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Board Meetings are generally the 2nd Monday of the month at the Bel Aire School Board Room at 7:00.
Meetings are open to all club members. However, do check the "Upcoming Calendar" on the home page in case of the occasional reschedule/relocation due to school or club events.
(There are no meetings in May or July.)
Standing Agenda and links to Minutes
Annual General Meeting - January: 7:00 Tiburon Town Hall
Constitution and Bylaws
End of Year Surveys and Annual General Meeting Presentations
We received over 175 survey responses from parents and coaches.
Here is our recap of the 2009 Season
and a report of the survey results. Also are presentations by our Director of Coaching and Futsal Coordinator. (These are all sizable PDF files, so give them a minute to load.)
Season recap and survey (3mb)
Director of Coaching's Presentation (4mb)
Futsal Presentation (1mb)
Letter from the Director of Coaching - January 24, 2010
Tiburon Soccer Club Plans for 2010
Happy New Year, after a successful 2009 the club board and staff have been working
through the feedback forms that were received and information gathered at the
Club’s AGM to create a program to serve the Tiburon Soccer Community in 2010.
The club will continue to focus on individual skill development and game
understanding following the principles of ‘Long Term Play Development’ that were
introduced in 2009. Last year the theme for the club was ‘more touches’ ‐ this year
the theme is ‘More touches More Often’. To provide the young players with an
opportunity to touch the ball more often in 2010, this winter we began a futsal
program in association with Marin Futsal. We are also going to offer a substantial
spring program that will include skill work and small sided games for any child in
the community regardless of perceived skill level. They will be able to come on any
days that work with their schedule for one low membership fee.
This year the competitive tryouts will take place later in order to give the young
players the chance to refine their skills in the spring. Given the small size of our
community and the related smaller number of children who currently possess the
skills to play at the competitive level, this year we will be working with Mill Valley
Soccer Club to form competitive teams in some of the age groups.
Please look out for information and registration forms that will be sent out in the
coming weeks for the programs outlined below.
Key Dates for 2010
- U6 Mini‐Kickers starting in February at Strawberry Recreational Center.
- U7‐u9 Spring Program starts March 1st at Mckegney 4pm – 5pm. (Mon to Fri)
- U10‐u13 Spring Program starts March 15th at Mckegney 5–6:15. (Mon to Fri)
- U11 Competitive Tryouts Friday April 30th and Friday May 7th
- U12‐U14 Comp Tryouts in assc. with MVSC. April 24th/25th & 1st /2nd May
- U15 Girls and u16 Girls Tryouts, the week after Marin FC tryouts conclude.
- U16 and u19 Boys teams will be formed after the High School Season.
- The club will offer camps during the Reed School Spring Break and the week
of June 21st, Aug 9th and 16th.
- House/Recreational Soccer registration will take place in May.
Sincerely,
Michael Sharp
Director of Coaching
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Board’s Letter - Fall 2009
Dear TPSC Community,
Franklin Foer in his book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, provides detailed, arcane, controversial insights into the special role and influence of soccer around the world. In contrast, the participation this summer (and success) of the US men's and women's teams on the world stage provided us with rich visual imagery to convey the passion and possibilities soccer inspires around the world. As the world’s most popular sport, people are passionate about their soccer, especially when their children are participants.
We have over 650 kids playing soccer in Tiburon this year. The program is healthy and thriving. Our volunteer board and coaches have and will put in countless hours to make it another great season for the children. Our Director of Coaching, Michael Sharp, has recruited an outstanding cadre of professional coaches who will be working with players of all ages and abilities to develop fundamental soccer skills - and a passion for their sport.
In addition, he has developed a longitudinal training curriculum for players in each age group, based on the internationally recognized Long Term Player Development model. With the same research and philosophical underpinnings, we have continued to structure our Club so that the youngest players participate in smaller-sided games to increase their opportunity to touch the ball, be in the thick of the action, and maximize their enjoyment of the game.
[An article published by US Soccer in April 2010 and references the US program's emphasis on providing better training for all players rather than trying to "identify the best 10 year olds and put them" into elite programs.]
Beginning last spring and continuing this fall, our new U-6 Mini-Kickers program is providing an introduction to soccer for 4 - 5 year olds in a fun, weekly format. Also started last spring and targeted at those children in the "Golden Age" of sports learning (ages 8-12), our Player Development Academy and Goalkeeper Clinics are providing additional weekly professional training for all motivated competitive and house players.
Congratulations to the over 30 of our volunteer coaches who successfully attended and passed the CYSA/USSF F-license course in August. They and our professional staff will be structuring and leading age appropriate training sessions throughout the season, based on our core curriculum.
