and $900 for non-members. The non-member fee includes a one-year NSCAA membership. Fees include six (6) nights lodging (double occupancy), meals, course materials, and tuition. Commuter fees are $600 for members and $700 for non-members.  

TRAVEL: Transportation to and from the course sites is the responsibility of each candidate. The San Francisco academy is served by San Francisco International Airport - located approximately 15 miles (15-20 minutes) from San Francisco State University campus. The Amherst academy is serviced by Bradley International Airport (Hartford/Springfield) located approximately 50 minutes (30 miles) from the Amherst College campus.  For assistance in arranging airline transportation, you are encouraged to use the Expedia link at NSCAA.com. 

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION: Candidates are responsible for their own transportation to and from the airport to the academy sites. Both airports are serviced by most rental car agencies for anyone interested in leasing a vehicle for the week. 

LODGING: San Francisco academy lodging will be at the Mary Park Residence Hall on the San Francisco State campus, while the Amherst candidates will stay in three dormitories located on the Amherst College campus.  Rooms will be assigned by the NSCAA based on double occupancy with another attendee. Roommate requests will be honored, if possible.  

MEALS: Candidates are provided 17 meals as a part of the registration fee, including six (6) breakfasts, five (5) lunches, and six (6) dinners. 

WEATHER & MATERIALS: The June weather in northern California and western Massachusetts can range from mild to very hot.  You should always be prepared for rain and we highly recommend bringing sunscreen and caps. It is important that you bring a soccer ball and shin guards (required), notebook, paper, pens/pencils, practice gear, training suit, rain suit, soccer shoes and flats.

SUMMARY: The NSCAA Coaching Academy is a highly intensive week of instruction dedicated to fulfilling the important NSCAA mission of education. Candidates should be in good shape and plan to participate in an enjoyable week of enhancing your soccer knowledge. The NSCAA Academy does not discriminate based on any physical limitations to perform.  You will find the academy staff very dedicated and ready to help you. We hope your participation is beneficial in your continuing education as a soccer coach.

Additional Information
For more detailed information on the San Francisco course, CLICK HERE and for the Amherst course CLICK HERE.  
To determine which course is right for you, CLICK HERE to visit our residential course information page.
If you have additional questions, contact Allison Pronske, Education Programs Coordinator, at 800-458-0678 or apronske@nscaa.com.

Includes:
Roundtrip Airfare via London
Two weeks training at the Spanish National Training facility and being coached by Spanish National Staff Coaches, and two weeks at the Real Madrid camp coached by Real Madrid Youth coaches. The camps include all meals, training up to three times a day, living accommodations, 24hr Multilingual Emergency Service, Tour Leader, and Medical Insurance is included, as well as a Spanish Jersey and Real Madrid Jersey.

July 3rd City Tour Madrid, Spain
July 4th-July 17th- Spanish National Federation Camp at the National Team Facilities. Entire Curriculum will be taught by Spanish National Coaches.

July 18th-July 24th- Spanish Tour - Cities yet to be determined. Prospects are Seville, Malaga, Cordoba.
The Spanish City tour includes 7 days and 8 nights travel in some of the most historic cities in the world. Tour Leaders will take them to various cities, and the kids will learn the culture, and history of each city they visit. Food is not included while away from camp, and campers will need their own insurance coverage.

July 25th-August 7th Real Madrid Camp. The curriculum will be taught by Real Madrid Youth Coaches, and all the amenities mentioned above.

July 7th fly to London, Spend night in London. Due to arrival times, the group will spend the night in London near Earl’s Gate. The morning of July 8th the group will make way to Heathrow and return to San Francisco.
 
For more information: Tighe O’Sullivan (415) 308-0603 or clubmarin@comcast.net


Trips #2 is from July 16th-August 8th
The cost is $3,300 for three weeks.

