Training Schedule - Spring 2008Prior to the week of March 24th, training will be Tuesday and Thursday at a field and time to be announced. The in-season training schedule for the Spring WAGS and ODSL seasons begins the week of March 24th. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, 6:15-7:45pm, at Hooes Road Park Field #4 Coach BillOur trainer, Bill Creswick, is a nationally-licensed soccer coach with nearly 30 years experience. He holds both United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) coaching accreditation. Bill is a former assistant coach for the Marymount University (Arlington, VA.) Women’s Varsity, and since 1996 has coached both boys and girls soccer at Robinson Secondary School (Fairfax, VA). He was a camp director and staff coach with World Class Soccer, Inc. (Fairfax, VA.), and has been a coach and trainer for many youth teams playing in Northern Virginia’s highly competitive soccer leagues. His teams have competed as finalists in Virginia State Cup play and his players have earned high school and Olympic Development Program (ODP) distinction with many advancing to the college game. Bill has worked extensively with amateur adult women’s teams. For three years he represented the American Professional Soccer League Washington Stars as their Youth Club Liaison. He was instrumental in helping establish Fairfax County Special Olympics Soccer, and remains a certified Special Olympics coach. Bill has guided the Fairfax Sportsplex’s "Tots" skill development program since 1996. He is widely regarded for his extraordinary success in working with children, combining sound soccer fundamentals with an ability to engage young enthusiasts. Hundreds of children have shared the excitement of learning soccer fundamentals in his Sportsplex classes with many going on to play in area youth leagues. Off Season TrainingWinter Schedule Scrimmages and Winter Tournaments are also part of the regular schedule for the Pride girls. This season the teams participated in an indoor tournament in Maryland as well as a New Years Eve scrimmage at the South Run Indoor Fieldhouse. Additional scrimmages at West Springfield HS turf field were also a popular event for the girls. TryoutsWe are always looking for new players who could be a valuable addition to our program. Interested girls can contact our head coach Mike Jones (coachmike@sycpride.org) at any time to join us for a training session and be evaluated by the Pride coaches and trainers. We also hold open tryouts in early June every year.
Our head coach and age group coordinator is Mike Jones.
Our teams are trained by Bill Creswick.
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