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Pre-Season W Farewell Jim Hayes

Lightning Tournament.

Profile of a Coach

Kanga Cup

Majura Coach Offer

Coaching Corner

Player Profile:

From the Pulpit

1.Ben Basser-Silk

Majura Talent

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Referees Courses

Pee Wees a changing

Girls 7’s Football Under update.

Majura Quiz Ref’s Whistle.

Clothing AussiesStore 3 United 2 News in brief.

Majura Podcasts Latest Match Reviews

Football Club

Welcome to Majura Football Club 2010.

A huge thank you to all the Committee/Volunteers who helped to register over 1200 players on registration days and thanks to all parents for their patience.

Coerver Coaching kindly entertained our children on the rego days and gave our players a taste of what is to come. Thanks to Coerver Coaching Director Jason Lancsar for his support.

And it was great to see players from Canberra United mingling with our players. Thanks to Kahlia Hogg, Ashleigh and Nicole Sykes.

With over 1200 children there is a tremendous amount of work to do as we aim to give your child the best experience we can.

Key dates: 11 March Deadline (Thursday): Contact Rhonda ASAP if you’d like to coach your child’s team or any team. Every team needs a Coach and Manager.

27 March (Saturday) Team Allocation Day at the Clubhouse.

30 March (Tuesday) AGM 7pm at Yowani Country Club. All welcome.

Majura FC need more volunteers to help around the club.

Please give some thought to how best you can assist your child’s club. (Need more info? Talk to a Commitee member asap.)

Tim Davies (Coerver Coaching) and Majura players at Rego Day.

Contact for the newsletter:

Many parents are new to football but have played Basketball, Netball, AFL, League, and Union in their youth. Skills are easily transferable and with a grassroots Coaching Course certificate(it’s free) you can easily and quickly improve the football skills of our players.

I wish everyone a great season and check the website and listen to the short podcast of “The Majura Philosophy.”

Rhonda Parkin, President

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Pre-Season Football.

May 1st is the official kick off for football at Majura, but many Coaches like to get going early with their teams.

There are some other options if your team is unable to train or you just want more football. (And of course you can always practice on your own and it’s free! Go to page 3 for top tips for individuals.)

Majura FC hope to offer a pre-season Coerver Coaching Skills course in April, watch the Majura website for details.

Coerver also offer an Easter Holiday program

Northside Schools Football: Girls, from ANY school, can join the Turner Schools program.

The program runs on a Monday from 3.30pm-4.30pm Details And Ainslie Primary School has an After-Schools football program on Wednesday. Boys and girls eligible, but you need to be in the Afters program to do this at Ainslie.

Lightning Tournament, Woden (Under 11-15s) U11s to U15s - Here’s a great chance to “fine-tune” your squads before the winter season begins! Girls – Saturday 10 April 2010 Boys - Sunday 11 April 2010 Mawson Playing Fields, ACT More details

AGM is Tuesday 30th March at Yowani Country Club 7pm. All welcome.

Find out what can you do for your child, their friends and Majura FC!

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Great new training venue: ANU Synthetic open March 2010. Why not book a training session for your players on the ANU new football fields and give your players a chance to play on a great surface. Something different, something fun!

Kanga Cup: Register before March 26th and save $100.

A heads up on this year’s Kanga Cup tournament - it will be held in Canberra from 4 to 9 July 2010. There will be a 9 vs 9 player format for U10-U11 players with U12-U18 teams playing 11 vs 11.

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Football Club Coaching Corner

Former Wallaby, Brumbies player and Majura Parent, Marco Caputo is currently training the Brumbies Academy players aged 17+.

“We (Brumbies)can take a good athlete at 17 and develop them into a Rugby player. AFL, and League can do the same.”

Marco, could we do that with a 17 year old athlete for football (soccer)?

“No chance, football is a very technical game and you couldn’t get the athletes up to the standard required.”

Good coaching is critical to all our players’ enjoyment and development no matter what level of football they aspire to.

Coaching Courses and advice at Majura.

Majura has a number of Youth, Junior and Grassroots trained Coaches. Need help? Email flanagan.eamonn@gmail.com and I’ll get someone who can offer some expert advice/program for any age group.

Grassroots Coaching Courses are free.

All junior and youth coaching licences are offered by Capital Football.

Individual Player Practice.

