Preseason Meeting Notes for the 2013 season

1. Linn-Mar Mens Soccer Meeting
December 17th, 2013

2. Agenda
• Expectations • Requirements
– Players • Equipment
– Parents • Pre-season workouts
• Team Guidelines • Deadlines & Timelines
• Sportsmanship • Communication

3. Expectations
Player Parent
 Know Team Policies  Be A Role Model
 Be Active  Let Us Coach
 Sell The Program  Be Encouraging
 Accept Your Role  Get Involved
 Player Registration

4. Team Guidelines
Handbook—Points of Emphasis
 Code of Conduct Violations
 Yellow and Red Cards
 Academics
 Responsibilities
 Dual-Sport Athletes/Club Players
 Injuries

5. Sportsmanship
We at Linn-Mar want to represent our school
and community in a positive manner, please give
the athletes participating your positive
encouragement and support. Booing, taunting,
or intimidating the officials or opponents is
unfriendly and unacceptable.

6. Sportsmanship
The Linn-Mar
School Board and state athletic
unions have a spectator conduct
policy that allows the ejection
of individuals who disrupt school
District activities.

7. Sportsmanship
As the years go by, the score of the games
become relatively unimportant, but your
conduct remains forever ingrained in the minds
of those who were most affected.
How will you be remembered?

8. Parent's Code Of Conduct
The Iowa Athletic Council believes parents play a vital role in the development
student-athletes. We ask that this code of conduct be distributed so parents,
players and coaches have an opportunity to read them.
• I will encourage good sportsmanship by being a positive role model.
• I will try my best to make athletics a positive experience for everyone involved, i.e.,
participants, coaches, officials, and spectators.
• I will insist my player treat other players, coaches, officials, and fans with respect.
• I will reinforce the school's drug and alcohol free policies and refrain from use
alcohol and other drugs before or during contests.
• I will do my best to understand and appreciate the rules of the contest.
• I will show appreciation for an outstanding play by either team.
• I will be a "team" fan, not a "my child" fan.
• I will help my child learn that success is measured by the development of skills, not
winning or losing.
• If I have a concern, I will talk to the coach at the appropriate time and place, i.e.,
never before, during, or immediately after a contest.
• I do my best to remember my ticket to a school athletic event provides me with the
privilege of observing the contest, not berating officials, coaches, or players.
Information provided by the Iowa Athletic Council

9. Requirements
 Forms
 Physical
 Good for one calendar year
 Code of Conduct
 Medical Release Card (Jill)
 Wait to turn in until after returning from the
holidays—in case of new cell phone plans
 Concussion Form
 Baseline Concussion Test: Jan. 14, Jan. 17, Jan. 24
 All must be on file and current prior to practicingring
-All forms available from LM Athletic Office-

10. Required Apparel
(available from online store until Jan 13)
*If you have these items already, you do not need to buy duplicates unless desired
You may provide your own shorts and socks as long as they are the same primary solid colors.

11. Requirements
• Participate in Team
Fundraisers
– Nike Fundraiser
• T-shirts
• Sweats

12. Equipment
• Shinguards
– NOCSAE
• FG Soccer Shoes
– Molded cleats
– No spike on toe
• Long-Sleeves
– Must be same color as jersey
• Red, White
• Compression Shorts
– If worn should be same color as shorts
• Black/White
• Does not have
to be Nike

13. Orders & Payment Checklist
Apparel & Equipment Meals
• All orders to be completed • Check can be made to Linn-
online Mar High School for $42
• To be submitted by January – Will cover 6 meals
13 • Optional

14. Pre-season
• Lifting & Conditioning
– Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-5:15pm
• None this week due to finals
• Open Gyms
• Indoor
• Individual workouts & touches
– http://www.linnmarsoccer.com/training.html
– Coerver DVDs available

15. Deadlines & Timelines
• January 13
– Online order window closes
• Will not reopen
• March 1
– Jimmy John’s meal money due to HS cashier
• March 8 (before practice)
– Physical
– Code-of-Conduct
– Medical card
– Concussion form on file

16. Deadlines & Timelines
• March 11
– Practice begins
• First Games
– Varsity, March 30
– JV, April 1
– Fresh/Soph, April 4
• Summer
– Soccer Camp
• Grades 1-8

17. Communication
Website
– www.linnmarsoccer.com
Mobile Website
– m.linnmarsoccer.com
Email
– lmmenssoccer@yahoo.com
Facebook
– http://www.facebook.com/LinnMarSoccer
• Fan page, Anyone: will show Twitter updates
Twitter
– www.twitter.com/LinnMarSoccer
• Receive text message updates on your phone
• you do not need a Twitter account
– Text follow linnmarsoccer to 40404
Phone
– 319.447.3079