2nd Grade IM Schedule

Below is the schedule for this week.  The entire schedule is available in the documents section to the right.

First team wears white

Saturday, 27 Apr 2013
Sweden Germany Brown_Oak Hill C1 9:00 AM
Japan Spain Brown Oak Hill C2 9:00 AM
USA Canada Brown Oak Hill C3 9:45 AM
Scotland Mexico Brown Oak Hill C4 9:45 AM
Netherlands Portugal Brown_Oak Hill C1 10:15 AM
Australia England Brown Oak Hill C2 10:15 AM
France Argentina Brown Oak Hill C3 11:00 AM
Denmark Brazil Brown Oak Hill C4 11:00 AM
Paraguay Norway Brown Oak Hill C1 11:30 AM

In-Town Intramural Grade 2 Overview

2nd Grade Saturday Sessions

The 2nd grade program is focussed on building the skill foundation players developed in the 1st grade program and providing new players with key skills needed for a player's long term development.  Every Saturday session runs for 75 minutes and is broken into two parts:  skill training and small sided games.  

The first half of each session will be devoted to skill training with a very heavy focus on foot-skills (dribbling) and the introduction of proper passing and receiving techniques.  The skills sessions will be conducted by professional coaches contracted by NYS.  The skills training will follow a defined curriculum that builds on itself each week.  

The second half of each session will be devoted to small sided games which will be refereed by an NYS assigned ref. The small sided games are designed to promote involvement, many touches on the ball and application of the skills learned in the previous skills session.



Grade 2 Specific Rules

Newton Youth Soccer uses standard FIFA rules with the differences described below. 

Number of Players on Field - 4 v 4  (no goalies)

Ball Size - 3

Field Play
2nd grade plays 4 v 4 on a small field to help provide players as many  "touches"  on the ball as possible and for them to develop footskills in an appropriate sized field dimension as endorsed by US Soccer.  The are NO goalies at this age and score / standings are not kept.  

Out of Bounds (restarts)

Sidelines: When a ball goes out of bounds on the sideline (touchline) the game will be restarted by a throw-in.

End-lines:  When a ball goes out over the end-line, the game will be restarted by either a goal kick (if the ball was kicked out by the attacked team) or a corner kick (if the ball was kicked out by the defending team).  

On a goal kick, the defending team will need to move back to the midfield line prior to the goal kick.  The reason being is that we want the attacking team to be able to put the ball back in play and attempt to move the ball forward.  Once the ball is put in play, the defending team can come into the attacking teams side of the field.

Substitutions

Substitutions can be made on any out of bounds situation or when a child needs to come out of the game due to an injury.  Please signal the ref when are want to substitute and wait for the ref to acknowledge the request prior to making your change.  Please note: The rule of thumb for all coaches will be to give all players equal playing time each week.

Equipment

Shinguards are required and should be worn under the players socks.  Cleats are not required but as suggested.



Parent Announcements

May 04, 2013

TRY-OUT DATES POSTED

Try-out dates for the 2013-2014 season are as follows with further details in the "Programs" section of the website:

U9: June 2 and 9, Highland Field (U9 players must attend both sessions)

U10:   June 2, Nahanton Field

U11: June 16, Nahanton Field

U12: June 16, Forte Field

U14: June 9, Brown / Oak Hill

Tryout times will be 1:00, 2:30, and 4:00 pm each day.

You must register your child for next year's season prior to receiving a tryout time. Registration will be open for next year's BAYS season until May 24.  read more ...

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