Calendar of events:

Team Captain votes are tallied and our captains for the 2009-10 season are:

Janaye and Rachel 

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Holiday player availability survey done.   Please click here if you want to see results

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Parent Meeting  - December 15

Coach Tibor P. is the Head coach. He is strongly supported by Morris B. and Eric P. will be our assistant coach for at least the first half of the season.  Morris and I have kids at Lawson and have been involved in youth soccer for many years.   Coach Tibor is also the keeper coach and general organizer for a consistent message and training.  

Things

• Athletic League forms must be Filled out by Thursday December 17.
  

• Player has packet and can also be downloaded here
  
• medical release MANDATORY to play
• T-Shirt/Sweatshirt order - need to place order by ???.
  
• team photo order 
• Lawson Sports boosters membership


• Fee for the soccer program is $70, payable by check to "LGS Recreation"


• Uniforms distributed before first game.
  
• socks supplied by Coach Tibor
  
• Cost is $6 for two pairs, payable to Coach Tibor
• player supplies cleated shoes, shinguards, LAWSON Gym Short
• all clothing should be washed and ready for game day
• players that don't come with complete uniform will not play


• On cold/wet afternoons, recommend warm undershirt such as UnderArmor
  
• must match uniform sleeve color of Maroon/Navy/Black


• Hope to have blankets for the players on the bench to bundle up in.

Players

• Official League site, schedule and standings are here.    Our games are listed here.
  
• 4 home and 5 away games
• Maps to the various fields are here.
• Our season is relatively short, 6 weeks, only 12 practices and 9 games.
• We have two 3-game week and one 1-game week, a one 2-game week.
• IF your child can not make a game, Please email as soon as you can!
• Parents are responsible for picking up their players from Game fields. Games end between 4:55-5:05. Please be on time to pick up.


• Regular practice is M-Th 3:15-5pm. Expect to pick your player latest by 5:10pm.
  
• I am responsible for all players until they are picked up. Since it is way after school hours, I do not want them to walk home alone. Please make driving, carpool or buddy arrangements.
  


• Email me regarding conflicts and absences for practice and games


• Playing Format
  
• Starters are the 11 on the field and subs. This number is currently 15
• Reserves are extra players that the coaches felt have good soccer potential and with "one good season" could be at least a sub. Reserves will get at least 5-7 minutes of playing time per game.
• Total squad size is 17 players
• As players improve or go into a slump they will move from one category to another.

• Online survey for holiday availability is ready.  See http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9KF69GY

Parent Involvement

• I'm lucky to have Lynn P. step up to be Carpool and team parent.  Her email contact is: lplouse at cisco dot com. 


• Need Carpool drivers. For 16 kids, we need at least 4-5 cars unless someone has very large van.  Lynn will be setting this up in the next few days.
  


• Parents must monitor and encourage good nutrition. Strongly limit sweets and ensure your player has a good breakfast, plenty for lunch and a pre-game healthy snack.


• Dinners should be high in protein and carbohydrates to maintain those balls of energy.


• Players must come to practice/games with a bottle of water. I will be providing sports drink in a cooler. The brand is CytoMax.


• Any concerns or comments email me. If you are not satisfied with my response, email
  my "boss" gibbons_jeremy at cupertino dot k12.ca.us.

Hope that is all. Let's have a great season.

Coach Tibor Polgar
tibor at iname dot com
See phone contact in Girls 6/7 Soccer Blog
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Snack Policy

I will be bringing CytoMax http://www.cytosport.com/products/cytomax/cytomax-natural-powders for half time drink. Only CytoMax, water, or some personally brought drink is all I want the girls to have at half time.

After game snack is a "kid" tradition that I'd like to temper for our games. If someone wants to supply fresh fruit ONLY, I have no issues but PLEASE do not bring any cookies, cake, chips or any other empty calorie type snack.    Best if our girls come home with a healthy appetite and receive an early dinner.


Rain Out Policy

Game cancellation and Rain Out policy for Middle School soccer is as follows:

1) Each school's Athletic Director (AD) decides BY 12:30 whether to postpone that day's game based on current and forward looking weather conditions and the current state of their playing field.

2) If our game is canceled, the AD contacts me by 12:45.

3) I will email this parent list by 1pm ONLY IF THE GAME IS CANCELED. No email will go out if the game is on.

4) If a game is canceled (which it never has been in 4 years of Lawson soccer), I'll try and improvise a practice in the Exercise room. IF for some reason I can't find a place to "amuse" our girls, I'll add to the "Game Canceled" email a notice that practice is also canceled.