Linn-Mar Mens Soccer Meeting, held October 17, 2013

1. Linn-Mar Mens Soccer
Fall Player Meeting
October 17, 2013

2. How To Stay Connected
All New Players
– Complete the New Player Registration Form
• Go To: www.linnmarsoccer.com
– Current Players > New Player Registration Form
» Complete & Submit
*This will get you and your parents' info into my contact
list for messages that are sent on behalf of the team

3. How To Stay Connected
Twitter
LinnMarSoccer
Facebook
LinnMarSoccer
— Send text to 40404
— Message: follow linnmarsoccer
— Like our page to follow
— Search : Linn-Mar Mens Soccer
Instagram
Website
LinnMarSoccer
— Replacing Vine
— www.linnmarsoccer.com
— Complete overhaul with new
features coming in January 2014
**Bulletin Board outside of my classroom

4. Expectations
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Grades & Behavior
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Expected to attend classes regularly
Maintain at least a ‘C’ in ALL classes during 3rd/4th Qtr
Checks will be done during the season
‘D’ during the 3rd quarter will cause you to miss the first 3 games
‘F’ during the 3rd quarter will make you ineligible for the entire season
Code of Conduct (Team Policy, not School Policy)
– 2 strikes
• 1st—sit for half of the games at the level you play at
• 2nd—do not play in any or the remainder of the games
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Online Personality
– What you say online reflects on everything you are involved in
• Before you post anything online, remember that it reflects on your teammates and our program as well as
on you

5. Off-Season/Pre-Season
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Kickarounds/Open Gyms (DEC)
– Starting soon at the stadium
(weather-permitting)
– Check the bulletin board &
locker room signage
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– January
– Apparel orders during this month
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Lifting & Conditioning
– Starts Nov.
– Every Tues/Thurs, 3:45-5:15
12th
• Meet in my room, running shoes
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Player-Parent Meeting
Poster Picture
– January/February
• Open to:
– Seniors that will be playing for their 3rd yr
– Returning Letter-Winners
– Foreign-Exchange Students
Indoor
– SportZone, can still register
– http://www.easterniowasportscomplex.com/leagues/
• Set up and pay on your own if you want to play

6. Apparel & Branding
• Apparel
– Nike, by choice
• Shoes do not need to be Nike
• Items will be very similar to
last year
• New Jerseys
– Varsity in 2013
– Fresh-Soph & JV in 2014
• Players will provide shorts
• New Brand
– Will be used on all new
merchandise
– Fine to continue to use
items with original logo

7. Financial Obligation(s) / Purchases
• Apparel
– Team shirt & Team shorts
• Online
– Team socks
• Red, Black, White
• Can provide your own
– Need to be Nike or blank
• Food
– Road Trips, Jimmy Johns
• As desired

8. Spring Season
• Practice officially begins March 17 (Spring Break)
– Two-a-days for spring break ONLY
• Games
– Varsity, April 5 (Muscatine Tournament)
• Linn-Mar Challenger Cup, April 12th
– JV, April 9
– Fresh-Soph, April 10