May 2015-Newsletter - Michigan Tigers FC

Tigers Announce Tryouts for all teams: June 13-14
Tryouts for The Michigan Tigers FutbolClub are
scheduled for the second weekend in June. Registration is
open and you can register through the Tigers web site.
The Tigers will be supporting boy’s teams from U-7
through U-18 age groups and girl’s teams from U-7 through
U-13. Tryouts will be located at Wide World Sports Center
2140 Oak Valley Dr. in Ann Arbor. Players are to wear
soccer socks covering shin guards, athletic shoes (soccer
shoes), bring an inflated ball and water in a re-usable water
bottle. Tryout jerseys will be provided. Please arrive 30
minutes before the scheduled time to check in with a parent
or guardian. Tryout times are listed on the Tigers web site
under tryouts tab. Questions can be directed to Club Director Divi Neto at: [email protected].
Coaching Additions Announced
The Michigan Tigers are pleased to announce
Coach Jonathon Heslop has the NSCAA
three coaching additions for the 2015-2016 season!
Coaches Pedro Rita, Jonathon Heslop, and Jason Smith
will be joining the professional coaching staff for next
year and will begin with the club at tryouts.
Advanced National Diploma and the English F.A. Level
2 coaching license. He’s been on the MichiganODP
staff, and is an assistant coach at Ann Arbor’s Concordia
University. JohnoHeslop currently plays for AFC Ann
Coach Pedro Rita holds an USSF ”A” License, a Arbor, the city’s semi-professional soccer team.
Coach Jason Smith possesses a USSF National D
Bachelor's Degree in physical education, and a Master's
Degree from Cambridge State University. Rita began License and has 11 years of coaching experience for area
playing soccer in Brazil in 1970 and playedprofessionally clubs including Ann Arbor Arsenal, Vardar Ann Arbor,
from 1983 to 1999. After retiring, he moved to the United and Michigan Rush. He received his Bachelor’s degree in
States and taught physical education at NiagaraCounty physical education from Albion College in 2006, where
Community College and after coming to Ann Arbor, he played soccer after graduating from Tecumseh High
became the Head SoccerCoach for the University of School in 2002.
Michigan Women's Club team (3 years). For the past 10
years, he has managed and led all youth soccer activities
Michigan Tigers train rain or shine!
at WideWorld Sports Center, and has coached at Canton
Rainy days play havoc for many club teams, but
Soccer Club for the past four years.
the Michigan Tigers FC have the WideWorld indoor
sports facility for Rainy Day training sessions. The
Tryouts Tips: A Responsible Sports Playbook
club will determine if it’s necessary to train indoors
Making the soccer team can be one of the most
due to wet fields or thunderstorm activity. The
difficult challenges that youth athletes can face – both
Rainy Daytraining schedule can be found here on
physically and emotionally. And making the team can be
the club web site.
hard, no matter how talented or driven the athlete - as the
well-documented tale of basketball icon Michael Jordan
not making his high school team as an underclassman illustrates (Read the rest of the article at US Youth Soccer).
Michigan Tigers Futbol Club 2140 Oak Valley Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (734) 214-2255 [email protected]
Soccer Genius …Coming soon to Michigan Tigers FC
Soccer Genius is A series of realistic and applicable soccer “game
action“measurements collected with sensors and radar technologies
which provide instant feedback on your performance.
A player engaging in the 5 Soccer Genius measurements can
expect to spend approximately one hour participating in the process.
During this time they will receive advice and instruction from their team coach and the Soccer Genius coach. They
will watch other players perform and learn from them. Players will be given the opportunity to dribble, pass and
receive, perform a game action running test, measure their proficiency shooting on goal and conclude with a
measurement of their shot velocity.
Parents Corner
MTFC Summer Team Camps
A Youth Soccer Coach’s Feedback On The
Impact of Parents on the Sidelines
New this summer the Michigan Tigers FC are
including a 4-day team summer camp at Rolling Hills
Park. The camps are organized by age groups:
July 20th U8, U9, & U10
July 27th U11Y U11 & U12
Aug. 3rd U11 & U12 DA
Aug. 10th U13Y U13 & U14
Camps are Monday through Thursday 8:30-11:30 AM
A parking pass for Rolling Hills Water Park is included.
Additional information will be provided after tryouts
when teams are formed.
The Parent Impairment - Parents’ Role in Their
Players’ Success
It is hard to imagine too many people who would
look into a mirror and admit that they are staring at
“that parent” — Goal Nation’s
series for Soccer Moms & Soccer
Dads explores why parents feel the
need and the ability to secondguess youth soccer coaches. With
the goal of exploring what youth
soccer coaches really think
about parents — and what needs to change, here is
advice on how real player development takes time
(read more at Goal Nation).
"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the
team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because
the team, not the individual, is the ultimate
champion."…Mia Hamm
Michigan Tigers Futbol Club 2140 Oak Valley Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (734) 214-2255 [email protected]