“The Corner Flag” Newsletter May 2019

The Corner Flag

2018-19 Season, Issue 3 May 2019

Dearborn Soccer Club partners With River Oaks Elementary

May Team Spotlight: Scorpions 09

This month we highlight the accomplishments of the Dearborn Scorpions U10 Boys and their awesome team. The team is currently challenging for the top spot in First Division of WSSL this Spring and have built a great team culture around their environment. Coach Eric Kurtz and the following players are a great example of a team! Well Done: Back Row, Left to Right:Ali H., Ali E., Hassen A., Ali S., Malik S., Hussein E., Coach Eric Front Row, Left to Right: Ali D., Hussein E., Oliver K., Mohamed Ali A., Jawad F., Adam H

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May 22- DSC Fall 2019 Registration Opens

June 9-Last Day Spring 2019 Season

June 10-13-Free Open Age Group Training for Jags Select Tryouts (Schedule on MichiganJaguarsFC.com)

June 15-16-Dearborn Jaguars Select Tryouts Crowley Park

July 8-12-Dearborn Jaguars Select Summer Technical Camp

July 22-26-Dearborn Jaguars Shooting and Finishing Camp

Trevor King

DSC Director of Operations

In a continued effort to spread a passion for the sport of soccer, and encouraging students to stay active, Dearborn Soccer Club partnered with River Oaks elementary in an after school program throughout the month of March. "It was a great experience in working with the sparkling kids at River Oaks. Their energy every single day we were there, was a huge highlight of our week", said DSC Director of Operations Trevor King. "Along with Mo Hijazi and Adam Hall, we were able to include the kids in a variety of fun, engaging soccer activities, and we couldn't have been more proud of these kids, they are remarkable students", said King. Allison Wolski who is on staff at River Oaks and volunteers in supporting the DSC, played an key role in making the program a success. The Club looks forward to future school partnerships in helping students futher enjoy the sport.

Hello Dearborn Soccer Club Families,

One of the most impactful ways of improving and enhancing our current club environment, is through feedback from you, our biggest supporters.

Over the course of the past few years, we've taken that feedback through suggestions, ideas, comments and concerns. As we've seen many of that feedback come to fruition, we continue to ask you to reach out in order to even better serve our coaches, families and players.

As one of the largest soccer organizations in Michigan, we continue to look to innovate in our player and family experience.

With approximately 1400 players within our soccer programs, and many exciting projects ahead, we truly feel we will have a club environment that all of our supporters can be proud of.

We hope you continue to let us know how we are doing!

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On To College….Ali Berry College: Bluffton College

--How would you describe your experience at the Dearborn Soccer Club and the Dearborn Jags? Playing with the DSC and The Dearborn Jags was a wonderful experience playing with kids I’ve never met before at the start of a season and them being family at the end was something you can’t find many other places I’d do it all over again if I had the chance.

--What will you miss most about your time at DSC? I’m going to miss the out of state tournaments the most, going to a hotel with all the guys playing our games and going back and just bonding for a whole weekend it wasn’t just the soccer but the time in between games the going out to eat the time at the pool and the meeting up in one kids room and staying up after coach said lights out.

--Any advice for DSC players that aspire to play in college one day? My advice would have to be never give up, I faced a lot of criticism and hardships from all over I wasn’t the perfect soccer player but I always played with heart my motto passed on from my dad to give 100%, 100% of the time if you can play with heart passion and overall effort you’ll succeed.

FUTURE STAR

Ben Ross

Time at DSC: 4 years Current Team: Dearborn Jags U9 Boys Green Current Coach: Trevor KingPosition: D/M/FTalent: "Footskills/Footwork and creating space"

Favorite Player: Ronaldinho Gaucho

Favorite Food: Rigatoni and Meatballs

Director: Mo Hijazi “I remember when Ben first started coming to our Jr Jags winter sessions inside of Canfield, and just enjoying him in every 1v1 activity we put players through. He had a knack for creativity and would pull a rabbit out of hat to get out of tight spaces. It is that very creativity and his continued effort to improve in all areas of his game, that stands out. Ben also has shown a coachability trait that is also enjoyable to see. He's attentative, humble and a tremendous teammate, He's a pleasure to be around."

