Your team is seriously underrated…

… that’s  always nice to hear on the sidelines and all credit to the girls for using their skills as I know they can.

Week One: HVAA 6  –   CRUSA 2
Week Two: HVAA 1  -  UGH 1
Week Three: HVAA 3  -  Warminster 2

Full Schedule & Results

Tuesday training starts this week at the Bryn Athyn Elementary School small gym, 600 Tomlinson Road 19009. We have the space for 5 weeks from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm. My intent was to have a one-hour session but since some may have to come late and some may have to leave early, I’ll be there for an hour and half which should allow most to get an hour in.

The HV Thunder will be playing touchline indoor soccer starting the weekend of January 23/24.  A team of 10 will be selected each week from available players.  We will have a  training session at the new facility on  Saturday, January 16, 9:00 am – 10:00 am.  The season will consist of 7 weekend games ending by mid March when we will look to get outside again to prepare for spring play.

Over the winter John and Mark at CrossFit Prime will be helping the team with sports performance training.

Goals of the program are to improve:

1. Cardiovascular/Respiratory Endurance – The ability of body systems to gather, process and deliver oxygen.
2. Stamina – The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store and utilize energy.
3. Strength – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility – the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed – The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination – The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8. Agility – The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance – The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy – The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.

(Ten Skills compliments of Jim Crawley & Bruce Evans of Dynamax)

We begin play this Sunday with the Thunder White team at 8:00 am and the Thunder Blue at 8:42 am. Games will be at Xtreme Sports Center in Hatboro which last year was called Rocket Sports. It’s just a different management group.  We have some tough competition which will be good for us.  In addition to good U13 teams, we share Sunday mornings with U14 girls and will have some cross-over games.  Indoor  soccer is a replacement for practice over the winter, is intended to keep the girls fit, will help with foot work due to tighter space and is played to have some fun.

What a game.  Parkwood battled us until the end but after two overtime periods and deep into penalty kicks, the HVAA U13 Thunder prevailed to win the 2009 Schillinger Tournament.  The team went 4-0 on the way to the championship.  Thank you to our guests from Fox Chase for joining us.  I’m happy that in the end the girls were able to win for themselves but I’m more impressed by how they came together as a team, worked hard, supported each other and celebrated a championship on the field as friends.