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I CAN HELP YOUR TEAM
"My name is Toby Rappolt. I own Sunset Soccer Supply but my passion is coaching soccer. I have a United States Soccer Federation "A" Coaching License, a National Soccer Coaches Association Premier Coaching License and a coaching certificate from the São Paolo (Brazil) State Professional Soccer Coaches Association.
Contact me
anytime if you would like me to help your team or playing group (10 players or more) at your practice or game. There is no charge for this service."
"Please Shop At My Stores"
ORDER OFFICE
Toll Free Phone 866-447-9000
Toll Free Fax 866-467-8000
info@sunsetsoccer.com
STORES
San Francisco
3401 Irving Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone:
415-753-2666
Fax:(415) 753-1361
San Rafael
1455 East Francisco Boulevard
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (415) 460-KICK (5425)
Fax:(415) 460-1422
Please forward any comments, criticisms, suggestions or items you would like to have inserted into this newsletter to
toby@sunsetsoccer.com
FAQs
- I'm looking for a coach for my team?
- I'm a coach looking for teams to coach?
- Where can I sell my used portable goal?
- Where can I find an adult male soccer player to play with my team in an upcoming tournament?
- Where can I find another team to play in my U-14 girls tournament?
- Where can I find a ride to the US National Team game in Los Angeles?
ANSWER
TO FAQ'S
Advertise in the Sunset Soccer Newsletter!!!!!
I will put your advertisement in my newsletter and in the front windows (soccer community bulletin boards) of both my stores. I will also make numerous copies of your advertisement and display them on the literature rack in both stores. Cost? NO CHARGE
Simply
email me the finalized document you want to advertise. Your advertisement will be posted exactly as you send it to me.
SUGGESTION OF THE MONTH
Best suggestion of the month gets a $25.00 dollar gift certificate.
ANY suggestions you may have that will help me improve this newsletter, and the quality of products and services in my stores, are always welcome.
I
will give a $25.00 gift certificate, once a month, to the suggestion I feel will have the greatest positive impact.
Simply
email me your suggestion.
SUNSET SOCCER LOANER ITEMS
Listed below are goods we loan to
our customers at NO CHARGE.
Call Order Office to
reserve
(toll free 866-447-9000)
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Jerseys - To get your team through games until we can deliver
ordered jerseys or to wear for the “one off” tournament.
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Corner Flags - To use
at your annual tournament or friendly game.
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Goal Nets - To use at
your annual tournament or friendly game.
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Portable Full Size Goal
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Portable Wall - For
free kick training.
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Lining Machine
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U.S. Sand Soccer Championships 2006 |
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Email:
clubmarin@comcast.net
Mail to:
USSSC
156 Esmeyer Dr.
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 308-0603
Deadline February 17th
After the 17th depends upon
availability and Demand
Please be patient with our website as it still
reflects our November event. You can still sign up
as an adult team on the website via Paypal, and we
will use it toward this tournament.
4 teams have already committed!!!
www.ussandsoccer.com
Don't Forget
to mark your calender
May 20th & 21st
For the
Largest Sand Soccer Tournament on the West Coast
In Santa
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I would like to share this story with you and your
readers |
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| Toby:
A very happy new year
to you, Libby, Pierre and the folks at Sunset Soccer
Supply. It’s great to know that the reliable 3 S's
have been around for so long to furnish all our
football needs.
I would like to share
this story with you and your readers.
I was reffing a U-9
boys' match in Menlo Park. You know how parents get
over-zealous. There was this mom who wouldn't stop
yelling at her own son everytime he had the ball. It
was worse when he lost control of the ball. It was
obvious why he lost control with all the noise from
his mum.
I stopped the game
and when there was a throw in, and went over to her
and asked whether she would make an arse of herself
if her son had forgotten his lines during a school
play. Obviously, taken aback she muttered, "How dare
you?" I followed with a second question. I asked her
if her son was a kitty cat. Perplexed she asked
"What?" I told her that her son had only one
childhood and it was her duty to let him enjoy it.
