Cutters Soccer Club

Spring 2013 — Sixth Practice U-8 through U-14 practice plans

Michele — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:11 +0000

We will be introducing two new topics this week: heading the ball and goalkeeping for the U-10s through U-14 players. For the U-8s, we will explore fun, backyard soccer games that they can practice at home.

If you are interested in learning more about proper techniques to head the soccer ball, you can watch How to Head a Soccer Ball video on You Tube: http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=y5GQXFhUEgc.

Practice Plans:

Summer Community Soccer Registration Now Open!

Mikey — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:48:44 +0000

Registration is open for the new 2013 Summer 4v4 Community Soccer program. The 5-week session begins on Monday, June 10 and ends on Monday, July 8th. Monday, July 15th will be used as a make-up day if need be. The format will be 4v4 for all age groups. All participants will be organized into teams each week based on age. It is important for each participant to bring a light and dark colored shirt each time.

U6, U8, and U10 will play from 6pm-7pm U12 and U14 will play from 7:15pm-8:15pm

Location: Karst Farm Park

Cost: $20 if you register on or before May 18th, $25 from May 19th-June 1st, and $30 June 2nd or later

Registration

Scholarship Registration

Cutters Club-Wide Picnic/Raffle – Friday, June 7th

Mikey — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:03:05 +0000

The 2013 Cutters All Club Picnic will take place on Friday, June 7th from 6pm-9pm at Karst Farm Park. Food and beverages will be provided so there is no cost to attend. Additionally, there will be a raffle with many great prizes up for grabs. Proceeds from the raffle with help support the Cutters Scholarship Fund. We will have a dunk tank on site so see if you can dunk your favorite coach. There will also be a skills challenge (King of the Hill) available for all kids to participate in. We hope to see you there!

Current Raffle Prizes:

1 season Cutters Travel Soccer Paid *
1 season Cutters Community Soccer Paid*
1 week IU Soccer Day Camp free
2 soccer balls signed by former IU Men’s Soccer Coach Jerry Yeagley
1 pair of tickets to Indianapolis Indians game
2 “Dinner For Two” certificates to Upland
2 $20 gift certificates to DATS
Hair tools and product basket from Oasis Hair Salon in Renwick Village
2 $25 gift cards to Soccer.com
Big Woods Brewing Company basket/gift card
2 $25 gift cards to BuffaLouie’s
IU Soccer 2012 National Championship T-shirts – from T.I.S. College Bookstore
2 $50 gift cards to Dick’s Sporting Goods
More to be added soon!!

*Or monetary value

Contact Michael Nosofsky at director@cutterssoccer.org or (812) 322-4495 if you want to donate any prizes for the raffle.

2013 Hurryin’ Hackers Information

Mikey — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:18 +0000

The Cutters Soccer Club presents The 2013 Hurryin’ Hackers Soccer Tournament to be held in Bloomington, Indiana at Karst Farm Park on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Be a part of an exciting weekend of fast paced, high scoring soccer. Join in, and be a HURRYIN’ HACKER. The King of the Hill event is back with fun skills challenges.

Hackers will be a 4v4 event for the second straight year. With 4v4, each team puts one more player on the field, increasing the playing time for each player. In addition, each player is entered into the King of the Hill event at no additional cost.

Why 4v4? As either a player or a fan, you will experience the beautiful game the right way! It represents the smallest configuration of a match by having the necessary elements of penetration, width, and depth and position mobility without duplication.

Tournament Info

Spring 2013 — Fifth Practice U-8 through U-14 practice plans

Michele — Sat, 04 May 2013 20:07:46 +0000

This week the topic will be possession (keeping the ball) for all of the age groups. With the younger age groups, we will spend more time emphasizing cooperating with your teammates.

The Values through Sport topic for this week is respect.

Practice Plans:

Spring 2013 — Fourth U-8 through U-14 practice

Michele — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:30:18 +0000

Our topic for Monday, April 29 will be passing and receiving. We will focus on technique and proper positioning to make the next pass.

Consider checking out the following US Youth Soccer videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/usyouth/videos?query=passing.

Push Pass
Receiving Ground Balls
First Touch
Wedge Trap
Volley Pass with the Inside of the Foot
Volley Pass with the Instep

The videos are each less than a minute. Please share them with your teams as well.