Parents Corner “Monthly Soccer Article”

“Make Failure Your Fuel”: How to Help Your Athletes Learn from Adversity

BY: JOHN O'SULLIVAN / WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018 / PUBLISHED IN ADVERSITY, MESSAGES FOR KIDS, SPORTS PARENTING

In May 2018, retired US Women’s National Soccer team star Abby Wambach gave the commencement address to 600 women from Barnard College in New York City. Wambach, the all-time leading scorer for Team USA, an Olympic and World Cup champion, and an inspirational athlete known for playing with passion and giving her all every time she stepped on the field, gave

an incredible talk to the graduates, sharing stories from her career, and lessons she learned.

1) Help your athletes focus on the process:2) Ask your athletes the right questions when theystruggle:What went well?What needs work?What can you learn from today that will help youpractice better this week and perform better in thefuture?3) Don’t blame the uncontrollables; instead focus ontheir response to events:4) Help them find things they are passionate about: Oneof the critical ingredients needed for athletes toovercome adversity is ownership of the experience.5) Show them how to embrace the hand they were dealt,and play it well: We all have faced adversity, and whenour children struggle, it is a great time to share our ownstruggles, and what we learned from them.

As Wambach stated to the attendees:“Here’s something the best athletes understand, but seems like a harder concept for non-athletes to grasp. Non-athletes don’t know what to do with the gift of failure. So they hide it, pretend it never happened, reject it outright, and they end up wasting it. Listen: Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it’s something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on. You gotta learn to make failure your fuel.It is a rocky road to the top.Collins and MacNamara have also found that well-timed character and psychologically based interventions from coaches and supportive adults help these athletes develop coping skills, grit, and resilience. In other words, it is not our job to smooth the pathway of our athletes, to give them plush fields, carry their gear for them, and remove all obstacles from their supposed path to greatness. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It is our job to help them learn from struggle, and see that the path to the top is not supposed to be easy. If we really want to help our athletes, students, musicians, and entrepreneurs achieve something great, we need them to understand the path is filled with potholes. And we need to be sure not to pave them, but to ensure each one of those potholes is an opportunity to learn. For many children in sport, May and June mean tryout season. This is inevitably a season of disappointment for many children, some who do not make the team they want, and others who do not make a team at all. It is a time where they face uncertainties such as new teammates, a new coach, perhaps a new club and whole new friend group. Many families move towns, and young athletes are thrust into trying situations, with no friends or familiar faces to look upon.

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Director of Coaching for Dearborn Soccer Club and the Dearborn Jaguars, Mo Hijazi, recently successfully passed and attained the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) A-Youth License. The USSF A licensing process has a more time and travel demand than in years past, and the new process been granted to only 200 coaches across the United States.

“It was an intense year of learning and easily the most impactful journey on my coaching career to this point. Not only in terms of the overall workload required of candidates, but the critical thinking and introspective reflection that happens throughout the course,” said Hijazi. Making several week long trips down to Kansas City, Missouri to the US Soccer Training Center, Mo was part of a group of 40 candidates from the US and abroad. Among the highlights of the 10 month coursework, was a week spent on site with the Womans U17 youth national team in their preparations for the world cup, and a site visit of the highly successful Sporting KC MLS Academy, where the candidates observed lectures on methodologies and were able to view teams train out on the fields.

“I have been very fortunate to have travelled across the country and into Canada, and seen first hand what successful soccer cultures look like. I visited Toronto FC right after they had won the MLS Cup. The most apparent detail in each of those high performing clubs, is the embracing and uniqueness of their individual Club Culture. Embracing our uniqueness and culture here in Dearborn and surrounding communities similarly, is what I feel will fuel our soccer movement. We have a great opportunity to instill an unparalleled passion in our kids for this sport, and as coaches we have a duty to push ourselves to evolve through means such as coaching education courses, to further develop our craft.”