My points must have
sunk in as she never uttered another word, except to
cheer, after that. I know that it’s not easy to not
shout at football games; after all the beautiful
game is a game of passion. But as parents we have to
support our kids whether they are having a good
game, bad game, or warming the bench.
Cheers,
Kalwant Sandhu, MBA |
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Golden Gate Women's Division 3 team seeks a coach
for the Spring Season |
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| Golden Gate Women's Division
3 team seeks a coach for the Spring Season. We hope
to start practice in the next couple of weeks and
our first game is in March. We practice Wednesday
nights and have games on Saturdays. We're a nice
team and are willing to work hard and commit to
improving our skills. We would like to find a coach
who can help us at practice and make most of our
games. It is a volunteer position but we'd be
willing to pay for basic related expenses. We
already have a lot of equipment. Please call or
email Tara at 415 254-4268 or Tzoro@juno.com. Our
team name is Wakiza and you can see us on the
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MARIN SOCCER LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB SEEKS NEW PLAYERS |
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MARIN SOCCER LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB SEEKS NEW PLAYERS
PIKERS FC
is an ambitious soccer club that plays in the Marin Soccer League in San
Rafael on Saturdays during the summer season
(Apr-Oct). We are looking to add experienced
players as we expand the club to two teams; Div. A &
Div. B.
Our
focus is to find quality players who can come into
the squad and add depth in all areas. The standard,
particularly in Div. A, is pretty high so you need
to have played at a reasonable level.
We have a good mix of European and North American players who
mostly live in the city. We play hard and like to
socialize after games as well. Playing in Marin is
nice because of the better field & weather
conditions; it's great to get out of the city,
escape the fog and enjoy the sun. We can also help
with rides to/from games if that is a concern.
The season starts April 1st. We are holding casual training
games on Saturday mornings in Golden Gate Park and
will also hold more formal trials and friendlies in
Feb & Mar.
We
are interested in all positions, but a solid keeper
and centre midfield player are essential for us this
year.
For
more details and information about trials, contact:
Bruce Foreman – 415.674.4421 –
bruceforeman@sbcglobal.net
Mark Bucklar – 415.695.7674 –
mark.bucklar@hp.com
Conor Power – 415.621.6842 –
conorjpower@hotmail.com
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New Sport4Good League |
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up at Gellert Park, on Mar 4. The league is geared
towards individual players but teams are welcome to
sign up. Games will be 8v8 with minimum of 2 women.
Because the bulk of the players are coming from SF
and we have more field time to work with, games will
be 35 min. halves. Fields are half pitch and we play
with goals that are a bit smaller than the 8X24
goals. I'm personally pretty excited with this
league because it'll give a lot of players who can't
seem to find a team to hop on during the week or
weekends a place to play. All games are on turf and
you can wear normal molded cleats on it. Level is
intermediate and if enough teams form, level will be
split up between lower and upper intermediate. Field
is about a 1/2 mi off of Hwy 280 (Hickory Blvd
Exit). For all those that don't have a car, we can
try to set up a morning carpool or something.
Sign up! |
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Coaching Corner - Attacking Exercises |
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By Paul Payne, NSCAA Academy Staff Coach
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Coaching Points:
These drills help players to make good decisions
with the ball and attack quickly. |
Exercise 1: What's On
Organization:
In an area from the top of the 18 to midfield, randomly
place small goals with cones (5 yards wide) as as
other small goals made with flags. Place them so
they staggered throughout the area. Play 6v6 (can
adjust size and numbers).
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Phase 1:
Have each team with 2 balls passing back and forth among
them. Have the players look to play passes
through the flag goals while dribbling through
the cone goals. Make sure the players are aware
of what is on in that part of the field (pass or
dribble).
Phase 2:
Play 6v6 with teams scoring by successfully passing
through the flag goals and dribbling through the
cone goals. Vision and communication is the key
so that players recognize when to take space
with the dribble or the pass.
Coach can place restrictions:
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You can't go back through the same goal you just
scored on;
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You must alternate between the pass goal and the
dribble goal.