Includes:
Roundtrip Airfare via London
Two weeks in training at the Real Madrid camp coached by Real Madrid Youth coaches. The camps include all meals, training up to three times a day, living accommodations, 24hr Multilingual Emergency Service, Tour Leader, and Medical Insurance is included, as well as a Spanish Jersey and Real Madrid Jersey.
 
July 18th-July 24th- Spanish Tour - Cities yet to be determined. Prospects are Seville, Malaga, Cordoba, and Valencia.
The Spanish City tour includes 7 days and 8 nights travel in some of the most historic cities in the world. Tour Leaders will take them to various cities, and the kids will learn the culture, and history of each city they visit. Food is not included while away from camp, and campers will need their own insurance coverage.


July 25th-August 7th Real Madrid Camp. The curriculum will be taught by Real Madrid Youth Coaches.
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July 7th fly to London, Spend night in London. Due to arrival times, the group will spend the night in London near Earl’s Gate. The morning of July 8th the group will make way to Heathrow and return to San Francisco.
 
For more information: Tighe O’Sullivan (415) 308-0603 or clubmarin@comcast.net

 
Real Madrid Youth Team Tours Anytime 2004
(Not available from July to mid-August due to Spanish Summer)

The trip is personally customized to your needs. Usual trip is 9 days 8 nights. It includes 8 training sessions, and up to six games. You Play Real Madrid as one game, and other games are set up based upon skill level of team and evaluation results conducted during first days in Spain. Other teams available for games include Athletico Madrid, Valencia, and Rayo Vallcano.

Example: April 7th-16th, 2004
Price (+\-)$2,400, and includes:
4 star Hotel in city center, Full Board, Transportation, Insurance for all travelers while in Madrid, Facilities and Coaches, A couple of Excursions (Royal Palace, Del Prado, etc...), Tour Leader, 3-5 training sessions, 2-4 games (Real Madrid + good local teams), Watching Real Madrid Training sessions, Visiting the Real Madrid Museum and Stadium, Transfers to and from the airport, and Real Madrid Official Jersey, plus the coach travels for free if the group is 15 or more including parents.

Also available: Enjoy a Spanish League or Champions League game schedule permitting, tour the Real Madrid Stadium, Q & A with a famous ex-player, and day trips to nearby sites and cities…among other things.
 
For more information: Tighe O’Sullivan (415) 308-0603 or clubmarin@comcast.net

 
Real Madrid Adult Veterans Soccer Tours
Trip is 100% tailored to the Needs/Wants of the Group
Includes:
Airport Transportation, Up to 5 Star Hotel Accomodations, Charter Service 5 hrs per day, City Tours Custom Made Madrid, Excursion Toledo, Stadium and Museum visit.
 
Futbol/Soccer
Trainings, at Facilities of the Federation National Espanola
 
Games Played Possibilites(1-2)
Real Madrid Veterans, Athletico Madrid Veterans, and Rayo Vallcano Veterans

Costs depends on Accomodation quality, Games, and number of days of travel.
All Adults must be 35 years or older to play Veterans.
 
For more information: Tighe O’Sullivan (415) 308-0603 or clubmarin@comcast.net


Real Madrid USA
Custom tailored camps in the United States tailored to your needs.
Anywhere from 2-10 Real Madrid Coaches can be brought to your clubs/teams to the U.S.A. to conduct training sessions for your teams/clubs. There is a minimum of 50 kids for 2 coaches, and a maximum of 250 kids for 10 coaches. U.S. camp budgets are based upon one week, five day training clinics/schools. Each one is separate from another based upon Coach/Player ratio not exceeding 25/1.
 
For more information: Tighe O’Sullivan (415) 308-0603 or clubmarin@comcast.net

Preventing Groin Injuries

The typical groin strain is a common injury in soccer, which is why players stretch these muscles as a part of their pre-game routine. U.S. Men’s National Team players Tony Sanneh and Claudio Reyna have missed playing time with this injury, and most recently Ante Razov has been sidelined as well. The injury is not unique to soccer, however, as athletes in many other sports, including ice hockey, often suffer from this injury.

