REMINDER: WEBINAR IS THIS COMING MONDAY

Our first presenter for our Off The Pitch Series will be Dr. Brittany Patterson. Dr. Brittany Patterson is a Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). She has served schools for more than a decade in various capacities and has specialized in school-based mental health services in underserved schools and communities since joining the UMSOM faculty in 2016.

Webinar Details

Date: Monday, January 29

Time: 8:00pm

Topic: The C.A.R.E Concept.- helping coaches and parents better support young athletes

Rosters for the Indiana Friendlies have been posted. To view the rosters, please follow the link below.

Illinois ODP will be participating in the ODP Memphis Interregional. Rosters for the event will be posted next week.

Event Details

Date: February 17-19

Ages: 2007-2013

Location: Mike Rose Soccer Complex, Memphis, TN

# Games: 3 games per team (1 game per day)

Fee: $275

We will be hosting another coaching course and are in need of players to be demonstrators during the course. If you are interested in some additional training, please complete the form below.

We are looking for 6 field players and 2 goalkeepers.

Event Details

Date: Saturday, January 27

Ages: 2013 players

Location: Schaumburg Sport Center

Time: 7pm-9pm

Fee: FREE

Note for Parents on Feedback:

In order to be completely transparent, there has been a lot of requests for feedback after sessions. Therefore, it is important to clarify our process which is different from previous years. Illinois ODP in 2024 will not provide formal feedback. Instead, the focus will be informal feedback from coaches to players during the training sessions. Players can ask their coaches questions during training. We would also encourage parents to have a discussion with their player after each session and ask 2 simple questions:

1. Did you enjoy the training today?

2. What did you learn today?

This can lead to a discussion which can lead to a self-reflection process for the player to start to identify the gaps on their own. As John Dewey says – “We do not learn from experience - we learn from reflecting on the experience”. At the end of the program, the ODP Director will provide a program summary.