It’s hard to believe, but the end of the 2017-2018 soccer year is coming soon! This means it’s time to document the transition from the current soccer year to the upcoming 2018-2019 soccer year.
On the field, we’ll stay in the moment and focus on the here and now. We have more control over the here and now than we do over the future.
Parents will have questions related to the future: age groups, tryouts, coaching assignments, and other factors. Some of the transition details are known, some are still unknown. We’ll update this post with more details about the transition as more details become available. You can also ask your coach after any upcoming practice.
Age groups
Our girls with 2010 birth years graduate from the Junior Academy program and will be eligible to tryout for the U9 Academy Girls program. Girls with 2011 birth years will be eligible to return to the Junior Academy Girls program for a 2nd year. Link: soccer age chart
Pre-tryout open house camp — May 21-23, 2018
NTH is offering a pre-tryout open house camp the week of May 21st. The camp is free for current NTH Academy and Junior Academy players. Link: NTH Academy open house camp details
Tryouts — May 29-31, 2018
Tryouts for all NTH Academy programs start Tuesday, May 29th. Check our tryouts page for more information.
If your daughter will miss tryouts, be sure to notify her upcoming age group’s coach well in advance to review options.
Coaching assignments
NTH-Tophat North Academy Girls Groups (2018-2019)
| Academy Program | Eligible Birth Years (2018-2019 soccer year) | Coach | E-mail address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Academy (U7 / U8) web site link | 2011, 2012 | Ward Swain | ward(dot)swain(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U9 Academy | 2010 | Kimmie O'Connor | nasacoachkimmie(at)gmail(dot)com |
| U10 Academy | 2009 | Trey Daniel | trey(dot)daniel(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U11 Academy | 2008 | Trey Daniel | trey(dot)daniel(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U12 Academy | 2007 | Ashley Stinson | ashley(dot)stinson(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
Other questions
If you have questions about other parts of the transition, please feel free to send them our way and we’ll address them.
Academy group names:
If you check the NASA Tophat web site, you may see some references to NTH-Tophat and NTH-Tophat North. When used in reference of teams or programs, NTH-Tophat refers to groups that play out of the Buckhead branch, and NTH-Tophat North refers to the groups that play out of Metro North, United Quest and J. J. Biello branches.
Academy Team Camps:
The summer Academy Team Camps take place the week of August 6-9 during evening hours.