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Nauset Regional High School
Boys Junior Varsity Soccer
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Team News
8.0 years ago @ 3:27AM by Sean Mulholland
Martha's Vineyard and Travel Team
Good Morning, I wanted to explain the JV travel policy to head off any misunderstanding. Since we are using one yellow bus and traveling with 25 varsity players and equipment, we will only be able to take 15 of our 20 player squad for any given away game. I will rotate the days off as fairly as I can. It won't be the same 5 players left behind each time. All players are expected for all home games. Players who have a day off for an away game can take advantage of the opportunity to catch up on work and reconnect with family.
I don't have a firm time for departure Saturday, but I suspect it will be around 9:30 from school and 9:40 from Staples. If you live closer to Woods Hole and want to drop your son off for the ferry, please notify me and I will tell you which boat we are taking. The game is at 1PM. I believe we will be back around 5:30 or 6PM.
Team News
8.0 years ago @ 1:04PM
Freshman games and Nauset Card sales
We currently have two freshman games scheduled for 9th graders only. They are 9/16 away at DY and 10/15 at home. Please put on your calendar. Also Saturday 9/26 from 9 - 12 PM at E. Harwich Stop and Shop the boys JV Soccer is selling Nauset Cards. All players are expected to participate in game jerseys.
Team News
8.0 years ago @ 10:05AM by Sean Mulholland
Boys JV Soccer beginning of season information
Greeting players and families of Nauset Boys JV soccer,
This message is intended only for current JV players so if I included a varsity player or two on the distribution list by mistake, feel free to ignore. Our season starts on August 27 at 5PM at the high school. There have been bulletins that seemed to suggest that JV and varsity would practice together earlier that day. These are incorrect. Varsity practice is the morning of the 27th and nobody but bona fide varsity players will participate. If you’re not sure of your status, you are on the JV. Your tryout for varsity is to excel in the JV training sessions and early games so much so that the coaches see that your placement needs adjustment.
Most of our improvement as a team will be during the preseason, so please plan on attending all preseason training including the scrimmage at Mansfield on September 2. Our first game is a home game vs. Martha’s Vineyard on 9/9. A complete season schedule can be found here http://www.nausetsports.org/main/calendar. In fact, all the information and updates on news for the team as well as rosters and photos can be found on Nausetsports.org . Please take the time to register for alerts and news to stay abreast of any schedule updates and changes. I use this site as my primary vehicle for communication with parents.
The most important thing you can do between now and the start of the season is to register with familyID.com. All families of athletes are required to do so before the beginning of the season. And the nice thing is that once you register for the fall season, you do not have to reregister for subsequent seasons.
Our preseason schedule is as follows: 8/27,8/28, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, and 9/7 (possibly). All preseason training sessions will run from 5-7PM except for 9/2 when we will travel with the varsity to WEGOTSoccer store and scrimmage against Mansfield. The bus on that day will leave at 11AM and not return until 8PM. Regular practices begin the first day of school 9/8 and run from 3:30 - 5PM. I have appended a copy of my beginning of season welcome letter to players and families of BJV soccer players, a hard copy of which players will be given during preseason. All attendance and playing policies are included in the letter, so please take the time to read from beginning to end. Thanks for your attention. Can’t wait to get on the field with the boys at 5PM on the 27th.
Coach Sean Mulholland
Letter to Parents and Players
NRHS Boys' JV Soccer 2015
To Players and Parents
Welcome to the Nauset Soccer family and tradition! I am very excited to be coaching the Boys' JV this year and about working with each of you to achieve your personal objectives and our collective one: a successful and positive team experience. Soccer is a magical blend of athleticism, technical skill and coordination, tactical knowledge and understanding, and creative innovation. Success in this sport requires close coordination between teammates, strength, stamina, initiative, intelligence, and poise.
Coach
Sean Mulholland Junior Varsity Coach 508 237-7683. mulhollands@nausetschools.org
I have been coaching youth soccer at various levels for the past 20 years. I hold an E coaching license from US and Mass Youth soccer. I coached the Chatham High School varsity girls team from 2004-2010,the Nauset Girls JV team from 2011-2012, and the Nauset Boys JV from 2013-2014.
