Thursday, April 11, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Making the Cut Camp
Making the Cut Camp
There are two levels of camp. The youth camp which is for pre-club players and elite camp which is for club players.
The school year is starting and then the tryouts for Junior and Senior teams begin. What will make you into the athlete that every coach wants on their team? Do you have the skills? Do you have the drive? Are you aware of what it takes to make the cut? This four-day cycle will give athletes what they need to make their school team.
Sessions will happen from 10-12pm, 2-4pm and 6-8pm each of the four days.
A total of 12 sessions
August 26-August 29 2019
Each day will have a session from 10 am -12 pm, 2 pm - 4 pm and 6 pm - 8 pm. The two-hour break in-between is so the athletes can get something to eat, shower, change and get ready for the next session. I know this might cause some issues for out of town athletes as it is difficult to figure out what to do for the two hours. My suggestion for those athletes is that they pair up with an athlete from Saskatoon so parents do not have to drive back and forth three times a day.
This registration includes a camp t-shirt and journal.
This map will help with entering the Soccer Center.
There are two levels of camp. The youth camp which is for pre-club players and elite camp which is for club players.
The school year is starting and then the tryouts for Junior and Senior teams begin. What will make you into the athlete that every coach wants on their team? Do you have the skills? Do you have the drive? Are you aware of what it takes to make the cut? This four-day cycle will give athletes what they need to make their school team.
Sessions will happen from 10-12pm, 2-4pm and 6-8pm each of the four days.
A total of 12 sessions
August 26-August 29 2019
Each day will have a session from 10 am -12 pm, 2 pm - 4 pm and 6 pm - 8 pm. The two-hour break in-between is so the athletes can get something to eat, shower, change and get ready for the next session. I know this might cause some issues for out of town athletes as it is difficult to figure out what to do for the two hours. My suggestion for those athletes is that they pair up with an athlete from Saskatoon so parents do not have to drive back and forth three times a day.
This registration includes a camp t-shirt and journal.
This map will help with entering the Soccer Center.
Monday, April 8, 2019
Team Mental Practices
Thanks for the email and I do appreciate the interest in the Elite Academy. In North America, we tend to shy away from the mental aspect of the game and some of the international coaches I have worked with have told me as much and I have learned a large amount from them about the ways to get a team and individuals to play to their potential. I can set up a team session or sessions to help your team, work their ways through the challenges of higher level play and how they need to get their heads around each of their roles within a team. These sessions are normally a two-hour block and happen in a meeting or board rooms somewhere and in the past, I have just charged like any other session. If your team provides the room in which to conduct the session them, it greatly drops the price and I would offer it as a private lesson which is normally 125.00 dollars per hour which I can drop to 125 for the two hours. The room has to be warm and the athletes need to bring a pillow because I also talk about relaxation techniques when trying to sleep the night before a big tournament or during times of stress and anxiety. Coach and parents are welcome but should remain as silent observers. The coaches are welcome to help guide the session but should not be the focus. Athletes will be required to bring a throw pillow of some sort as we will sit on the floor and not in chairs.
Most days where I have not scheduled a session on the site I would be able to do this activity or on a day where I have scheduled a private lesson, however, most of those are already filled. Let me know what you think and we can see if it is possible to make it happen.
The flow of the presentation is a follows:
What is mental practice?
Dealing with anxiety and nerves
Your goals of an individual
Your contribution to the team
How to make sure individual and team goals do not conflict
How you are not alone, what it means to be part of a team
Difference between good players and elite players
Making goals a reality
Types of players
Respect and commitment
The ways and rewards of pushing yourself way past what you think you are capable of achieving
Difference between confidence and arrogance
What are the roles of parents, coaches, and others in the sport aspect of your life?
Dealing with failure
Relaxation techniques
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Canadian Elite Academy FAQs
1. What happens if the Athlete cannot make the session in which they have registered? The registration fees can be transferred between sessions and between cycles. Flexibility is the key and will allow athletes to work around their playing schedule and their busy lives.
2. The ratio of athlete to coach is 10 to one. The coaches will be selected based on the skills at coaching individual skills. Dr. Darren Cannell is the head coach and will be in attendance for most of the sessions but he is aware that there are better coaches out there for some of the skills.
