Linn-Mar Mens Soccer Meeting

January 17th, 2012

Agenda• 2012 Goals• Expectations– Players– Parents

• Team Guidelines• Sportsmanship

• Requirements• Equipment• Pre-season workouts• Deadlines & Timelines• Communication

2012 Goals1. Let our play (not players) do the talking2. Re-establish a positive role in the community3. Earn the best rating in our conference for sportsmanship (this includes

players, coaches, and fans!!)4. Play a faster-style with more one-touch passing5. Score 2 or more goals per game6. Earn a shutout in 90% of our victories 7. Win the inaugural Linn-Mar Challenger Cup8. Be undefeated at home9. Be at least .500 on the road10. Win our division (CRK, CRW, ICH, DH, DS, WW)11. Host a Substate game12. Take part in the 2012 State Tournament

Expectations

Player Know Team Policies Be Active Sell The Program Accept Your Role

Player Registration

Parent Be A Role Model Let Us Coach Be Encouraging Get Involved

Team Guidelines

Handbook—Points of Emphasis Code of Conduct Violations Yellow and Red Cards Academics Responsibilities Dual-Sport Athletes/Club Players Injuries

Sportsmanship

We at Linn-Mar want to represent our school and community in a positive manner, please give

the athletes participating your positive encouragement and support. Booing, taunting,

or intimidating the officials or opponents is unfriendly and unacceptable.

Sportsmanship

The Linn-MarSchool Board and state athletic

unions have a spectator conductpolicy that allows the ejection

of individuals who disrupt schoolDistrict activities.

Sportsmanship

As the years go by, the score of the games become relatively unimportant, but your

conduct remains forever ingrained in the minds of those who were most affected.

How will you be remembered?

Parent's Code Of Conduct

The Iowa Athletic Council believes parents play a vital role in the development student-athletes. We ask that this code of conduct be distributed so parents, players and coaches have an opportunity to read them.

• I will encourage good sportsmanship by being a positive role model. • I will try my best to make athletics a positive experience for everyone involved, i.e.,

participants, coaches, officials, and spectators. • I will insist my player treat other players, coaches, officials, and fans with respect. • I will reinforce the school's drug and alcohol free policies and refrain from use alcohol and

other drugs before or during contests. • I will do my best to understand and appreciate the rules of the contest. • I will show appreciation for an outstanding play by either team. • I will be a "team" fan, not a "my child" fan. • I will help my child learn that success is measured by the development of skills, not winning

or losing. • If I have a concern, I will talk to the coach at the appropriate time and place, i.e., never

before, during, or immediately after a contest. • I do my best to remember my ticket to a school athletic event provides me with the privilege

of observing the contest, not berating officials, coaches, or players. Information provided by the Iowa Athletic Council

Requirements Forms

Physical Good for one calendar year

Code of Conduct Medical Release Card (Jill) Concussion Form

All must be on file and current before practicing-All forms available from LM Athletic Office-

Required Apparel(available from online store until Feb 15)

*If you have these items already, you do not need to buy duplicates unless desired

Webstore

• TBA • Warmups unavailable

Requirements

• Participate in Team Fundraisers– Nike Fundraiser

• T-shirts• Sweats

– Referee• In-Season• One Saturday• With Teammates

– Prairie Youth League

Equipment• Shinguards

– NOCSAE• FG Soccer Shoes

– Molded cleats– No spike on toe

• Long-Sleeves– Must be same color as jersey

• Red, White

• Compression Shorts– If worn should be same color as shorts

• Black/White

• Does not have to be Nike

Orders & Payment Checklist

Pre-season

• Lifting & Conditioning– Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-5:15pm

• Open Gyms• Indoor• Individual workouts & touches– http://www.linnmarsoccer.com/training.html– Coerver DVDs available

Deadlines & Timelines• February 15– Online order window closes– Fundraisers completed

• Order forms and money due

• March 9 (before practice)– Physical– Code-of-Conduct– Medical card– Concussion form on file

Deadlines & Timelines

• March 12– Practice begins

• April– Varsity, March 31– JV, April 2– Fresh/Soph, April 5

• Summer– Soccer Camp• Grades 2-8

Communication• Website

– www.linnmarsoccer.com• Mobile Website

– m.linnmarsoccer.com• Email

– lmmenssoccer@yahoo.com• Facebook-Linn-Mar Mens Soccer

– Player Group, Current & Alumni– Fan page, Anyone: will show Twitter updates

• Twitter– www.twitter.com/LinnMarSoccer

• Receive text message updates on your phone• you do not need a Twitter account

– Text follow linnmarsoccer to 40404

• Phone– 319.447.3079