In soccer players, groin strains are often a result of rapid changes of speed/direction or reaching to the side to make a tackle. In ice hockey, groin injuries are common because of the diagonal stride in skating puts the groin (or adductor) muscles under strain. Many sports require quick changes of direction and/or bursts of speed, and these are the leading causes of groin injuries.  

While treating these injuries is a major focus of sports medicine, prevention of injuries is also an important goal. Before preventing injuries, it is important for doctors to know how the injury occurs. The next step is to examine the difference of the muscles and joints between the athletes who are injured and those who are not.

The doctors at the Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City have been studying adductor injuries for a number of years.

Lennox Hill’s team of doctors chose to focus their study on a large group of professional hockey players. The doctors measured flexibility and strength of the hip on each player initially and then charted their groin injuries over two seasons. After this period, the researchers reviewed their data to see if there were any differences between the injured and uninjured players.

There was no difference between groups when comparing flexibility, but the injured players had remarkably lower adduction strength. Does that mean all that time spent stretching the groin is ineffective?

Not necessarily, it is probably a combination of strength and flexibility. Professional ice hockey players seemed to be very flexible, making it appear that poor groin strength was a major factor is predicting groin injuries.

The next step the Lennox Hill team took was to devise a training program to improve groin strength. The three-step process included a warm-up, strengthening and some ice hockey specific exercises.

1. Warm-up: stationary cycling, groin stretching, sumo squats, side lunges, kneeling pelvic tilts
2. Strengthening: ball squeezes with different size balls, concentric adduction against gravity, cable/elastic standing adduction, seated adduction machine, slide board forward, slide board with simultaneous adduction (spread legs and bring both together at the same time), one-legged lunges
3. Ice hockey specific: on-ice kneeling adductor pull-togethers, cable cross-over pulls, slide skating, cable resisted striding.

Over the next two years, 58 players followed the program. Based on pre-training tests, 33 players were classified as being at risk of a groin injury due to low adductor strength. The injury rate of these players fell more than 400 percent – from 3.2/1,000 game-exposures the two years before to .7/1,000 game-exposures during the prevention phase. That is a huge reduction in groin injuries.

Most coaches encourage flexibility work on the groin area, but need to add some adductor strengthening to their work. Players must take some responsibility by preparing for the season by strengthening these muscles using some of the exercises listed above, or other groin-specific exercises.

In addition to the weeks it can take for these injuries to heal, athletes often do not realize how much these muscles are used in day-to-day activities until they suffer this injury.

The research by the Lennox Hill team clearly shows that flexibility and strength reduce the risk of groin injuries, which should encourage every player to take all recommended steps toward prevention.

Questions can be directed to Hughie O'Malley, U.S. Soccer's Manager of Sports Medicine Administration. Hughie can be reached at homalley@ussoccer.org or at (312) 528-1225.

Visit the ussoccer.com Resource Center Archive to view this article and many others here.

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EduKick is the world s leading soccer, language, and cultural travel abroad program for teenagers. EduKick, Inc offers North American youth soccer players (12-17 years old) an exceptional language & culture soccer camp unlike any other.

In August 2004, I am organizing EduKick's 1st Futsal Camp in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Aug. 2-14), the ultimate camp experience for young Futsal players. A complete package of international travel, cultural exposure, language study, and professional Futsal training designed to ensure that youth have the language & culture Futsal experience of a lifetime!

Why should youth participate?

• Brazil is where organized Futsal began, therefore youth will be exposed to Futsal in an environment that lives and breathes the sport.
• Futsal training will be conducted by Brazilian National Team veterans and professional Futsal instructors to ensure that youth get the highest level of technical and tactical training.
• Youth will get a chance to compete against local Brazilian Futsal teams which will allow them to measure themselves against youth from three time FIFA world champion Brazil.
• Youth will have the opportunity to interact with Brazilian youth and enhance the cultural experience by receiving daily Portuguese language instruction.