Great advice for all parents, coaches and players.

Listen to Technical Director Paul Whittinghams view on Majura’s Coaching and Playing philosophy on the podcast at www.majurafc.org.au (5 mins)

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The season’s coming. It’s time to get the feet singing and the ball moving.

1.Use a tennis ball inside your house. Walk the ball around the house wherever you go.

2.Bang a ball up against a wall. Both feet. Always use your instep for this exercise. At home, at school wherever you can.

3.Practice your juggling and shooting.

4. Get the cones out and dribble in and out, alternating with each foot and then both together.

5. Got a friend? Play 1 v 1 with small goals and a very small pitch.

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Food for thought: From the Pulpit!

FFA: Australian Football Development Curriculum.

Is your keeper still kicking or throwing long in football or futsal?

It’s hard to get your keeper to throw or roll the ball to his/her full back, particularly if you want to win or your team is under the pump!

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But research shows in football when the ball is kicked long it results in a 50/50 challenge 95% of the time. Yes, you might score, even win but your team will never improve!

A ball played to a full back is received by the player. The player has to learn to touch it, control it and with the help of team mates solve the problem of how the team keeps the ball.

Of course there is more to improving your players and team but this simple crucial playing style sets the whole tone for player skill development in Australia at the moment.

Your team not playing this way? Why not discuss it with your team mates or Coach.

Football Tip Tackling is the last thing you should think about when defending.

Stay on your feet, and make the player with the ball try to beat you.

The player may make a mistake.

Don’t believe the Pulpit? Seeing is believing? .....................................................................................

KOFI DANNING “I remember my first game. (At Majura Aged 7) I just came along to watch. I had no boots, and just some track pants. But I was allowed to play and I scored a goal. The Coach asked me to come and play again, so that was good.

Hear Kofi Danning’s career pathway, from Majura to Sydney FC on the podcast at www.majurafc.org.au For all our podcasts turn to page 9.

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Majura FC talent on the rise.

Majura players selected to play for the ACT Under 13 Representative team in National Championships in Canberra in April.

From this tournament the Australian Under 13 teams will be selected to play in the Under 13 Asian Cup later in the year!

Referees Courses Girls Football Majura Quiz Aussies 3 United 2 Majura Podcasts

Well done to Hiwot Johnstone, Emma Bestek, Madelyn Whittall and Ruth Kravis, (pictured above)and Jack Elliott-Dunn in the boys. Enjoy the games.

Futsal News: Ali Cook gained a New South Wales Premier League Futsal Championship with Boomerangs FC. Ali scored the last goal in the 4-1 final win played recently. Well done Ali.

Referees Information:

Latest Results: Watch out for Tommy Oar. Socceroos 1 Indonesia 0 Matildas 2 DPR Korea 2.

Next Matildas game live on ABC TV Saturday 4pm, March 6th v DPR Korea.

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The Entry Level Course for beginners - as detailed on the Capital Football website; and The Junior Northside Annual Seminar (for all current junior referees) - Radford College, 10th April.

Girls Football is booming If you are coaching a girls team this year please take a moment to look at the FIFA research and injury prevention strategies for our female players.

1. Here’s the facts and the prevention strategies for our girls.

And (older)girls why not inform your coach, or better still take the drills for the coach!

2 Injury prevention in female footballers pages 29-35 are probably the shortcut. While well worth a read, basically each training session should include some of the strength building exercises.

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Lightning Tournament.

1 correct answer gains you 1 point or 6 if that makes it more exciting.

Coaching Corner

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From the Pulpit

Warm up

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Majura Quiz time.

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goals goals goals goals

You’re only as good as your last quiz, oh well!

Good work.

Fox Sports need you Majura legend: Can you write the next quiz?

1. How many substitutes allowed in football?

2. Aussie Women’s National team is called?

3. Can you score direct from a corner kick?

First half: Majura Focus 4. Name one of the four Majura girls or the one boy in ACT Under 13 squad playing at National Championships in April in Canberra.

5. Approximately how many players does Majura have registered?

6. Name a former Majura player now playing for Canberra United and/or Sydney FC?

Second half: Rules and Canberra Football

Majura Technical Director will be appointed next week.

Applications close March 5th.

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7. Canberra United: Did they make the finals in Season 2.

Yes or no.