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Exercise 2: Box Game
Organization:
Use an 18-yard box (18 x 44). Place two 5-yard-square
boxes at opposite ends of the penalty area
approximately 30 yards apart. Play 4v4 (can
adjust playing areas and numbers).
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Phase 1:
Play 3v3 with a teammate acting as a target goal in the
5-yard box that you are facing. Look for quick
combinations to find the target player. When the
ball is played into the target player, they must
one-touch it to a teammate to score a goal. When
that happens, the target player sprints to the
opposite box and their team then attacks in the
other direction. The opposing target player must
exchange boxes as well. Vision, passing and
movement off the ball are the keys to being
successful.
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Phase 2:
The same set-up but when the ball is successfully played
to the target and one-touched to a teammate, any
field player from that team can fill the
opposite box. The target player from the team
not scoring must switch boxes by sprinting to
the opposite box. This encourages teams to
counter quickly and play forward safely.
Teammates must be aware of who can fillthe box
to take advantage of the counter. On the
defensive side, immediate pressure is the key to
deny the counter.
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COACH GIANNI SOCCER ACADEMY |
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CoachGianni.com
Soccer is leadership,
belonging, organization, ownership, respect,
sacrifice and
challenge put together with the glue of
discipline.
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COACH GIANNI SOCCER ACADEMY
I’m very pleased to inform you that in MARCH, I
will lead an intensive clinic (4 hours a day for
5 days) to permit the youth players to
specifically develop aspects that are hard to
develop during the usual team practice. During
that time the team is focused on the game. To
make an example, the coach is like the conductor
of an orchestra and can’t take care of a
violinist individually. My job is the opposite.
I take care, ‘individually’, of every player,
even in a class clinic, because the learning is
based on INDIVIDUAL exercises.
Classes and Purpose
When we play a soccer game, in 90 minutes we
touch and handle the ball for no more than 2
minutes. It's hard to learn something in 2
minutes. If this is valid for the field soccer
players, it’s much more true for the keepers. A
4 hour class is the equivalent of more than an
entire season! Multiply this by 5 days and you
get the idea.
During the lessons, I will develop these topics:
Fundamentals
Field players: how to trap, pass, kick,
juggle, cross, etc.
Keepers: receive the ball, low/high
ball collection, cross, diving, distribution,
punts, goal kicks, etc.
Fitness
Getting in shape and strengthening, ready to
physically perform in a demanding sport like
soccer.
Strategy
Besides a team strategy that will be developed
at practice during the season, there is an
individual discipline of what to do on the
field to win the ball back in pressing, how to
be in the right position at the right time,
how to read the game and anticipate what
happens (possibly before it happens) and be
able to support our team-mates suggesting what
to do, just by doing the right thing or going
to the right place.
Particular exercises will be done to improve
strength and agility through stretching and
fitness. We'll develop one topic every session.
In short, you'll become A BETTER SOCCER PLAYER.
When and cost.
March 13 to 17 for field players.
Monday 13 from 11:00 to 3:30 (30
minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Tuesday 14 from 12:30 to 3:30
Wednesday 15 from 11:00 to 3:30 (30
minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Thursday 16 from 11:00 to 3:30 (30
minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Friday 17 from 12:30 to 3:30
March 20 to 24 for keepers.
Monday 20 from 11:00 to 3:30
(30 minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Tuesday 21 from 12:30 to 3:30
Wednesday 22 from 11:00 to 3:30 (30
minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Thursday 23 from 11:00 to
3:30 (30 minute lunch 1:00 to 1:30)
Friday 24 from 12:30 to 3:30
Have a great breakfast at home. 5 minutes drink
pause every 30 minute
19.5 hour class: $400. Full payment not over
February 24.
Full refund until March 1th. 80% refund until
March 13.
Where.
Bring a
soccer ball, a lot to drink, a big smile and
desire to getting better.
Ciao,
Coach Gianni Mininni
 Gianni
Mininni @
CoachGianni.com
- D National License CYSA
- Positive Coaching
Alliance License
- USSF Referee
Certification
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