3. How is information communicated with the participants? Everyone who registers for a session is added to a mailing list. Anyone on the list has the ability to remove themselves at any time from the list.
4. How do I decide which session my offspring should attend? Sessions are all designed to be individual instruction which means participants can attend any session they want. The academy has had sessions in which 50 years old Master National team members are in the same gym as grade seven participants. The sessions for the same reason also have males and females in the same session.
5. How are the costs of a session used to cover the costs in the academy? Firstly, the sessions have taxes added to the cost, which is GST and fees which are used to cover the software costs and credit card fees. Secondly, the biggest cost for the academy is the gym rental fees. Third, the coaches who are the major reason why the sessions are successful are paid as it allows the academy to attract the best of the best. Forth, insurance, equipment, software development, accounting fees, lawyers fees, corporation fees, and other fees. The goal has always been to try to keep the cost of the session as cheap as possible but at the same time covering the costs of running the academy.
6. What are free or open sessions? The academy believes that participants need to touch the ball as often as possible for them to reach their potential. The academy runs many open and free session to reach this end. The costs for these types of sessions are the free or minimum cost to cover the gym rental costs.
7. Is the academy seeking sponsorship? The academy is a for-profit corporation but is attempting to bring down the costs of sessions so it would embrace sponsorship. Keeping this in mind the greatest need would be to gain sponsorship to cover the pickup game nights gym rental fees so we can offer those events free.
8. What are the reasons for canceling Sessions? Sometimes the school gyms that we rent are needed by the school and it can happen on short notice, so we send a memo out to the participants to the email with which they registered. For this reason, it is important that you use an active email so you will get these notices. The other reason sessions might be canceled is due to lack of registrations, the academy does not cancel sessions when there are enough registrations to cover the gym costs. In fact the few participants the better the ratio of coach-to-athlete and according to Head Coach Darren, he enjoys those sessions more as you see the changes with the participant's skills when you can pay more attention to their skills. This is also the reason private lessons are so popular.
2. The ratio of athlete to coach is 10 to one. The coaches will be selected based on the skills at coaching individual skills. Dr. Darren Cannell is the head coach and will be in attendance for most of the sessions but he is aware that there are better coaches out there for some of the skills.
3. How is information communicated with the participants? Everyone who registers for a session is added to a mailing list. Anyone on the list has the ability to remove themselves at any time from the list.
4. How do I decide which session my offspring should attend? Sessions are all designed to be individual instruction which means participants can attend any session they want. The academy has had sessions in which 50 years old Master National team members are in the same gym as grade seven participants. The sessions for the same reason also have males and females in the same session.
5. How are the costs of a session used to cover the costs in the academy? Firstly, the sessions have taxes added to the cost, which is GST and fees which are used to cover the software costs and credit card fees. Secondly, the biggest cost for the academy is the gym rental fees. Third, the coaches who are the major reason why the sessions are successful are paid as it allows the academy to attract the best of the best. Forth, insurance, equipment, software development, accounting fees, lawyers fees, corporation fees, and other fees. The goal has always been to try to keep the cost of the session as cheap as possible but at the same time covering the costs of running the academy.
6. What are free or open sessions? The academy believes that participants need to touch the ball as often as possible for them to reach their potential. The academy runs many open and free session to reach this end. The costs for these types of sessions are the free or minimum cost to cover the gym rental costs.
7. Is the academy seeking sponsorship? The academy is a for-profit corporation but is attempting to bring down the costs of sessions so it would embrace sponsorship. Keeping this in mind the greatest need would be to gain sponsorship to cover the pickup game nights gym rental fees so we can offer those events free.
8. What are the reasons for canceling Sessions? Sometimes the school gyms that we rent are needed by the school and it can happen on short notice, so we send a memo out to the participants to the email with which they registered. For this reason, it is important that you use an active email so you will get these notices. The other reason sessions might be canceled is due to lack of registrations, the academy does not cancel sessions when there are enough registrations to cover the gym costs. In fact the few participants the better the ratio of coach-to-athlete and according to Head Coach Darren, he enjoys those sessions more as you see the changes with the participant's skills when you can pay more attention to their skills. This is also the reason private lessons are so popular.
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