Why should coaches participate?

• If you are part of the Futsal family already, you will see how Futsal players in Brazil are molded and trained to become three time world champs!
• If you are looking to enhance the technical development of your soccer players through Futsal, there is no better way to learn by observing and participating in our daily Futsal training.
• You will gain a better understanding of Futsal by attending professional matches and watching professional teams train.
• And lastly, coaches who bring a team of 10 youth to EduKick Futsal Brazil will get part of their trip subsidized by EduKick*.

*Air fare from Miami to Sco Paulo and = room and board.

There's more.

EduKick Futsal has partnered with MySportsDreams to assist our youth in raising funds to cover their tuition! In order to raise money to offset EduKick travel expenses, please contact our EduKick fundraising coach Mr. John Lemke, from our official fundraising partners, MySportsDreams  at 1- 800-645-7981 Ext. 77. Be sure to tell John that EduKick sent you!

For a video explanation of how the MSD fundraising works, please click here

To register, please print out the 3-Page Registration Form and fax or mail it to our office today with your $350 USD deposit. Once we receive your Registration Form, we will send you additional program information. Please also respond to this email to request a 2004 registration Form. We will email you one immediately.

EduKick Futsal 2004 Tuition (Before fundraising)
US$1,689 (Airfare not included)

Please call or email with any questions regarding our futsal tour to Brazil or call Joey toll-free for general EduKick inquiries.

Sincerely,
Mario Salinas, Director
EduKick Futsal Programs
www.edukick.com
1-415-819-7423
1-866-Edu-Kick (338-5425)

Please pass on to all your team members and women you know. Thanks for "listening" and I hope you take this to heart (no pun intended).
Barbara Elliott

Position Announcement

Junior Varsity Soccer Coach
Winter 2004-2005

Mercy High School, Burlingame, a private, all girls’ college preparatory school in Burlingame is seeking a coach for the junior varsity soccer team. The team competes in the West Bay Athletic League and preseason tournaments.  We practice at Skyline College in San Bruno, Mondays through Fridays 3:30-5:00 pm from November 1, 2004 through early February 2005. 

Collegiate or club soccer experience recommended.  A competitive stipend is available.

Anyone interested in this position contact:

Meave Fallon
Athletic Director
2750 Adeline Dr.
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-762-1107
mfallon@mercyhsb.com

www.mercyhsb.com

The event will help us continue to run after-school activities that give 300 at-risk children in San Francisco a chance to overcome the cycle of illiteracy, violence, and poverty.

Please consider attending this magical event with your family and friends. You'll have a great time and you'll be giving the children in San Francisco's most troubled neighborhood's a better chance of beating the odds.
 
In Bayview and Visitaction Valley, two of the neighborhoods where SCORES operates, four people have been shot and killed in the last week, several in broad daylight (19 dead since January), many within walking distance of the local public elementary schools. 

SCORES is helping 300 kids in these communities stay out of the crossfire and live healthy and productive lives. SCORES children do better in school; the gain literacy, communication, and social skills; and they participate in regular, healthy recreational activities. 

Proceeds from the Teatro ZinZanni event will help SCORES continue to provide these positive experience and skill-building opportunities to hundreds of children. Ticket prices range from $175-250. Sports4good members can receive a $50 discount on any ticket. 

For more details or to purchase tickets, call Amy at the SCORES office 415-486-1312 or visit our event website.
 
We hope to see you there!
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Colin Schmidt
Executive Director
Bay Area SCORES
415-486-1313 (o)
415-595-9869 (c)
www.americascores.org
 
The Night
By Erica Espinoza
Paul Revere Elementary
 
The night was young
And there were these cats
Really beautiful cats
And it was so scary
That the dogs were crying
And I was crying too

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