I’m about a month late posting about this, mostly because it was passed right as our season was winding down and the end of season tournaments and such were ramping up. I’m still playing catchup.
I forgot my folio, so my notes were sparse and the official minutes aren’t out yet. There were somewhere around 40 [...]
Entries Tagged ‘academy’
NCYSA Academy Program Passes
NCYSA Academy Proposal – BOD Meets April 14th
The NCYSA Board of Directors will be meeting on April 14th to vote on the proposed Academy Program. A working committee, primarily made up of league DOCs and Presidents, worked to produce the current version of the proposal. I’ve written a variety of opinions on the Academy program, so I won’t rehash them here. I’m [...]
A Soccer Mom Who ‘Gets It’
Someone recently posted a comment on one of the older NCYSA Academy Proposal posts and it was excellent. I wanted to make sure everyone saw it because I think it’s a post in it’s own right on where youth soccer is today from a parent’s perspective. So I give you ‘Soccer Mom on Soccer’:
Wow, this [...]
NCYSA Academy Proposal II
Now that the NCYSA Academy Committee has met, there is a lot of new information regarding the academies and what kind of proposal will actually go before the NCYSA league presidents for approval this Spring.
I apologize for not getting this post out earlier – like many of you, we’re in the think of Spring registration [...]
One Vision of How An Academy Might Work
With all the talk about the NCYSA trying to form an academy program, I wanted to jot down my own thoughts on how an Academy might work in the local soccer association I’m a part of. Now, while I’m president of our local association, I’m just one person out of many who help run things. [...]
NCYSA Soccer Academy Proposal
The North Carolina Youth Soccer Association is considering the formation of a new ‘Academy’ division to go along with the existing Recreational, Challenge and Classic divisions. It is a significant addition to the state soccer organization and while it is nothing revolutionary, it will likely result in a contentious debate during this weekend’s Annual General [...]
