Nightly Plan: Friday, June 26

Tonight's Announcements

Hey everyone - it's our last night together! We've had such a fun week with all of you and I hope you've had a blast as well! Some changes in scheduling due to our tournament so please read today's post carefully.

• Tonight's theme: The Game!
  
• Tournament Schedule: please read the instructions for tonight's tournaments within your divisions. You will receive a tournament schedule upon arrival to the field.
• Evaluations! Tonight we'll start debrief with evaluations. It's really important to us that everyone fills one out as we value your feedback in our ongoing pursuit of making the program better!
• Stay for debrief! Make sure you stick around for debrief tonight! It's our last night together and we'll hear final stories, give shout outs, and have a chance to give feedback on the program!
• #soccernights - if you have pictures from the week, post them using #soccernights2015 so we can see them! You can also tag @soccer_nights on twitter and instagram !
• Border Cafe - a bunch of usually ends up going to Border Cafe in Harvard Square after for food and drinks. Please join if you like!!

Tonight's Schedule

5:30PM: Registration, coaches warm up with kids
5:45PM: Coaching staff meets with Brian at bleachers  to go over tournament schedule
6:15PM: Large Group welcome  
6:25PM: Warm-ups & games in Division
6:40PM: Team Time #1 
6:50PM: Soccer Nights Tournament (in divisions) (include short team time #2 between rounds)
8:00PM: Team Time #3
8:05PM: Closing Large Group. Present “All Stars of the Night.” Teach Dance. Awards Ceremony.
8:25PM: Dismiss to divisions, sit by teams, pass out certificates, popsicles
8:30PM: Check out in teams
8:45PM: Debriefing in Divisions 
9:00PM: Final Group Debrief 

No Skill Tonight: Breakdown for Tournament

Tonight's Value: The Game!

Tonight we are going to be running a tournament within each group.  

• Teams in the Green Division will each play three 12-minute games. The division will be split down the middle, with four teams on the bleacher side and 4 on the audio tent side.  Each Team will play the three teams in their bracket and then the tournament will end with a final between the top placed teams from each Green bracket (e.g. bleacher side champion and audio-tent side champion).

• Teams in the Blue and Orange Divisions  will play five 7-minute games.
  
• There will be 3 Minutes in between games to switch fields.  
  
• Each game will need a coach as a referee.
  
• Game size will be determined by coaches based on the number of players/ team (a good rule of thumb is 7 plus a goalie. 
  
• After the group stage, we will determine who will play in the championship match as follows:  3 points for a win. 1 Point for a tie.  The teams with the highest score play in the championship game.  If two teams are tied in points, the participants will be decided by:
  

1. Goal Differential
   
2. Goals Scored
   
3. Head to Head
   
4. Goals Allowed
   
5. Coin Flip
   
   

• Division Leaders will keep track of the scores of the games and determine who will play in the championship match.
  
• Division Leaders will also help organize who is playing whom.  Eg. A Plays B, C plays D, then A plays C while D plays B, then A plays D while B plays C.  
  

• After the round robin portion of the tournament, we will host a Championship match and a Third Place Match.  
  
• Field setup will be the same as the scrimmage portion from other nights of the week.  
  
• Division Leaders will report the scores of the games as they come in to Coaching Director.  
  
• During the championship match, all players from the division will surround the field and watch.  Parents will also be encouraged to watch the game.  
  
• If the Championship match ends in a draw, it will be decided by a goalie-less shoot out from mid field. 

Team Time #1 (before tournament begins)
○      Recap last night’s goal
○      Set goal for the night!
■     possible goals:
●      during tonight’s tournament, we will work together to embody the four values (teamwork, perspective, perseverance, sportsmanship) and the four skills (passing, dribbling, controlling/throw-ins, finishing/defending)
           
Team Time #2 (during tournament, between rounds)
○      Check in on team goal for the night:
■     how are we doing so far?
■     what could we do to improve?
■     if we’ve already reached it, what could we add to challenge ourselves?

Team Time: #3 (end of tournament)
○      Check in on team goal for the night:
■     how did we do?
■     what could we have done differently?
○      What is something new you’ve learned or improved in during the week in  soccer skills?
○      What is something new you’ve learned or improved in during the week in the four values (teamwork, perspective, perseverance, sportsmanship) ? (have everyone share something either soccer or values related)