Here’s a list of the 2007 Montana Youth Soccer Association Spring League teams:
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DII Philosophy

January 19, 2007

At its 2004 Annual General Meeting the Council of Presidents and Montana Youth Soccer Board of Directors significantly changed its U-11 and U-12 programs. Moving to a Small Sided game program at the youngest age levels, MYSA discontinued the 11v11 games and moved to 8v8 sided games for its U-11 and U-12 players. The underlying concern which served as the impetus for this change was the belief that we were asking kids to win before they are taught how to play. In a Small Sided game program, the number of touches each player has on the ball is exponentially increased and the smaller fields allow the players to be successful moving the ball within the limits of their size and physical abilities. The players then have more opportunity to experience the problems of being in possession. Increasing the chance to be exposed to these tasks over and over again is how players become good “problem solvers” which translates into an ability to make good decisions.
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From:
Montana Youth Soccer Association DOC Winter Meeting Report
Ric Plante MYSA DOC, ODP Technical Director

Coaching Education-
1) MYSA will be hosting a National Youth License July 27th – August 1st, 2007.
Instructors – Sam Snow, DOC US Youth Soccer - Lead instructor
Ric Plante, DOC MYSA
Go to www.usyouthsoccer.org for detailed information on the course or call Ric
Plante at 406-581-8606 if you have any questions.

2) ‘D’ Licensing Course will be changing
Coaching Methodology (coaches tool kit)
Larger numbers – 6 vs. 6
Better flow to the re-vamped ‘C’ Course

MYSA will now require a minimum of 15 candidates to host a ‘D’ starting in
April, 2007.

From:
Montana Youth Soccer Association DOC Winter Meeting Report
Ric Plante MYSA DOC, ODP Technical Director

ODP continues to move forward increasing its level of play and exposure to high level competition. In the 06/07 season approximately 50% of the players who tried out were extended an invitation. In 2007 we will send teams to the Sereno Tournament in Phoenix, ODP Championships in Las Vegas, Mayors Cup in Orange County and 3 teams will go to The Blue Mountain Exchange in the Tri-Cities. We will also be attending both the boys and girls ODP Regional Camps in July.

In the near future ODP will have its own dedicated administrator / treasurer (Craig Stewart, former MYSA president) a much needed position as the program grows. This will relieve Lisa of a lot of work that has been thrust upon her in the last year. We thank her for everything she’s done.

Currently ODP is in negations with both Adidas and Nike for a new sponsor. This is a very slow process.

Remember, ODP is your program. Please encourage your players to give it a try. Check out our web site at www.montanaodp.org. Thanks to Global Net, Inc., it’s free!

ODP will also be holding its first Indoor Soccer Marathon to raise money for Special Olympics Montana. ODP players will play indoor soccer for 25 hours straight. Each player participating has been asked to secure a minimum of $250.00 in donations that will go to Special Olympics Montana. If any club would like to make a donation to this worthy cause it would be greatly appreciated. Just make your check payable to SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA and send it to:

Ric Plante c/o The Soccer Shop
1325 E. Main Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-581-8606

The British Are Coming!

Challenger Soccer Camps are coming to the Flathead Valley August 20th - 24th.

If you sign up for the camp online early - they’ll give you a free soccer jersey!

GKYSA / Challenger Soccer Camp Registration Form

Challenger Soccer Camps are the number one soccer camp provider in North America - here’s a great video clip to watch that describes the company and the camp:
Challenger Soccer Camp Movie

8/20/2007 - 8/24/2007 - Challenger Soccer Camp - Kidsports Fields - Register Here

Here’s a spreadsheet of MYSA forms to use (right click and ’save as’):
MYSA Spring 2007 Forms

Forms include:

• Official Spring League 2007 Team Application
• Request for Change of Schedule
• Request for Performance Bond
• Montana State Cup Team Application
• Montana Division 1 State Cup Team Application
• Big Sky League (BSL) Tournament Team Application
• Montana Division 2 State Cup Team Application

