Date: Saturday, July 24th

Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Baker Rd Fields, 3030 Baker Rd. Buffalo, NY 14127

Advance Registration Required.

For more info, contact Diana at dgroth@nyswysa.org

Are you a soccer player born in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012? Are you committed to becoming better at the sport you love to play? Do you want the opportunity to play with and against other good players your age? Do you want to learn more about the Olympic Development Program (ODP)? If you answered yes to any of the following questions then the 2021 NYW Academy is just what you’re looking for.

Come improve your game and learn from the acclaimed NYSWYSA Coaching Staff.

Grassroots (9v9 and 11v11) and D-License coaching education courses are currently being finalized. Additional details on dates/ locations will be available shortly.

Coaches interested in being added to the list, please contact Scott Craig at scraig@nyswysa.org.

Any club interested in holding an in-person Grassroots or D-License course, please contact Scott Craig at scraig@nyswysa.org or 607-427-8563

With the season underway, many clubs are making plans to hold tryouts for next season in the coming months. In order to make it easier for our members to locate tryout details, we will be adding a list on our website with club names and links to their tryout pages.

If you are a club who would like to have your information included on our list, please email pwhitcomb@nywysa.org

US Youth Soccer (USYS) is excited to kick off its 2021 National Championships today at the Premier Sports Complex at Lakewood Ranch in the Bradenton-Sarasota area, on Florida’s West Coast.

The USYS National Championships feature the top 104 boys and girls (13U - 19/20U) teams in the country, all vying for a national title in their age group. With 32 State Associations represented, the event features teams from all over the country who have produced numerous on-field accomplishments to advance to play in the pinnacle of youth soccer competition.

We’re particularly excited to have our partner, MOJO, be part of fall soccer. MOJO is the one-stop coach-in-a-box for youth soccer coaches everywhere, and 83% of MOJO coaches say that the app saves them time, reduces the stress of coaching and makes youth soccer more fun. With MOJO, your season will be better than ever. (If you haven’t downloaded the app, check it out here.)

 

As we all get ready to hit the field, here are a few MOJO resources to inspire the next wave of grassroots coaches and get you in the youth soccer mindset. 

For decades, the USWNT has been topping podiums, making waves and racking up hardware as they prove to the rest of the world what grit and greatness looks like. From the team’s first trailblazers who won the very first Women’s World Cup in 1991, to the iconic 99er’s who captured the eyes and hearts of a nation, to the generation inspired by all of the above that now wear the Stars and Stripes with pride—the Women’s National Team is, always has been, and always will be a force to be reckoned with on and off the field of play.

Officiating professional soccer is definitely not for the faint of heart. This is not surprising as people’s livelihoods are based on the results.

Officiating youth soccer is sometimes not for the faint-hearted either. The majority of youth soccer referees quit within their first two years with verbal abuse by kids’ parents being the No. 1 reason for quitting.

It’s estimated that more than 30 million children between the ages of 6 to 14 participate in at least one sport each year. Data has indicated that 39 percent of life-threatening injuries treated in emergency departments involving children between the ages of 6 to 18 years old were sport related. Given the large number of children participating in youth sport and emergency room-documented serious sport injury data, it is imperative to improve sport safety policies and work towards implementation of best-practices.

I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage, success is when preparation meets opportunity. Well, the prep part of that should be on a regular basis throughout the entire season. If your child is having to change a lot of what they are doing in order to “prepare” for tryouts, then there is a much bigger issue at hand.