Category: 2022
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JR. High: 2023 Rules and Regulations
Welcome to the team! Thanks to all of you who came out this summer to kick around. Monday 8/14 is the first day of practice. Have you logged everything into Final Forms? We need to make sure all required school documents are checked in correctly. Players are encouraged to wear indoor/training flats/turfs instead of cleated soccer shoes…
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JR. High: Hydration & Nutrition
OK Coach so my mom says I should eat and drink early and often throughout the day before training. What should I eat? Drink? and how does it help me? Will it help keep me from having a heat Illness? http://www.recognizetorecover.org/nutrition-hydration#nutrition-guide
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The biggest sporting event on the planet. . .
Since 1930 the world of football has had an international tournament. This tournament has taken place every four years, except when World War II put the whole planet in question. What makes this tournament so amazing? Is it that the whole world has a chance no matter how large the nation may be? Is it…
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Jr. High: Where are you in skill development?
Self-reflection is a great life tool to have in your tool belt. After completing a 1-0 game last night with two coaches being issued cards for dissent. I took a moment to reflect and ask myself did I and my referee team impact the game or did we let the players decide the game on…
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Ref Life:Another year of Football signals for Football in the PA High Schools.
Breaking news, referees don’t have to be zebras anymore according to the governing body of Pennsylvania High School Sports. A much bigger story would be getting the existing soccer chapters to agree to ditch the stripes of every other American sports for the contemporary look used by referees globally. The push to improve sportsmanship is…
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