Practice plans for this week:

Street Soccer Fridays

Tommy — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:04:22 +0000

Cutters 4v4 Street Soccer Fridays

6:00-7:30 – Olcott Park – Spring 2013

April 19 – May 24 (6 weeks)

“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players … they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.”

~Arsene Wenger – Arsenal

Cutters “Street Soccer” Friday is for U9-U14 year olds from Travel or Community Soccer. Cutters coaches will organize the 4v4 Street Soccer Friday with the sole purpose of allowing the children to play a “street-oriented” game with and against players from different age groups.

Why?

• Street Soccer Friday is an avenue to allow young players the experience of playing against other children in a manner that will allow them to express themselves and not be overly concerned about results.

• S.S.F. is an avenue that will allow players to improve their technical abilities, further their enjoyment for the game, and improve their social skills.

• S.S.F. is an avenue that will truly give the game back to the children without adult influences.

Cutters 4v4 Street Soccer Friday Format

All matches will be 4v4 (preferably) or 3v3
Players will all be mixed together from the various age groups and teams.
Players arrive at a venue and will be mixed up by a 4v4 Friday site coordinator.
Mixed teams will be no larger than 5 players each. The purpose is to maximize playing time.
Players may be mixed into age categories and will attempt to keep within a reasonable age range. The goal will be to have players play within approximately 2 year age range, but there may be some players who play outside this range.
Players referee themselves (although there will be a field facilitator)
Matches will be 10 minutes in length.
Each S.S.F. team should play at least 4 matches with a 5 minute break after the second match.
Cutter Coaches may also implement a brief “clinic”. The “clinic” will be for the purposes of giving players ideas to practice at home/backyard.
Coordinators may re-shuffle all of the players after the second matches to make new teams.

Field sizes & Rules

Minimum Length: 25 yards Maximum Length: 35 yards
Minimum Width: 20 yards Maximum Width: 30 yards
No goalkeepers will be used. Coned goals.
Players decide whether a kick-in or dribble-in will be used to re-enter the ball back into play.
Corner kicks and Goal kicks used.

Spring 2013 — Third U-8 through U-14 practice

Michele — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:24:19 +0000

This week we will work on defending with all age groups. The theme for coaching points will be Fast to Slow, Sideways and Low.

We recommend everyone review the following online resources:

Video: Fast to Slow, Sideways and Low (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsHs4dW4pNY)
Video: Second defender (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qus_tRw43A)
Definitions of terms related to defending: http://www.soccercoachingnotes.com/coaching/tactical/team-defending-in-soccer.pdf

The videos were created by US Soccer for youth coaches.

Practice Plans

2nd Annual Cutters Golf Challenge

Mikey — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:51:04 +0000

The 2013 Cutters Golf Challenge is officially underway. We currently have 22 participants, but it is not too late to sign up! Each participant will have their own fundraising page (see below) and the goal is to raise $1000 leading up to the May 6th event at the Bloomington Country Club. As a group, we are hoping to raise $22,000 for the club. The day of the event will include the following activities/challenges:

Longest drive
Best putt
Closest to the hole
4some best ball
4some soccer style

CURRENT LEADERBOARD

The money raised will go a long way towards ensuring that every child who wants to participate in the game of soccer has that opportunity. Let’s make that a reality. Please contact Michael Nosofsky at (812) 322-4495 or director@cutterssoccer.org with any questions. Or, please consider visiting one of the pages below to make a tax-deductible contribution. Thanks!

Chili’s Dine & Donate – April 22-25

Mikey — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:50:25 +0000

Cutters is happy to announce that on April 22-25 the local Chili’s will be offering a Dine & Donate opportunity to our club. All you need to do is present the flyer from the link below upon paying for your meal. Chili’s will graciously donate 10% back to the club and this offer is valid open-close each day. Feel free to share with others.

Chili’s Flyer

Spring 2013 — Second U-8 through U-14 practice

Michele — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:59:10 +0000

The topic for this week will be advanced dribbling. The skills vary by age group, but will include fakes, turns, shielding, change of speed and change of direction.