Mo didn’t stop at USSF courses, also obtaining the United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma-w/Distinction, the US Youth Soccer National Youth License, and has completed the LaLiga Level 3 and 2 courses, highlighted with Legendary Real Madrid Striker Raul, consulting on coursework. “Meeting Raul and hearing him speak not only about his pathway as a player, but his views on coaching were very inciteful and fascinating. He is the third leading scorer in Champions League history only behind Messi and Ronaldo, yet was so humble. At the end of the day, the message he preached above all, was as much as we believe this game is about X and O’s and tactics, it really comes down to building positive relationships with our players. And for me that is what it is about, whether you’re coaching U4 players at DSC or Professional players playing in World Cups.”

You would think with many important credentials now completed, Mo would be ready to slow down the education train. “No, not at all, we are only scratching the surface of what we are capable of accomplishing here in our Club. I have been afforded some incredible educational opportunities in the near future and I look forward to pushing the envelope. We will be innovators in continuing to create a soccer environment that will ultimately be centred around our mission and aim. (To develop the country’s best people, players and club). You can expect some more exciting news in the future, our players need us."

Dearborn Soccer Club Director of Coaching, Mo Hijazi, On The Educational Train

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Dearborn Small Group Technical Training Eligibility

Open to Boys and Girls Ages: U6-U12

http://michiganjaguarsfc.com/Camps-Classes/Summer-Camps/Dearborn-Small-Group-Training

Daily Schedule: 7:00pm-8:00pm

Contact: Mo Hijazi at coachmohijazi@gmail.com or 313.471.4916

RegistrationEarly Registration discount through Jun 21, 2019: $100

Registration after Jun 21, 2019: $135

Registration closes after June 28, 2019

General Information:

Crowley Park - 2401 Gulley Rd., Dearborn, MI 48124Dri-Fit shirt included. Pick your shirt up at the registration table on the first day of training.

Schedule and Locations

Training Dates: June 28, July 12, July 19, July 26, August 2

Time: 7:00-8:00pm

Location: Crowley Park

Dearborn Summer Technical Camp

EligibilityOpen to Boys and Girls Ages U8-U13

Daily Schedule: 9:00am-2:0pm

Contact: Mo Hijazi at coachmohijazi@gmail.com or 313.471.4916

RegistrationEarly Registration discount through June 10, 2019: $225

Registration after June 10th, 2019: $275

Registration closes after June 18, 2019

General Information:

Crowley Park - 2401 Gulley Rd., Dearborn, MI 48124 and Dearborn Racquet Center 2727 Gulley Rd Dearborn 48124

Schedule and Locations:

Dates: July 8-12

Daily Schedule

9:00am-Noon Field Session Crowley Park

12:00pm-12:45pm Lunch Dearborn Racquet Center

12:45pm-1:30pm Swim Time Dearborn

Racquet Center1:30pm-2:00pm Recap/Player Pickup Dearborn Racquet Center.

CURRENT SUMMER CAMPS AND CLASSES

www.MichiganJaguarsFC.com (Dearborn Tabs)

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Dearborn Jaguars End of Season Training (Open To All Players From Any Club)

Dearborn Jaguars End of Season TrainingEnd of Season Training is open to all players inside and outside the Jaguars organization. These sessions are free and no registration is required. End of Season Training is offered at all four branches in the club: Michigan Jaguars, CW3 Jaguars, Dearborn Jaguars, and Huron Valley Jaguars. The below schedule is for the Dearborn Jaguars. Please see the End of Season Training Tab under the Tryout header for other branch schedules. www.MichiganJaguarsFC.com

LOCATIONS: CROWLEY PARK (2600 WESTWOOD ST, DEARBORN, MI 48124)

Team Gender Dates Days Time Field2013 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 5:30-6:30 PM Crowley 62013 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:30 PM Crowley 62012 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 5:30-6:30 PM Crowley 62012 Boys June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 42011 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 6:40-7:40 PM Crowley 62011 Boys June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 42010 Girls June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 32010 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 52009 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 32009 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 42008 Girls June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 52008 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 22007 Girls June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 12007 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 52006 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 22006 Boys June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 12005 Girls June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 22005 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 7:00-8:20 PM Crowley 12004 Girls June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 22004 Boys June 10 & 12 Mon & Wed 8:20-9:40 PM Crowley 12003 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 5:30-6:50 PM Crowley 12002 Boys June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 8:20-9:50 PM Crowley 1HSO Girls June 11 & 13 Tues & Thu 4:00-5:20 PM Crowley 2