SCACA Clinic
TD Convention Center
Greenville, SC
July 27-28, 2015SCHSSCAAlex Buchman (BUCHMAN@mailbox.sc.edu), a Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of South Carolina, conducted an enlightening two-hour seminar entitled "Are We Building Fragile or Anti-Fragile Athletes" and gave us an overview for USC's "Annual Strength & Conditioning Programming for a Division 1 Soccer Program" ... For all who attended, there were many facets that could be utilized in all levels of prep or youth soccer ...
(Editor's Note: I personally believe that this session was a nice change of pace in terms of the type of speaker and the content covered).SCHSSCA BUSINESS MEETINGSCHSSCA Associate State Director Kevin Heise presented an update on the SCHSSCA happenings from Spring/Summer 2015: SCHSL State Championships, All-State, North-South Soccer Classic, Clash of the Carolinas, future all-star plans (selections, sites, sponsorships, ads, format, etc.).
Proposal to alter the current format of the SCHSL State Championship Weekend for 2016 to include Friday's matches of Class 2A and Class 1A Boys and Class 2A/1A Girls. This would allow for Saturday Class 3A (Boys/Girls) and Class 4A (Boys/Girls). A letter will be sent to member schools' principals and ADs in order to reflect this proposal.
Graham Stafford (Clover HS) began the discussion of allowing for Development Academy players to join high school teams after the DA season is complete (and just in time for the SCHSL State Playoffs). This discussion led to an overwhelming majority in favor of some implementation of 'ethical' soccer practices amongst member schools in the future. Much of this is discussed in this thread -
http://forums.scsoccer.com/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post169611 ... Stay tuned ...
Jeremy McCall (Powdersville HS) initiated conversation pertaining to the Class 2A Playoff Seeding Committee and called for reform. Much of this is covered in this thread -
http://forums.scsoccer.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170223#Post170223Members were reminded to use SCSoccer.com (
www.scsoccer.com) and to familiarize new coaches, players, officials, fans, etc. of the website and its' services.
Skip Lax (skip@schsl.org) of the SCHSL facilitated the Rules Meeting and covered all protocol for NFHS/SCHSL member schools.
(Editor's Note): Similar to the SCACA Business Meeting is the SCHSSCA Business Meeting in regards to attendance. The SCHSSCA Business Meeting was attended by approximately 65 people. In contrast, the SCHSL Rules Meeting which followed, had almost double the attedance. We simply need more participation which helps in the understanding of what is truly involved in the year-round promotion of our sport.SCACA / SCHSSCA NEWS & NOTESSCACA Service Awards
35 Years - Phil Savitz, River Bluff HS
25 Years - Tim Green, White Knoll HS
SCACA Past-President Scott Ruggles (Stratford HS) was honored for 10 years of service to the SCACA Executive Board.
Former Brookland-Cayce HS soccer coach Charles Gee (1986-89) serves as Chaplain for SCACA.
14 coaches were recognized with a trophy for milestone wins headlined by Ed Khouri (Bishop England HS) with 400 victories and Ben Brown (Ninety Six HS) and Chris Fryland (Lexington HS) with 300 each.
SCACA Coaches of the Year 2015 were recognized at the Sunday, July 26 Banquet.
Boys - Jason Hamil, Academic Magnet HS
Girls - David Kleinfelder, Dreher HS
Frank Kucinic (St. Joseph's Catholic) was elected Vice-President in a field that included Raimond Hartmann (Greenville HS) and Jeri Himmelsbach (Myrtle Beach HS). Dutch Fork's Mike Mauldin ascended to the role of President for the 2015-2017 term.
Wando HS Athletic Director Bob Hayes has volunteered to coordinate future bus transportation for the SCHSSCA all-star soccer games in Charleston. The cost for Charleston County district drivers is approximately $20 per hour.
SCACA BUSINESS MEETINGConducted by Executive Director Shell Dula and SCACA President George Wham (Pelion HS).
5,480 SCACA members have already registered for 2015-2016 ... membership continues through mid-December.
SCACA Clinic costs approximately $100,000 ... A bulk of this is covered by vendors, which totaled $43,000 this year ... It's important for members to visit the booths and interact with the vendors.
Bettis Herlong Scholarship - As of May 2015, SCACA had awarded more than $37,000 in scholarships and is prepared to issue another $23,000 in the next month (August 2015) ... All SCACA members with college-bound children are eligible for this scholarship.
The SCHSSCA contributed $500 to the Bettis Herlong Scholarship fund ... Other auxiliary organizations contributions are as follows: Football $7,000; Strength $3,000; Track $2,500; Wrestling $2,500; Baseball $2,000; Women's Sports $1,500; Cheer $1,000; Swimming $100 ... That sum represents more than $20,000 and is earmarked only for the BHS ... Other entities have made contributions for more scholarship money -- Rawlings $8,000; Mike Reeder $6,000; Sam's Group of Greenville $5,000; Mark Houde (Carolina Sports Inc.) $3,000; Jim Ringer $2,500.
New website! SCACA will now be located at sccoaches.org and features a revamped and fresh web presence that is much easier to navigate and locate information. This was spearheaded by Jennifer Larkins of Greenwood who is the wife of a high school coach and also responsible for the new SCACA brand.
Auxiliary Membership Funds - Softball increased their aux funds from $8 to $10 and Baseball and CAWS increased from $7 to $10 ... The SCHSSCA needs to move in this same direction and make a formal proposal to raise fees from $8 to $10, which will garner more than $500 towards our two summer all-star games.
