We thank everyone who participated in our optional “Fridays / July Days” sessions! We’ll definitely consider offering this again next July.
We have reserved a field for Junior Academy Girls practices each Friday morning in July. These are optional “come if you can” events. If your daughter has already signed up to escort kittens on tours of the Georgia Aquarium, don’t change your plans!
Player availability poll:
If your daughter is available to practice Friday morning, July 30, please e-mail Ward by Tuesday night, July 27. Check this page again Wednesday afternoon, July 28 for event details.
About the sessions:
Registration: If you have already registered your daughter for the Junior Academy Girls program, you only need to e-mail Ward to let him know which session(s) your daughter would like to attend.- Cost: $0.00.
- Girls should bring their soccer ball. (We use size 3 balls at the under-8 level.)
- Bring plenty of water with ice. It weather is sunny and hot, make sure you place your water jug in a shaded area.
- Girls can wear any soccer gear — it doesn’t have to be official NTH practice gear.
- Shin guards are required, and should be worn under players’ socks.
We’ll start with tag-related dribbling games, followed by a mix of fast footwork (ball manipulation) activities, balance and coordination activities, dribbling activities (ball control, changes of direction, changes of speed), plus 1-2 dribbling moves. We’ll finish each session with scrimmages.
Previous sessions:
Friday, July 30:
We’ve reserved the Metro North Park TOPS field (our usual Metro practice field). We’ll meet at 9:00 AM and play until 10:30 AM. The weather forecast calls for a warm and sunny morning.
Link: July 30 group photos. If you look closely, you’ll see some girls wearing the new practice jerseys with the PT Solutions logo.
Friday, July 23:
We’ve reserved the Metro North Park TOPS field (our usual Metro practice field) from 9:00-10:30 AM. The weather forecast calls for dry skies and warm temperatures.
Link: July 23 group photos
Friday, July 16:
We’ve reserved the Metro North Park TOPS field (our usual Metro practice field). We’ll meet at 9:00 AM and play until 10:30 AM.
Weather alert (updated Friday AM): The Friday morning forecast looks good, so we’ll play as scheduled.
Link: July 16 group photos
Friday, July 9:
We’ll meet at 9:00 AM at Metro North Park on the TOPS field (our usual Metro practice field) and play until 10:30 AM.
Updated Friday, July 9 @ 7:00 AM: Good news — practice is on as scheduled! The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, but no storms are due until early afternoon.
Link: July 9 group photos
Friday, July 2:
We’ve reserved the Metro North Park TOPS field (our usual Metro practice field). We’ll meet at 9:00 AM and play until 10:30 AM.
Updated Friday, July 2 @ 7:25 AM: Good news! Weather has taken a turn for the better, so we’ll practice as planned. We’re due for showers, so we’ll likely get wet. But no thunder or lightning is forecast until late morning after we have finished our session.
Link: July 2 group photos