Also this week, we will begin the Values through Sport pilot program for players. The topic this week is responsibility. We will encourage the players to be responsible for their own equipment (for example, remembering to bring their ball, shin guards and water bottle to and from practice). In addition, we will ask them how else they can be responsible at soccer and at home. If you would like more information on the Values through Sport project, please visit http://valuesthroughsport.com.

We are looking forward to a great practice on Monday night. Here are the practice plans:

Spring 2013 — Second U-6 practice

Michele — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:10:48 +0000

The U-6s will continue to work on dribbling and coordination this weekend. Please review the following practice plan and let us know if you have any questions.

Practice Plan: Week 2 U-6 Spring 2013

It’s going to be a bit chilly in the morning, so dress warmly. Karst is always cooler than being in town.

Thanks to Our Spring ’13 Sponsors!!

Mikey — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:45:47 +0000

Academic Edge
Advantage Auto
Artisan Masonry
AutoChoice Service Center
Aver’s Pizza
Beta Theta Pi
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bloomington Bone & Joint Clinic
Bloomington Hardware
Bloomington United Gymnastics & Soccer
Canine Companions
CarpetsPlus Colortile
Coghlan Orthodontics
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dr. Clark Brittain
Dr. Jason Simmonds
Dr. Scott Tate – Bloomington Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Tim Pliske – South Central Oral Surgery
Edward Jones Investments – Joel Schneider
Elkins Apartments
Elliott Stone Company
First Capital Group
Gallery Group
Goods for Cooks
Heartland Adoption Agency
Hilliard Lyons
Iron Pit Gym
IU Credit Union
IU Health
IU Soccer Camp
Jeff Huston – Bill C. Brown Associates
Jim Foster Construction
KC Designs
Lighthouse Christian Academy
Nature’s Way
Premier Healthcare
Rehabilitation Associates of Indiana
Rogers Group, Inc.
Sherlock Homes Inspection Service, Inc.
Southern Indiana Pediatrics
Southern Indiana Radiological Associates
The Eye Center of Southern Indiana
The Heart and Vascular Center
Tire Rack (Street Survival)
T.I.S. College Bookstore
Tom Cherry Mufflers
Uptown Cafe
Wellman Furnaces, Inc
WS Homes
X-Printwear & Promotions

Spring 2013 — First Practice

Michele — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:20:15 +0000

** These practice plans will be used on Monday, April 8 **

Welcome to the spring 2013 Cutters Community Soccer season! We are excited to begin.

The first practice will include dribbling and getting to know your teammates, coaches and trainers. We will end practice with a scrimmage to get ready for Saturday’s first game.

Every player should wear shin guards and bring a soccer ball and water bottle to each practice. Please put a parent’s cell phone number on the soccer ball in case it is left at the field. Also, make sure everyone is dressed warmly for Monday. The temperature at Karst often feels much cooler than in town. Finally, always call the Karst Farm Park hotline, 812-349-2126, before driving to the fields.

Here are the practice plans for this week. Coaches should print a copy to bring to practice.

Week1: U-8 — dribbling and getting to know you
Week1_U-10-14 — dribbling and getting to know you
U-10 practices start at 6 p.m. and U-12/14 start at 7:15 p.m.

If you are unsure where to park or which field to report to on Monday, please check out this map of Karst Farm Park.

Spring 2013 — First U-6 practice

Michele — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:39:48 +0000

Hello U-6 coaches,

The practice plan and additional information have been sent to your e-mail addresses.

This week the practice plan is a little different to allow time for you to get to know your players’ names and to hand out team shirts.

Here’s the practice plan for a quick reference: Week 1 U-6 Spring 2013 Practice Plan

Aver’s Pizza – Dine and Donate April 8th-14th

Mikey — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:21:01 +0000

Cutters is happy to announce that for the second time, the Aver’s location on the east side is putting on a ”Dine & Donate” week for us. From April 8th-14th, this Aver’s location will be donating 20% of their sales to Cutters supporters back to our club. All you need to do is mention Cutters when you order. Please note this is only for dine in or carry out, but the offer is good all day long. In case you haven’t seen the new Aver’s, it is located at 2905 East Covenater Drive and they have a great dining room area. With a full week we can definitely make this a great success!

