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Coach Polson was at the ODP tryouts, but he was running the tryouts for the 1997 age group. He is Vice-President for Convention and Awards for the National Soccer Coaches Association and he is very busy with that position. I understand that he opted not to coach a team this year.

Second tryout is this weekend in Gainesville,Ga
Good luck to everyone and stay warm if possible..The boys are in N.C.

Does it appear this years team 1 and team 2 are split up by ability or randomly?

I doubt either of those methods was used for these tryouts. You might want to make sure that the headcoach is going to be in attendance.

For those who are new to ODP you should understand interstate regionals are purely for evaluation. The final team will be made up of players from both teams so from a mental standpoint players should prepare to do their very best from a technical and tactical perspective to help their team compete.

Every player should want to shine by making others shine and the benefits will come back around. The game takes all 11 players on the field and this means players must play simple and be creative with and without the ball. Not an easy thing to do, but when it happens that's when you'll likely hear someone say "that's why it's called the beautiful game".

ODP is nearly over for my young man, with the exception of one region team event. It's hard to believe! It's been a great ride with exceptional coaching and players along the way.

Best of luck to all this weekend and to those traveling to regionals next week.

appears the girls sub-regional games in GA have been cancelled. i guess the boys in W-S, NC are still a go?

http://www.network54.com/Forum/171923/th...-9-10+CANCELLED

The girls are going to Greenville for the weekend to play/train with each other.

Letter form GA ODP Admin.

Coaches, players and parents,
I am sorry to have to tell you that we have had to cancel the ODP subregion games that were to be in Gainesville this weekend. We waited as long as we possibly could to make a final decision, but, ultimately given the fact that the fields are frozen and pose a potential safety hazard to the players, and that bad weather is expected to move into the Gainesville and North Georgia area today, our only prudent course of action is to cancel. Because temperatures will not rise above freezing tomorrow, any precipitation received today or tonight will stay on the fields as ice and would still be there Saturday.
For several of you in the older age groups, this weekends event was potentially the only event you would have had this year. Normally we take our 3 youngest age groups to an ODP/College Showcase event in Decatur, AL the last weekend of March. Since we are cancelling our subregion, we would like to include all age groups in the March event. We will leave for Alabama early the morning of Saturday, March 27 and return late in the afternoon of Sunday, March 28. I need for each of you in the 93, 94 and 95 to let your age group administrator know by Sunday, January 17 if you would participate in these March games. Please also copy me on the email. I know that in these age groups you are also in your high school season, but by leaving on Saturday morning instead of Friday night, hopefully we will avoid many of the high school soccer conflicts. The cost of this event is still being calculated, but should be no more than $200, and may not even be that much.
As for the $55 fee you have paid for the subregion games, you have a couple of options. It can now be applied to the March ODP games or region camp, or you can request a refund. Please let your age group administrator know which it will be. Do not call Tara at this time.
We had already received the ODP event t-shirts. If anyone would still like their t-shirt that they pre-ordered, or if anyone that did not pre-order wants one, let me know. They will be $7 for the short sleeve and $10 for the long sleeve.
If you have any questions, please let us know. Again, I apologize we had to cancel. I know the girls will be disappointed, as am I and the rest of the members of the ODP Committee and Georgia Soccer.
Thanks,
Melissa Brooks


Couple of things: One is why is SC ODP not going to ODP college showcase in March in AL? Two it cost GA ODP player $55 for Subregional?

Wow Georgia has good teams and charges $55. South Carolina charges $225 for the same tournament. That's a big difference.

I was looking at the boys ODP schedule for Winston Salem. It seems all the teams are only playing two games each...one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Is this the norm? I thought they played three games to get a better look. Hope the coaches have a good eye for talent. Is this a result of taking so many teams? The 96's have three and the 97's have 4. Is this really necessary?