Hello PSS Families,
As you can imagine, the last couple months have been very busy for the club, with Spring season in full swing, hosting State Cup games and preparing for the tryouts.
We are excited to bring back all of our coaches for next year. Coaching assignments are as follows:
GU-11 Carl Manning
GU-12 Walker John
GU-13 Jill Green
GU-14 Jeff Lenherr
GU-16 Kate Green
BU-16 Carl Manning
Goalkeeper Coach – Oscar Salvatierra Rivero
We have other coaches interested in coaching with PSS who will be working as assistants and or head coaches depending on additional teams or the needs of the club.
We are excited for our upcoming tryouts the dates and times are as follows:
TRYOUTS
Tryout date and times are as follows:
Tuesday May 1st
Girls and Boys U12 5:30-7:00
Thursday May 3rd
Girls and Boys U10, U11 & U13 5:30-7:00
Girls U14-U18 7:00-8:30
Boys U14 7:00-8:30
Saturday May 5th
Girls and Boys U10-U13 1:00-2:30
Girls U14-U18 2:30-4:00
Boys U14 2:30-4:00
Make sure to pre-register at www.pugetsoundslammers.org.
REGISTRATION FEES
We are happy to announce that we were able to cut some expenses this year and will be passing these savings onto you in the form of lower registration fees for the 2012-2013 season. We have been able to lower our costs because Walid Khoury has agreed to add to his responsibilities with the Club by accepting the position of Director of Coaching, Jeff Lenherr has agreed to add to his responsibilities as a Head Coach with the Club by stepping up as Director of Player Development and Walker John has added Director of Operations to his responsibilities as Head Coach and Vice President of Administration. Walid, Jeff and Walker have all taken on these additional responsibilities without any additional pay. We can’t say enough about their contributions to and belief in the kids, parents and mission of the Puget Sound Slammers, along with the current contributions from our Club Manager Susan Russell and the entire Board and volunteer parents.
This year’s fees are as follows:
We believe we are the best soccer value for your dollar in the area. We offer highly experienced, well trained coaches, In addition our registration fees include the cost of three tournaments all league fees for which the team is eligible to play as well as all field and referee costs for all home game and practices throughout the year. Only uniforms are outside our registration fees. There are no hidden costs. Many clubs offer lower registration fees up front but then require additional money for tournaments, coach’s fees, spring league registration and field costs if a younger team wants to play a Spring season. We don’t offer a lower than cost up-front fee to get families in the door and then ask for more money down the road once you have committed.
Academy: PSS will be hosting a weekly academy that will be coached by Jill Green and will focus on individual technical skills. The academy will run year round and will be at a cost of $30 per month. We are currently expecting this to be on Tuesday from 5:30-6:45. This is a great way to get your young players some exceptional training at a low cost.
Website: Board Member and Club Parent Randy Roedell has graciously stepped up and has taken on the task of updating and creating a user friendly website. He has completed a survey of what our families would like to see in a website and we are now taking those requests and putting them into action.
Additional Training: We are looking to add a 3rd night of skills training this season. For those players who can not get enough soccer we would like to have a session once a week that will focus more on individual techniques. There will be more to come on this after tryouts.
Goalkeeper Training: We have to apologize for the previous fall and early winter months when we did not have a goalkeeper coach. We realized how hard it is to find a coach that just specializes in goalkeeper training – especially mid-season. We are happy to have found Oscar Salvatierra, who has played keeper at the semi-pro level in both North and South America and has a wealth of knowledge and experience at the position to teach our kids. We recently hired Oscar to complete this season as keepers coach and, after receiving very positive feedback from players and parents, are pleased that he has agreed to continue as keeper coach for next year with PSS. .
The PSS staff is committed to making this the top club in the area. We have listened to what the PSS families have suggested and we are working hard to implement these changes. We want to continue to hear suggestions from you on ways to improve the Club and your children’s soccer growth and experience.