Aver’s Menu

Event Flyer

Community Soccer Coaches Meeting, 3/25

Michele — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:09:07 +0000

Welcome to the spring 2013 season of Community Soccer. We are appreciative of all the volunteer coaches that make the Community Soccer program possible.

The following resources will be helpful for the 2013 season. Please review them and ask us questions at the coaches meeting, by e-mail or at the fields.

First document: Meeting Agenda, Youth Player Development, Principles of Conduct and Street Soccer Fridays information
Second document: Values through Sport
Third document: Cutters Community Soccer Format (table by age group: # of players, length of games, kick-ins vs. throw-ins, goalkeepers or not, etc.)
Fourth document: Karst Map with age group field assignments & parking information
Link: US Soccer Official Rules for Small Sided Games (all age groups)

Please make sure every family on your team registers for Cutters weather alerts via RainedOut.com. Participants can visit the Web site, http://www.rainedout.com, to register for e-mail and text updates or they can text CUTTERS to 70359 to receive text message alerts from Cutters Soccer Club. This service is the fastest way to receive notice when Karst closes or practices are canceled due to inclement weather.

Thanks again,

Cutters Community Soccer staff

Community Soccer Registration Open

Mikey — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:15:48 +0000

Registration is open for the Spring 2013 season of Community Soccer. The season begins on Saturday, March 30 (U6 only) or Monday, April 1 (all other age groups) and ends on Saturday, June 8. The U6 age group meets only on Saturday mornings; all other age groups meet on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings. All practices and games are held at Karst Farm Park. (Note: The Club offers need-based scholarships for participation in the program.)

Divisions

U6 (August 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007)
U8 (August 1, 2004 – July 31, 2006)
U10 (August 1, 2002 – July 31, 2004)
U12 (August 1, 2000 – July 31, 2002)
U14 (August 1, 1998 – July 31, 2000)
U18 (August 1, 1994 – July 31, 1998)
Note: Unless a child is deliberately playing up an age group or down an age group, all children – regardless of their date of birth – are in the same age during the spring season as they were during the preceding fall season.

Dates
U6: March 30 – June 8

U8 and Older: April 1 – June 8

Days
U6: Saturday mornings ONLY

U8 and Older: Saturday mornings (games) and Monday evenings (practices)

Times
U6: Saturdays from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

U8, U10, U18: Saturdays from 9:30 – 10:30 am and Mondays from 6:00 – 7:00 pm

U12, U14: Saturdays from 10:45 am – 12:00 pm and Mondays from 7:15 – 8:15 pm
(These times are the same as in past seasons.)

Location
Karst Farm Park on Endwright Road in Bloomington

Cost
U6: $75 through March 8; $80 through March 22; $85 after March 22

U8 and Older: $95 through March 8; $105 through March 22; $125 after March 22

Non-Scholarship Registration Link:
https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=18676&Type=PLAYER
Scholarship Registration Link:
https://www.gotsport.com/asp/application/reg/?ProgramID=18677&Type=PLAYER

We hope to see you and your child this Spring!

Player Placement 2013/2014

Mikey — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:11 +0000

The Cutters Soccer Club will be hosting their annual Player Placements for travel teams on June 11th & 12th, 2013 at Karst Farm Park for the 2013/2014 seasons. The yearly player placement process allows the club to review our teams and players and make any necessary adjustments so that each player is placed in the best team environment to foster maximum player development. This is also the opportunity for new players to join the club and participate on the club’s travel teams.

Please check back in the future to sign up to attend and also for time and field assignments.

2nd Annual Golf Marathon Fundraiser – Monday, May 6th

Mikey — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:37:51 +0000

Cutters will be hosting our 2nd Annual Golf Marathon on Monday, May 6th at the Bloomington Country Club. We are looking for 30-40 participants who will take part in a fundraising effort for the month preceding the event. Each participant will have an online fundraising page where family, friends, and coworkers can make contributions. The money raised will help support scholarships, strengthen our community outreach program, and fund other important club needs. The day of the event will involve different golf related games that should be fun and challenging for the participants.

Last year’s outing raised more than $10,000 for the club, but we are hopeful this year can be even better. Please sign up using the link below. Feel free to contact Michael Nosofsky at director@cutterssoccer.org if have any questions about the event.

Cutters Golf Outing Sign-up