Hello Vikings! This email is from your
coaches, Coach Tom and Coach Heather, and we are so excited to meet you
and learn about soccer. This email is to introduce ourselves and get a
little input from you.
About us:
We are married, have lived in Royal Oak for more than 10 years and
have two sons, Tommy and Mack. Tommy and Mack both have July birthdays
and will be turning 7 and 5 respectively. We also have 3 pets: a dog
named Foxy and two cats- Frank and Bella. As a family, we love bike
rides, camping, visiting the zoo and local museums and traveling to
Chicago and northern Michigan as often as we can.
Coach Tom is a mechanical engineer at Ford, a big MSU fan and likes
playing guitar. Coach Heather works for Oakland County and Marygrove
College and likes reading, drawing and traveling.
While we both have coached sports before, we have never coached
soccer. We are learning a lot, but welcome all the advice and help we
can get!
And onto the input part:
Practice: We will practice at Addams Elementary on Webster. We don't
need much space, so even if other teams are there, we should be fine.
We are going to try to practice for an hour, one evening a week. I
expect the kids might have a hard time focusing that long- so don't be
surprised if we wrap things up early more often than not. We want to
keep it fun at this age, and if that means we head home after 45
minutes, so be it.
Day: Practice will be Tuesdays in late afternoon/evening. We are available any time between 4:30 and 8:30.
We would like to meet earlier rather than later, but understand that
might not be possible. Please email us in the next few days and let us
know what your Tuesday availability is so that we can pick a time that
is good for everyone.
Equipment: Each child needs a size 3 ball, shin guards and a water bottle.
Finally: Be sure to visit the ROYSA website. Please read the Parent/Player FAQs and Parent's Code of Conduct.
We look forward to a great season and please contact us with
questions and if there is anything you feel we should know in order to
best support your child!
Go Vikings!
Coach Tom and Coach Heather