8. Name one of two Canberra Olympic players who represented Australia in Indonesia in February?

9. What is the new playing formation for all Australian football teams?

10. In Australia, all junior Futsal and Football should aim to pass the ball out from their goalkeeper. True/False.

11. Will Canberra get an A-League team? Yes or No

Injury Time: Big Time Football 12. Top scorer in the A-League this season was?

13 Scott McDonald no longer good enough for Scottish wonder side Celtic moved to where?

14 One to watch? Young forward from Adelaide United 15 When Sydney played North Queensland Fury in their first meeting of the season who shone, former Majura boy Kofi Danning or England International and fmr Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler? Answers next page.

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Football Club Quiz Answers:

1, Three, 2 Matildas, 3 Yes, 4 Hiwot Johnstone, Emma Bestek, Madelyn Whittall and Ruth Kravis, Jack Elliot-Dunn 5 Twelve Hundred, 6 Kofi Danning, Kahlia Hogg, 7 Yes, 8 Angelo Konstantinou, Trent Flanigan, 9 One-Four-ThreeThree, 10 True, 11 Yes of course, 12 Shane Smeltz, 13 Middlesboro, 14 Matthew Leckie, 15 Kofi Danning

Trials and Registration Day: Overheard during a Majura trial.

Two players stood in defence. Neither moving, mostly chatting.

The ball raced towards them. Now they were focused.

“This one’s mine,” said player 1. “I know exactly what I’m going to do. I’m going to boot it.”

Player 1 seized the moment. Player 1 moved from their spot towards the ball and gave it an almighty whack and sent the ball back down the pitch from whence it came.

“That was awesome, you’re good at that,” said player 2.

Football can be played in the rain!

So unless it’s coming down in buckets on game day, don’t ring the club, just come and play

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“I know, I do it all the time.”

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Majura Rego Day: Australia 3 Canberra United 2 While most people were in a queue on rego day, volunteers put in countless hours helping getting everyone signed up, some adults (me)had time to play with the kids! Ssshh don’t tell Rhonda.

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I teamed up with Gail McNamara and her two sons, Kai and Shae. They can run, they can play. I might be old but I’m not stupid. We represented Australia.

On the other team, representing Canberra United were Ashleigh and Nicole Sykes. Officially clocked as the two fastest Australians over 20 metres in Australian football. (I shortened the pitch immediately.) And Eilis Fitt and Grace Fieg joined Lachlain Hogg which looked to me like a pacy unit.

Inspired by her mum’s performance, Mia Thornton quickly joined in. Unfortunately she chose to go up on Gail’s shoulders for the whole game. Now Mia is only 3 but it still slowed our team a tad.

With very small goals in operation it was always going to be crucial to score early, and we did. Shae Thornton popped a couple in. Albeit one when Ashleigh Sykes was called away to sign photos. (Yes all part of our plan!)

Majura World Cup Ambassador.

Did you know Kai Thornton Majura Under 13 flew to South Africa in December to help the Aussie bid at the expense of the FFA? In South Africa he met David Beckham, Desmond Tutu and Frank Lowy!

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Upon return Ash or maybe Nic scored after some good interchange with Grace and Eilis. Lachlain then struck to make it 2-2.

But with the older team tiring we managed one last attack.

Yes even at 47 I can still score a goal. Australia won 3-2 and one old man went to bed happy that night……dreaming of what might have been!

And remember you’re only as good as your last game!

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Majura Podcasts now online.

We have a number of podcasts available for download or listening online at www.majurafc.org.au

1.Kofi Danning talks about his journey from Majura FC to Sydney FC.

Referees Courses Girls Football Majura Quiz Aussies 3 United 2 Majura Podcasts

Majura Players: We know you can play but can you write?

Here’s your chance to get published!

Can you take a team or player photo?

2. Kahlia Hogg tells her football story from Majura FC (Pee Wees), Papua New Guinea, Chelsea FC to Canberra United.

3. Technical Director Paul Whittingham outlines what it means to play at Majura, and gives some tips on how to get the best from our children this year.

Voice from our players.

Like to see your team, your match report, your thoughts in the newsletter?

4 Boys from Majura express their thoughts about the game

Send to :flanagan.eamonn@gmail.com

5 Girls from Majura tell us what they enjoy about football.

Next Newsletter 1 May.

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