PLAY Football 2009

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PLAY Football 2009

• July 28, 2009
• Dan Feine
• VP of Football

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Laker Chant
Together... We Can! Together... We
Will! Together... We Are! Who? Lakers! Who? Lakers
!!!
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Agenda

• Introductions
• PLAY and Prior Lake Varsity Program
• Whats New in 2009
• 7th and 8th Grade program (will touch on 6th
  grade)
• Team selection
• Youth Level Officiating
• Code of Conduct
• Important Dates
• QA

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Introductions

• PLAY Football Board
• Chuck Schrope VP of Fall/Winter Sports
• Dan Feine VP of Football
• Tim Rosen 7th/8th Grade Director
• Chris Rooney 8th Grade Coordinator
• Steve Delarosby -7th Grade Coordinator
• Mark Peller 1st - 6th Grade Director
• Trevor Knutson 5th/6th Grade Coordinator
• Rich Marlier 3rd/4th Grade Coordinator
• Dave Quaintance 1st/2nd Grade Flag Coordinator
• Mike Koppang Officials Coordinator
• Jon Kerkow Equipment Coordinator
• Matt Gegenheimer PLHS Head Football Coach

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PLAY and PLHS Varsity Programs Working Together

• Total program 1st through 12th grade
• Coach Gegenheimer is key member of PLAY football
  board
• PLAY follows Varsity techniques and schemes
• PLAY Night at Varsity Home game Sept 18
• PLAY supported the building of the Laker Team
  Building
• Laker Spirit Wear
• Varsity players are involved with PLAY
• 7th and 8th Grade camp and evaluations
• 3rd through 6th grade practices at PLHS
• Chain gang

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Whats New in 2009

• Two Tiered MDFL League
• PLAY will have 2 Tier I teams and 2-3 Tier II
  teams
• Compete against other Tier I or Tier II teams in
  South Metro
• Laker Youth Camp
• Coach Gegenheimer will hold 7th/8th camp during
  second week of practice Aug 17th and 18th, 2009
• Camp allows all players access to varsity coaches
  and drills
• Final player evaluations will be completed by
  7th/8th grade coaches during the camp
• Spirit Wear available on-line
• All Spirit Wear is available on-line see dates
  page
• Will be shipped directly to home

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7th/8th Grade Program

• Minnesota Development Football League (MDFL)
• Play Southern Metro youth programs
• Two Tiered League
• Opportunity to play in league playoffs
• 18-20 players per team
• Reason for move to two tiered league
• Allows all players to get more time on the field
• Build competitiveness in players by playing
  against similar skill sets
• All players will get same skills and drills
  practices
• All players will get same opportunity with PLHS
  coaches

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7th/8th Grade Program

• Evaluations
• Initial evaluations start week of Aug 10, 2009
• Final evaluation night Aug 18, 2008
• Team selection on Aug 19, 2008
• If players not available, will be assigned to
  team based on last season evaluations
• Weather Contingency Program
• We have created weather contingency for this
  season
• We will advise weather contingency plan via PLAY
  Calendar
• Field location and times
• 5th/6th practices at Ponds, starting 600
• 3rd/4th practices at Ryan, starting 615
• 7th/8th practices at Ponds, starting at 630

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Team Selection

• Based on evaluations, players will be placed
  between MDFL Tier I and Tier II
• At each tier, MDFL teams divided evenly by skill
  sets
• Lineman
• Offensive Backs
• Wide receivers
• Linebackers
• Defensive Backs
• All coaches will provide evaluations as input
  into team selection process
• Traveling board and head coaches will
  review/finalize team selection within each tier

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Youth Level Officials

• Rules/penalties
• Differences from college/pro to high school
• Why some are called and some arent
• Equipment
• Required
• Optional
• Sportsmanship
• It is hard to ask the kids to demonstrate this if
  we dont!
• Communication
• Its about the Kids
• Lets make it a positive experience!

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Code of Conduct

• Passion for the game? Keep it positive!
• Every one of these players are Lakers, and will
  play together some day
• We all need to help each other out
• Everyone as agreed to Code of Conduct through
  Registration process
• Zero tolerance period!
• Let the players play, the coaches coach and the
  parents cheer!

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Important Dates

• Please watch, on a regular basis, the season
  calendar at the PLAY website www.playinfo.org
• Equipment Pickup Aug 1, 2009
• Including new items to purchase shoes, shirts,
  etc
• One day for pickup 7th/8th 12pm-2pm at Ponds
  Football Shed
• All 7th/8th grade players will go to Ponds
  football fields for combine try-outs
• First practice Monday, Aug 10, 2009
• 7th/8th grade teams announced on Aug 19, 2009
• Vikings Pre-season Fundraiser Aug 21, 2009
• Pictures TBD, the coaches will advise
• PLAY Youth Night Sept 18, 2009, come join the
  tailgate party
• PLAY Fest Sept 19, 2009, come celebrate PLAY
• Game schedule is defined by MDFL and will be
  provided late August

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QA