B6 - Sunday, July 11, 1982 - North Shore News

SCHOOL’S OUT which means that school is in —
for soccer. And for North Shore youngsters this
year, the range and variety of soccer schools are
at an all time high to match their enthusiasm.

By NANCY CAMPBELL

Boys and girls, goalies and

strikers, beginners and
advanced all have programs
to suit their special needs.

The schools teach new
skills, reinforce good habits,
discourage poor ones and
generally prepare young
players for the upcoming
season. The proliferation of
schools in recent years is
beginning to have an effect
on regular season _ per-
formance — a good one.

“I think the attitude from
the kids is bécoming a hell of
a lot better,” says Derek
Possee, one of the
professional players running
a school on the North Shore.

“I think the skills of the
elevens and twelves are
better than the 18-year olds
of today. Their attitude to
soccer is much more
professional, and so much
more positive.”

Possee, 36, played for 16
years in English leagues as
well as three short, glorious
years with the Whitecaps,

including their NASL
championship.

The West Vancouver
resident says his schools

have “more learning and less
babysitting” than others,
naming no names. This year
more than 1,000 children are
expected to attend his three

year old school, run in
conjunction with the North
and West Vancouver
Recreation Commissions at

Ambleside and Delbrook
parks.
Week long. classes

commence July 19 and run
until Sept. 3. Cost is $37 per
week, and classes run from 9
a.m. to [2 noon or 1 to 4
p-m. The school is open for 6
to 16 year olds.

Possee says players are
broken into age groups with
16 to a coach. “The coaches
have a program, but if they
feel they can take the kids
further, they do,” he said.

Registration can be done
through the Recreation
Centre or by calling Derek
Possee Soccer School at 687-
5077.

HIGGS A NEWCOMER

Along with Possee are
schools run by professionals
Brad Higgs, Jeff Mulock and
Jim Easton.

Higgs is a newcomer to the
North Shore soccer school
scene. The local! 23-year old
is a goalkeeper with the
Wichita Wings of the Major
Indoor Soccer League and
has played on the Canadian
Olympic team, the SFU
Clansmen and the Senior
and Under-18 B.C. Selects.

Aijthough he is young, this
is the fifth year Higgs has run

B.C.championships
on this weekend

YOUTH SOCCER
expecting to

fans
tum up at

Swangard Stadium this
weekend to see the
provincial finals will be

grecied by empty Stands.
The provincial
pionship was “kicked out” of”

Swangard, according to a
spokesman, because the
field was being resecded.

Instead, the tournament
was held at Minoru Park
yesterday

Three North Shore teams

made it to the provincial
tournament, winning the
Coastal Division adie on the
way at the Sun Soccer
Tournament
The Under 12 West Van
Spuraways mc ( the
Kamloops Valley Kast
Huskics at 9 am. the

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Under-14 Lynn Valley
Falcons played the
Kamloops Valley East

Bombers at 12.15 p.m. and
the Under-11 Lynn Valley
took on the
Kamloops Westside Blazers
at !.30p.m

There will not be a girls
provincial championship this
year because the Intenor
Division was not able to
muster cnough teams to
provide adequate com-
petiiion

Consequently, the Under-
13) Lynn Valley Christie
Palcons and the Under-12
West Van Cheetahs are
provincial champions as well
as Coastal Division winners

Result) from yesterday's
action will appear in
Wednesday's News.

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a soccer school. The school
is based in the Coquitlam
area, his home town, and
only recently has branched
out to other areas in the
Lower Mainland.

“The North Shore area is a
big draw for soccer,” Higgs
says. “A lot of kids are keen
on it, as was shown by the
many North Shore teams in
the Sun Tournament.”

His soccer school has the
added feature of a separate
goalkeeping clinic. Skills
taught include ball control,
dribbling, heading, trapping,
tackling, passing, juggling,
shooting, chipping and, most
importantly, team play.

“I like to get them young
with no bad habits and no
fundamentals,” says Higgs of
his students. “I also like to
work with full teams with the
coach coming by.”

He is especially proud of
his goal keeping clinic,
which he says is recom-
mended by the Whitecaps to
their reserve goalkeepers.

Weeklong classes *cost
$30, $35 for the goalkeeping,
which includes a_ t-shirt.
Hours are 9 to 11 a.m. and
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with
supervision during the half
hour lunch break.

North Shore sessions will
be held July 26 to 30 at
Kilmer and Myrtle Parks,
with goalkeeping clinics
Aug. 9 to 13 at Lynn Valley
Triangle and Aug. 16 to 20 at
Myrtle Park.

Registration and_= in-
formation are available at
local McDonald's
restaurants or by calling
Higgs at 939-5988.

CAP JOINS TOO

Promising to be different
is Joe Iacobellis of the

Capilano College Soccer
School. Only two sessions
wil be offered — Aug. 3 to 7
and Aug. 9 to 13 — with a
small student/instructor
ratio of 10 to 1.

“There's going to be more
individual attention and a
‘science approach’ rather
than generalized,” says
lacobellis, coach of the
champion Blues. soccer
team.

Each student will have
their strong and weak points
examined and assisted, and
video sessions will be used to
show players exactly what
they look like when they do
something right or wrong.

Sessions cost $35 and
include the ubiquitous t-
shirt. Registration forms can
be picked up at the college
or Time Out Sports, or call
986-1911 local 321, 980-0116

or 980-9211! for more in-
formation.
Throughout all of the

soccer school coaches runs a
high belief in the quality and
enthusiasm of young North
Shore players.

For people like Possee,
improving player attitude is
just as important as skills.
“When you get kids who
really want to learn, it’s so
good,” he says.

Most people on the North
Shore now realize soccer 1s
here to stay. With the
growing influence and
positive direcuons of the
soccer schools, it will be a
long and healthy one.

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JEM EASTON is ready for
his third annual “Jim Easton
Soccer Academy”.

The former Vancouver
Whitecap coach who spent
20 years as a pro with
Dundee and Hibernian of the
Scottish Premier division,
has lined up Loutet park as
the site for his specialized
clinics for boys aged 11-14.

Easton runs the courses in
four sessions during the
month of July and works on
somewhat more advanced
techniques for the young
players who are generally a
cut above average before
evrolling.

Only 16 youngsters attend
each session in the evenings
with Easton handling all
instruction himself.

Sponsored by the B.C
Dairy Foundation, the class
sessions take place in the
evenings between five and
eight p.m. missing the heat
of the summer.

Easton does not work on
the basics of the game. He
expects the young players
who attend the school will

Easton prepares
for third school

already have them mastered.
The emphasis of the 16 hours
of instruction is based on
creating the thinking and
skill to work as a team.

All classes will be held at
Carson Graham field and
each session will run from
Monday to Friday starting
July 1 for a five day session. _

Since leaving the pro
ranks at the end of 1975,
Easton has spent con-
siderable time working with
young players in addition to
his “coaching the coaches”
duties with the Canadian
Soccer Association.

Since a fair number of
“repeaters” are expected,
youngsters who have
mastered the basic skills are
advised to register early if

they want a spot in the
school.
Registration forms are

available at Skyline Sports in
North Vancouver.

This year’s course will cost
$35 with each participant
rece#ving a T-shirt, ball, plus
a discount on sporting
goods.

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