Well we are off and running!  The fund raiser went extremely well with over 100 people in attendance.  $15 of every ticket sold will go back to the family that sold it to help pay for nationals.  If you missed it, you missed a very fun night!

Our 12-1 team kicked off their year going undefeated in the Lake Michigan Championships in Grand Rapids Michigan.  Congrats to coach Carrie and her team for their great performance with only 6 team practices under their belts.  Most important, the girls had fun, the team camaraderie was great, and they improved so much over the course of the weekend as they got more and more comfortable in their positions!

Our 14’s teams both had good showings in their first weekend of play as well.  They played in the final week of the Power League in Maumee and really showed that they will be serious contenders as they grow together.  I saw lots of smiles, and lots of good plays mixed in with the normal early season jitters.  It’s so fun to see them get better right before your eyes!  I had a parent comment to me that it was amazing to see after only two weeks of practice and they can’t wait to see where they will be in another 2 weeks! 

A special public thank you to Stephanie Harms at Premier.  She was extremely accommodating to our club and for that we are very appreciative!

15’s are in in Mason Ohio this weekend for their first tourney and we are happy to welcome our first outside college coach to this week’s position night.  Margot Fredrick from D1 Texas Pan American University will be running the show Wednesday!

Viva!

We will host a make up tryout for the 12’s, 13’s, and 14’s age groups monday November 8th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at the Fetterman gym attached to Savage Hall on the UT campus.   Park in the Savage Lot directly off of Douglas and enter Fettermen from that lot.

You do not need to pre register for this at all, but an email that you are planning on coming would be helpful.

coachmattera@gmail.com

12’s Tryouts will be Sunday October 31st from 12:00 - 2:00 At Savage Hall – UT

13’s Tryouts will be Sunday October 31st from 2:00 – 4:00 At Savage Hall – UT

14’s Tryouts will be Sunday November 7th from 2:00 – 4:00 at Notre Dame Academy

15’s Tryouts will be Sunday November 14th from 5:00 – 8:00 at NotreDame Academy (this one is 3 hours so that players can come a bit late or leave a bit early as we try to be flexible with other things going on that Sunday)

16’s Tryouts will be Sunday November 14th From 2:30 – 4:30 at Notre Dame Academy (17’s&18’s may come to this one if they have a conflict with their time)

17’s-18’s Tryouts will be Sunday November 14th from 12:00 – 2:00 at Notre Dame Academy (16’s may come to this one if they have a conflict with their time) 

The Cost to tryout will be $20 and we’ll have sign in and waiver forms on site the day of tryouts.  Please bring your insurance information!   We’ll try to post the forms online but I’m not that “web” savvy so I make no guarantees!

Toledo Revolution will host an informational meeting this Sunday Night, October 24th, at 7:00 at Rossford High School.  Park in the back and follow the signs!

At this meeting we go over the history of the club, why we are different, coaching staffs, costs, schedules, and any other question you may have.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you all for your patience as we finalize deals with our gyms for tryouts.  We’ve had to move from single court gyms to multiple court gyms due to all of the interest!

We have secured court time at UT’s Savage Hall for our first session of tryouts on October 31st.

12’s Tryouts will be from 12:00 - 2:00

13’s Tryouts will be from 2:00 – 4:00

The Cost to tryout will be $20 and we’ll have sign in and waiver forms at Savage the day of tryouts. 

Tryouts for 14’s will be Sunday November 7th and 15’s through 18’s will be Sunday November 14th.  Times and locations will be announced ASAP.

New updates have been added to the FAQ page and coaching staff announcements will also be coming soon.

Stay tuned and keep spreading the word.  The Revolution is on!

Wow! The number of inquiries about TR is off the charts!

TR will be fielding teams in all age groups 12’s-18’s this year.  We will follow the same theory and periodization schedule that has been so successful in our first two seasons.  Our personal trainer Maryelllen is pumped and ready to go for January and February our coaches are ready for March and April, and everyone is looking farward to the May recovery time and JVA nationals in June!

One exciting change for this year will be the position specific training that we are adding.   Players will practice 3 days per week with their teams and one day per week with other players of their position.  We have plans to bring in a variety of college coaches to run these sessions!  

Tryout info for 12’s – 18’s will be posted in the next week or so but you can assume that it will be roughly the same as the other clubs but not conflicting with their times as much as possible.

Coaching staff assignments will be posted soon as well.  I can’t tell you how excited I am about our staff this year!

Feel free to email me for more info; coachmattera@gmail.com

TR will be expanding again in 2011.  We will have tryouts in ages 13-18 with plans to have a team in every age group.  We will be sticking with the JVA schedule and periodization approach to training while adding more individual skills work to the concept.  We have some fantastic coaches coming on board and have fielded inquiries from more families that I could have imagined who want to join the revolution or at least check us out.  I’ve even had discussions with coaching friends around the state about starting “revolution” branches in other cities! 

Stay tuned for more info on tryouts and the coaching staff for 2011…VIVA!!!!