Palm Harbor Recreation Soccer

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Extended Registration - We have extended the Fall Soccer registration through 23 Aug 08 since receiving numerous e-mails in the last few days requesting continued registration. Our goal is to serve as many community youth as possible and we certainly want the children of our surrounding community to have the opportunity to play this Fall.

Schedule Changes - Extending registration required us to modify the schedule for the season, but many families have been on vacation and are just returning for school. I am hoping that most of these new registrations will be in the older age groups. We could use increased registration in our older groups, so please speak to your friends and your children"s friends to see if they want to play. Walk-up registration - We will have walk-up registration on Tuesday and Thursday evening this week at Putnam Park as well as a final Walk-up day Saturday 23 Aug (see schedule below).

Coaches Meeting - We had planned to have our coaches meeting on 16 Aug but will need to push this date out to 30 Aug to extend registration. Proposed coaches have already been notified of the change. However, we still have coaching and assistant coaching slots available (see volunteer section below). At this meeting we will structure our teams and establish practice nights for the older age groups.

Player Notification - Following this meeting, the coaches will notify the players (families) of the team assignment and practice night/time which they have selected.

Practices - Practices will be one night (Monday-Thursday) per week with one of two time slots (6-7:30 or 7:30-9:00) available. The practice location is the same field on which you play your games.

• Rascals and Kickers will use Carwise (No Set Practice - see new training feature below)
• U8 and U10 will use Palm Field
• U12 will use Sunderman

New Training Feature - We are working on establishing training nights on Tuesday and Thursday to support an entire age group training session for Rascals and Kickers. We will have parent coaches assigned to this session, but the technical training will be supplied by our senior Palm Harbor Nighthawks competitive players.

Games - The games were scheduled to begin Sept 13th, but have been pushed out several weeks to allow for registration to continue to the beginning of school. All games are played on Friday evening or Saturday mornings (just Sat morning for Rascals and Kickers). The detailed schedule will be structured and distributed after the coaches meeting.

Equipment Requirements - You will need to ensure your players have soccer cleats, shin guards, an appropriate size* ball and plenty of water (also shorts and soccer socks for the Rascals and Kickers). We provide the shorts and socks for the older age groups. (*Size 4 ball for ages 8 and 12 years old and a size 3 ball for players under 8 years old)

Volunteers - The Palm Harbor Nighthawks is a non-profit organization which is run entirely by community volunteers. Our programs are only as good as the support and participation we receive from our members. We have a number of volunteer opportunities available if you feel that you may be able to provide some level of support. We need support in the following areas:

• Coaches and assistant coaches (a few open slots)
• Team Managers
• Uniform Coordinator
• Age Group coordinator
• Trophy Coordinator
• Kick-off Party Coordinator and Representatives
• Picture Day coordinator
• Volunteer Coordinator

New Fall Season Schedule - The Revised Fall Season schedule outlines the registration period, practice period and games which include play-offs and the all-star games.

August
5/7 Walk-up Registration - Tuesday and Thursday 6-8pm - Putnam Park
9 Walk-up Registration - Saturday 8-12 - Putnam Park
12/14 Walk-up Registration - Tuesday and Thursday 6-8pm - Putnam Park
19/21 Walk-up Registration - Tuesday and Thursday 6-8pm - Putnam Park
Final Registration - 23 August 2008
23 Walk-up Registration - Saturday 9-12 - Putnam Park
30 Coaches Meeting, by age group - Saturday 9-12 - Putnam Park
September
Uniform Order is placed - no changes after this point
1-7 Contact Players and Families - Coaches notify players on their teams
1-21 Early Practice Weeks Available - Teams may begin practice on designated fields
22-25 Weekly Practices Begin - All U8-U12 teams should be practicing on weekly basis
26 Uniforms arrive and handed out to coaches and team managers
October
4 Kick-off Party and Picture Day - Putnam Park
10/11 Games Begin - Friday Evening or Saturday Mornings
November
23-30 Thanksgiving Holidays
December
19/20 Final Regular Season Games and Final Rascal/Kickers Games
21-4 Christmas Holiday
January
5-10 Play-off Games One week Night and One Saturday Game (two games each)
12/13 Practice Nights for Championship Teams
14 Practice Night for All-Star Teams
15/16 Championship Games - Awards to Follow Games
17 All-Star Games
18 End of Fall Recreational Soccer Season - See you in the Spring