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Dynamo Coaches Clinic
August 1-3, 2008

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The first ever Dynamo Coaches Clinic, presented by StatoilHydro, will provide coaches with concrete examples and information pertaining to the needs of advanced youth players who aspire to play professional soccer. Specific attention will be placed upon the attacking and defending weaknesses identified in the Houston Dynamo Academy and the practices used to address these topics. Included in the course will be tickets to the Houston Dynamo-Columbus Crew game in Houston on August 2. Groups will be given a match analysis assignment to be accomplished during the game, and reports will be given the following morning. Optimally, first-team coaches Dominic Kinnear or John Spencer will attend the debrief, but their availability will be unknown until nearer to the event.

Clinicians will include Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson, Dynamo Academy coaches Rafa Brazo and John DeWitt and Dynamo Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti.

All meetings will take place at the Outdoor Education Campus of the Presbyterian School, located at Reed Road and Highway 288. Hotel accommodations are available at the Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown at a discounted rate of $115 per night. For more information, contact the Hyatt Regency’s Ciara Pettway at (713) 375-4693.

For more information on the clinic, please contact John DeWitt at jdewitt@houstondynamo.com.

Clinic Schedule

• Friday, August 1, 2008
  

  6-6:45 p.m.	Overview of symposium
  7-8 p.m.	Overview of the Houston Dynamo Player Development Program
  8:15-9:15 p.m.	Technical and Tactical Areas of Concern for our Advanced Players

• Saturday, August 2, 2008
  

  9-10:15 a.m.	Exercises to improve Technique (Field)
  10:30 a.m.-12 noon	Transition Exercises (Field)
  12 noon-1 p.m.	Lunch
  1-2 p.m.	Overview of the Dynamo and MLS
  2-3 p.m.	Principles of Defending (Lecture)
  3-4:30 p.m.	Defending (Field)
  4:30-5:30 p.m.	Phases of the Game/Assignments for Match Analysis (Lecture)
  5:30-6:30 p.m.	Dinner
  7 p.m.	Match at Robertson Stadium (Houston Dynamo vs. Toronto FC)

• Sunday, August 3, 2008
  

  8:30-10 a.m.	Match Analysis Reports
  10-11:30 a.m.	Attacking Principles (Lecture)
  11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.	Attacking Principles (Field)
  1-1:30 p.m.	Closing Ceremonies - Staff

U.S. Soccer Continuing Education Units
To obtain two CEU Credits for this year's clinic, coaches will need to:

• Register and Send Payment for the Houston Dynamo Coaches Clinic.
• Bring Your US Soccer A License #.
• Bring Additional Check for $25 payable to US Soccer.
• Registration for CEUs will take place at clinic check-in.

For more information about CEU credits, please click the link below: http://ussoccer.com/coaches/continuing/index.jsp.html

Cost for the clinic will be $180 for advanced registration and $200 for on-site registration.

2008 COACHES CLINIC

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• August 1-3, 2008
  Presbyterian School Outdoor Education Campus (get directions »)

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