Equipment. Players will be given game jerseys. They must be washed, safe guarded and returned at the end of the season. Everyone must practice with cleats, shin guards, socks which cover shin guards. No equipment, no practice. No one without his full uniform will be allowed to play in a game.
Attendance and commitment . Be present and on time for every practice and every pre-game. Practices run from 3:30-5PM Monday- Friday and there is always practice no matter the weather. (Bring indoor shoes on rainy days.) Pre-game warm-up starts 30 minutes before each game. You should be dressed and ready to go 15 minutes prior to that.
If ever you miss a practice (or god forbid, a game) the team suffers and so does your playing time in the next game (s). That said, some players may have legitimate excuses for missing a practice or two.
Examples of legitimate reasons to miss practice:
- Unavoidable conflict with doctor or dentist appointment
- Rare special family event or outing
- Illness and/ or absence from the regular school day
For each practice missed (legitimately with notification), a player will not play in at least half of the next contest. If a player would not normally play more than a half of a contest, his playing time will be reduced in reasonable but not always exact proportion.
If you have a legitimate reason to miss a practice, you should communicate with me personally (no messages through other players) as early as possible and bring a note from your parent. (No note required for school absence.)
Examples of illegitimate reasons to miss practice (never excused)
- Need a day to catch up on school work. (Part of your athletic commitment is to keep up with your school work.)
- Have a major assignment due the next day that was assigned weeks ago and on which you have done no work.
- Injury (all injured must come to practice even if they do not participate.)
- It’s raining or cold outside.
- Detention.
- School suspension.
All players are encouraged to take advantage of academic extra help, which typically takes place from 3 - 4 PM. Players should come late to practice and bring a note from the teacher. No player will ever be penalized for receiving extra help.
At the discretion of the coach, depending upon the context, a player who has an unexcused absence will be cautioned and benched. If there is more than one occurrence, parents and the athletic director will be called for a conference.
To the Parents: Positive Parental involvement and support is welcomed. Do not hesitate to discuss your concerns and hopes for your sons with me. Please understand at the same time that while I want to hear from you, decisions about playing time, positioning, and tactical strategy are made in accordance with the interests of the team as a whole and may not align perfectly with your vision.
Please refrain from giving your sons coaching instructions on the field. Screaming to someone with the ball to shoot or pass is a little like yelling at your son to swing at the baseball plate. Even if it’s the right instruction, it only serves to rattle and distract the player from his focus on the task at hand. I know what it’s like to be a soccer parent because I am one. I also know that sometimes my passionate desire for my children’s success in soccer conflicts with their actual success and well being. When that happens, it’s time to put the brakes on and reevaluate. Applauding our children’s successes and cheering them through their disappointments is often the best soccer parenting we can do.
Playing time in Games: Our roster will average about 22 boys. There are roughly 770 minutes of playing time in each game (11x 70 minutes). If everyone played exactly equal time, each player would play about 35 minutes. Now adjust for the fact that the goal keeper plays the entire game and that I substitute infrequently for defensive players and that average falls to under half a game. Now add to the equation that varsity players who receive little playing time are often played "down" on JV to give them game experience. These 2 or 3 players usually play for an entire half without substitution. The equally partitioned time remaining for the 20 or so JV players would average under 30 minutes. However, the remaining time will not be equally divided. At the JV level, every eligible player should expect to play every game but not necessarily equal time. The award of playing time depends on several factors: effort and attendance in practice, positive support for other teammates, aptness for a given position on the field, and effective talent on the field. Under normal circumstances, each player can expect to play at least 15 minutes of a contest.
For each practice missed (legitimately with notification), a player will not play in at least half of the next contest. If a player would not normally play more than a half of a contest, his playing time will be reduced in reasonable but not always exact proportion.
Transportation: Players are expected to ride the bus to and from away games. You may request to pick your son up from a game for a special reason. You must send a note in to school with your son. School policy is not to allow children to take rides from anyone without prior written authorization.
I am very eager to work with this team to further develop each player's skills, to improve fitness and stamina, to develop a team which will be greater than the sum of its parts, and lastly to foster a love and appreciation for the beautiful game.
Sean Mulholland
Junior Varsity Coach
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