Practice on Thursday

The girls had a great practice last week in bad conditions. Unfortunately, I don't think the weather will be much better Thursday, but we will do what we can. Beginning this week I would like to stagger the girls so we can do 30 minutes of age appropriate activities. Practicing from 5:30 to 6:30 will be: Alissa, Caryn, Grace, Jenna and Savannah Practicing from 6:00 to 7:00 will be: Abby, Mallory, Maria, Maycie, Rylee and Sydney If the older girls arrive early, Maria will already be there so I am sure we can find something for them to do, but they don't have to arrive until 6:00. Thanks, Coach Bob

Spring Schedule

The schedule is out and posted below. Just a reminder... if the weather is bad on any Saturday the best thing to do is call the rain out number posted with the field directions. If the fields are closed the number will have a message stating that, otherwise we will play.

I would like to make up a drink/snack schedule for post game, most likely it will be in alphabetical order. I need to know if anyone had a food allergy we should be aware of. If so please send me an email so I can address it with the snack list...Thank you!

U-8 Erlanger /Elsmere Girls Soccer Spring 2011

April 2^nd 2:00pm @ Mills #3

April 9^th 9:00am @ Lions #1

April 16^th 10:15am @ Ft Mitchell # 1

April 23^rd 2:00pm @ Children’s Home #2

April 30^th 9:00am @ Ft. Mitchell #2

May 7^th 11:30am @ Lions #1

May 14^th 11:30am @ Crescent Springs

May 21^st 10:15am @ Lions #1

Mills #3 (8) Rain Out Number (859) 392-0199

I-275 to RT 16 (Taylor Mill exit). Go south approximately six (6) miles. Turn left on Mills Road. Field is about ½ mile on right. (If you go past the "IN & OUT" Market on Rt 16 you have gone too far. Turn around and take the first street on right.

ERLANGER LIONS #1 Rain Out Number (859) 429-0337

I-75 to Erlanger/Donaldson Rd East, Ex 184. Go to 4th light(.7 mi) turn right on Dixie Hwy. Go to 4th light(.6 mi) turn right on Sunset Ave. Go 4 stop signs(.6 mi) straight into Erlanger Lions Park. Field is on top of hill behind 2 baseball fields. Walk down gravel road if baseball games in play.

FT MITCH 1/2 Rain Out Number (513) 956-0890

I-75 to exit 186, Buttermilk Pike. West on Buttermilk to first light. Turn right onto Grandview (Shell station on corner). Follow to end (approx 1 mile), Park is on the left. NO PARKING ON STREET OR GRASS. Additional parking is available behind the Dress Building at 221 Grandview

CHILDREN'S HOME 2 (8) Rain Out Number (513) 956-0890

I-75 to exit 186, Buttermilk Pike. Go east to Dixie Hwy. Turn left to first light. Turn right onto Orphanage Rd .4 mile. Children’s Home and fields are on the right.

Crescent Springs Park (8) Rain Out Number (859) 628-4950

I-75 to Buttermilk Pk. West on Buttermilk Pk. Turn right into Crescent Sprigs Park (across from Kremer’s Market and Fire House). Field on right side of parking lot

Spring Soccer Begins

Hello to everyone and welcome to the Spring Soccer season. In this introductory email I just want to go over a few basics before we get going.

As with the last two seasons, primary team communications are done through our blog at http://erlangersoccer.blogspot.com and as posts are made they should send an notification to the email address provided on your registration. To ensure that this is working properly, please send a reply to this email. If I do not hear back, I will call to confirm your email address.

The season will begin on Saturday, March 26th with all scheduled games played on Saturdays. Make-up games are usually on our practice night if possible. Our field for home games and practices will be at Erlanger Lions. We will have an 8 game season with a possible bye-week thrown in.

Practice this season will be on Thursday nights from 5:30 to 7:00. After the first practice we will break into two overlapping groups with younger players practicing from 5:30 to 6:30, and the older girls from 6:00 to 7:00. This will allow 30 minutes to tailor specific drills to the experience levels of the girls and 30 minutes to work as a team.

Our first practice will be Thursday, March 17th.

Coaches this season will be Bob Blasingame, Sean Skaggs and Ryan Bihl.

Our roster has a good mix of older and younger players and we should be able to have fun and be competitive:

Maria Blasingame
Maycie Skaggs
Mallory Bihl
Rylee Ratliff
Jenna Miller
Sydney Longshore
Grace Koch
Savannah Koch
Abby Carothers
Caryn Bosley
Alissa Schadler

I have jerseys to hand out to Savannah and Alissa. If any other girls have hit a growth spurt and need a larger size, let us know.

Other items will be discussed at the first practice. In the meantime, feel free to send any questions my way.

Thanks,
Bob