Per player registration fee: Competitive: $25.00 each, Recreational:$8.00 each
Per bench pass registration fee: $8.00 each
Per team league fee: $500.00 each
Per team cup entry fee: $300.00 state cup, $250.00 montana cup & BSL

Jan 20-21: MYSA Meetings, Butte team straw poll

5-Feb: Team League Forms due with payment ($500 per team)
12-Feb: Detailed Host Site forms due
Feb 24-25: PreSchedule Committee meeting (Committee ONLY)

March 2-4:USYS National Convention, St Louis FWR Draw
4-Mar: Team Registration Files due with per player/bench fees
5-Mar: League Schedule released
24-Mar: Site Schedules due
31-Mar: League season begins, U13-19, BSL

14-Apr: League season begins, U11-12
30-Apr: State Cup team applications due with payment ($300)

7-May: State Cup team list & preliminary schedule released
11-May: State Cup FINAL Roster DUE
13-May: State Cup seeding teleconference (Committee ONLY)
14-May: State Cup final schedule released
14-May: Division I Montana Cup & BSL team applications due with payment ($250)
21-May: Division I Montana Cup & BSL team list & preliminary schedule released
25-May: Division II FINAL Rosters DUE
26-May: Division I Montana Cup & BSL seeding
May 26-28: State Cup Tournament, Kalispell
29-May: Division II Montana Cup team applications due with payment ($250)
29-May: Division I Montana Cup & BSL final schedule released

4-Jun: Division II team Montana Cup list & preliminary scheduled released
8-Jun: Division II FINAL Rosters DUE
9-Jun: Division II Montana Cup seeding
June 9-10: Division I Montana Cup & BSL, Butte
12-Jun: Division II Montana Cup schedule released
June 18-23: Region IV Far West Tournament, Las Vegas
June 23-24: Division II Montana Cup, Helena

July 14-15: MYSA Annual General Meeting, Helena

Kathy Ake, State Scheduler 755-7693 kake@digisys.net
Karen Grenager, Administrator 649-6283 momsocc@aol.com

For those of you that signed up to attend the joint meeting with Whitefish re: State Cup - the meeting will be Thurs. Jan. 4th at 7 p.m. at the Summit.

Our board meeting will be at Semitool on Jan. 10th at 7 p.m.

We will be having a coaches and administrators meeting at 6 p.m. that night followed by our board meeting.

The meeting at Semitool will be in the cafeteria - please park in front and go through the front door. There will be someone there to show where the cafeteria is.

The Board meeting is set to discuss:

• State Tournament Planning
• Scholarship Applications
• Game Scheduling Meeting
• Concession Stand Update
• Combination with the GKYSA board

Boys:

• u-10 Scott Warnell
• u-11 Kathy Ake
• u-11 Jim Brendan
• u-12 Chris Putzler
• u-12 Kristin MacCauley
• u-13 Knut Skybak
• u-14 Tyler Glidden
• u-15 Patrick Madigan
• u-16 Chris Haugan
• u-17 TBD, Assistant is Cliff Bell

Girls:

• u-11 JoAnna Lyon
• u-12 Al Swan
• u-12 Frank Jobe
• u-13 Rich DeJana
• u-14 Tom McFarlane
• u-15 Mike Stebbins
• u-18 Steve Boone

Coaches Clinic in February!

Flathead Force / GKYSA is holding a coaches clinic in February. It is a National Soccer Coaches Association of America Advanced Regional Diploma course. No prior license is needed.

It will take place at Evergreen Junior High School* on February 23 (6-9 p.m.), and Feb. 24 & 25 (8 a.m.-5 p.m.). The cost for is $90. The course will be conducted by George Hageage who is the women’s coach at Eastern Washington University.

To sign up, call Mike Thompson at 253-5037 or the soccer office at 257-6631.

Based in Mission, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches’ organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than 18,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. In addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools, NSCAA offers an extensive recognition program that presents nearly 10,000 individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more than 3,000 soccer coaches each year.

More information can be found on their website - NSCAA.com

More information about the Advanced Regional Diploma course can be found at http://nscaa.com/nrc.php#advreg.

*location changed 12/28/2006 from Helena Flats to Evergreen