We held two week-long referee courses this summer and have added a score of new USSF licensed officials to our ranks. Our referees – young and old, new and experienced – have all had meaningful training, manage each game to the best of their abilities, and are the ultimate arbiter on the field.
On the weekend of August 29th and 30th, we will again be hosting our annual Fall Kickoff tournament. 72 competitive teams from throughout northern California will compete on our local fields in Tiburon, Mill Valley and Corte Madera. Our Tiburon Sharks teams --and teams from our sister club in Mill Valley-- will be hosting and participating in this event - come and watch. Come and cheer!
Youth soccer is about and for the kids. A key measure of our success is that the kids have a rewarding enough experience that they can’t wait to play again next season. Teammates, coaches, trainers, and parents play a vital role in shaping the quality of each child’s experience. Kids enjoy the camaraderie of their teammates, encouragement from their coaches and trainers, and celebration of their effort, regardless of the game result, from their parents. We strive to create a positive developmental environment for the players. If you’re a parent, please help us by providing a positive attitude and actions toward the game, teammates, opponents, coaches, and referees at all times.
Please provide feedback. Get involved. Become a team parent, coach, referee, and/or board member. If you are interested in helping to positively impact kids’ development through participation in soccer, then volunteer at any level (or advertise on our website and reach over 500 local families!).
Learn more about all aspects of the game on our award winning website, www.tiburonsoccer.org, which has everything you could want to know about soccer, including schedules, rules, coaching drills and dozens of photos of our local athletes in action! There are also links to many other soccer sites, and so much more.
In addition to our home website, we have an on-line scheduling website, mysoccerleague.com, where referees can sign up on-line for their games. During the season, players, parents and fans can find our local game schedules on our Teams/Schedules page.
Our goal as a board is to give our children the opportunity to enjoy, develop, and thrive in the sport of soccer. To this end, the TPSC is pleased to be a partner of the Positive Coaching Alliance.
Celebrate the game for the cardiovascular health it promotes, mental and physical toughness it demands, the character it develops in victory and defeat, and the lifelong friends it creates with its unique blending of exertion, grass, mud, and fun.
TPSC Board
Fall 2009
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Additional Important Readings:
Club Objectives
Club Player Development Philosophy
Sportsmanship
US Club
For a variety of reasons external to the TPSC, there has been a movement in our District away from CYSA and to US Club, through its local organization, NorCal Premier. We frankly wish the differences with CYSA could have been resolved amicably. But with most Marin and many Sonoma/Napa clubs having made the decision to move in whole or in part to US Club, many of our competitive and older house teams will likely be registered with US Club/NorCal (or dual-registered with CYSA) in order to have viable playing leagues. We will make our own playing league registrations based on the best interests of our players.
The single biggest effect of a move to US Club is that US Club does not have separate Upperhouse (Division 3) and Select (Division 1) divisions. Instead, there is a single “Competitive” division. Not surprisingly, this has its advantages and disadvantages. Of course there will still be stronger and weaker teams, and it will be up to a “seeding committee” within NorCal to ensure that teams are properly placed within their various “flights.”
In the past two years, many of our teams have already experienced playing in NorCal and the seeding process has been successful (in fact, this worked out very well for teams this past year). But US Club will be a work in progress and we will do our best to ensure a satisfactory experience for our players if things do move in that direction. Our board is working closely with our peer clubs in the district to ensure the process works smoothly for our players.
For those teams continuing to play in CYSA playing leagues, Division 3 and Division 1 divisions will continue as before.
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Fees: In response to recent IRS rulings and actions with regard to the status of paid coaches for non-profit sports leagues/clubs, our competitive division coaches are all now W-2 employees (which, for the same reason, is also now the case in the other CYSA clubs). Because of this, coaching compensation has been standardized and we have moved to standardize the fees that competitive teams pay (as in other businesses, salaries are the largest portion of costs).
We surveyed the other local clubs and found that our fees for all house and competitive divisions are in the range of the market. Because fees were so variable in past years from team to team, parents may find their fees this year to be either a bit lower or higher than last year as they adjust to this average fee. However, with the club approach, they will also find that the training and experience will be more consistent from team to team.
For the competitive divisions, second to the coaching expenses is the registration fee. This fee is the primary fee paid by the house division players. Here is what our fees are used for.
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Check out our photo album of pix from this year and past seasons!
Etymology of The Sharks
TPSC Tax Status
The TPSC is a 501(c)3 charitable organization
Our tax ID is available through our treasurer
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