Category Archives: Practices

Daylight Saving Time changes (March 2021)

Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday, March 14, 2021. It affects our schedule as follows: Metro North Park: Practices shift from 4:45-6:00 to 5:00-6:15 PM. Our early-bird scrimmage will start at 4:45 PM. We’ll start goalkeeper training on Tuesdays, 6:25 -7:00 PM. United Quest Park: We no longer need artificial lights, so if practice moves from… Read More »

2021 School Winter Break (Feb. 15-19)

Cobb and Cherokee schools have a 2021 winter break the week of February 15th. The Junior Academy Girls will practice as usual this week for the kids who are staying in town. If your daughter will miss any of our sessions due to family travel, just e-mail the coach. Weather updates: We have gotten hit with… Read More »

Early spring 2021 Quest Park practice schedule

United Quest Park practice field (early spring, 2021): Our usual Quest Park practice field is Quest field 7, which is natural grass. It’s a nice field, but during cooler weather, it holds water after rainy days and may get closed due to soggy grass. When field 7 is closed, we usually try to reserve the… Read More »

Fall season practices start Monday, August 10, 2020

We’ll start fall 2020 season practices the week of August 10. Our practice schedule matches those of recent seasons: Before we get started with regular practices, we ask that you please take 5-10 minutes with your daughter to review our practice session guidelines:  what to wear (and what not wear, for example, earrings and jewelry), what… Read More »

July 2020 optional practices

We’ve reserved a field for optional Junior Academy Girls practice sessions each Friday morning in July. These are “come if you can” events. If your daughter has already signed up to sew masks for health care providers, don’t change your plans! Player availability poll: We’ll post an availability poll each weekend and then schedule players… Read More »

Short-term Metro North Park practice time changes

NTH recreational teams start practices this week. Some teams are assigned to practice at the Metro North Park (MNP) TOPS field after our Junior Academy Girls sessions. Due to daylight issues, our Junior Academy practice times at MNP will temporarily shift forward 15 minutes to a 4:45-6:00 time slot. This only applies to our Metro… Read More »

2020 School Winter Break (Feb. 17-21)

Cobb and Cherokee schools have a 2020 winter break the week of February 17th. The Junior Academy Girls will practice as usual this week for the kids who are staying in town. If your daughter will miss any of our sessions due to family travel, just e-mail the coach.

Fast footwork challenge: toe taps!

Toe taps help you develop balance, coordination, a soft touch on the ball, quick feet, leg strength and endurance. If you want to become a ruler, all of those skills can help you get there! We created a toe taps challenge. It starts with some easy activities, builds to some harder activities, and finishes with… Read More »