Parents Code of Conduct

• Children have more need for example than criticism.
  
• Make athletic participation a positive experience for your child and others.
  
• Attempt to relieve competition stress, not increase it. A child is easily affected by outside influences.
  
• The opponents are necessary friends; without them, your child could not participate.
  
• Applaud good plays by your team and by members of the opposing team.

Please keep in mind that parental attitudes at games toward their child, the opposing team, the officials, and the coach, influence the child's values and behavior in sports. Sometimes overly anxious parents bent on immediate success rather than long-range benefits criticize officials and opponents and show disrespect. This inappropriate behavior devalues the sport and creates unnecessary stress for the player. It is not in keeping with the spirit of the game.

College Recruiting

The Myth vs. The Reality

One of the more critical steps in the college selection process for student-athletes, their coach, and guidance counselor is the elimination process. The majority of students and parents believe talented high school athletes are actively recruited and offered "full-ride" sports scholarships by Division I college coaches. The reality is that only 2% of these athletes are "actively recruited" by leading college coaches, leaving the remaining 98% to "recruit themselves" through self-directed efforts.

In high school, students should have a clear and concise direction for selecting a college or university program that fits their needs and demonstrate their willingness to improve their technique and acumen to achieve results. Do you have a clear and concise direction for your collegiate future?

One of the more critical steps in the college selection process for student-athletes, their coach, and guidance counselor is the elimination process. Getting noticed by college and university coaches must start early and be maintained if a student-athlete is serious about applying their academic and athletic accomplishment to receive scholarships and be selected to play at the collegiate level.

If the student-athlete has not communicated their interest to a variety of programs, and has made little to-no contact with college coaches and admission officers, they will need to work harder. By sizing up strengths and weaknesses, students will have a clear direction for improving their academic and athletic needs to compete at the collegiate level and be successful.

Planning Ahead…

Junior Year

• Review academic plan for Junior year
• Develop more selective college contact list-begin writing to colleges & coaches
• Explore opportunities for college / high school joint enrollment credit
• Visit College Nights / College Fairs
• Verify SAT registration deadline with counselor
• Get Letters of Recommendation/References
• Organize your personal portfolio
• Visit local colleges of different types & sizes
• Explore possibility of enrolling in AP courses during senior year for college credit
• Take SAT and ACT
• Develop your preferred college list
• Review admission applications questions & concerns with counselors

Senior Year

• Finalize application essay topics
• Request referrals from teachers/coaches
• Review application essays with teachers- parents for suggestions & proofing
• Get tax records to prepare financial aid forms
• Obtain and file financial Aid Forms ASAP after Jan. 1
• Make sure all applications have been sent
• Parent / student meeting with counselor to verify all transcript verification is complete
• Re-take SAT & ACT if necessary
• Review acceptances and offers - choose college you wish to attend
• If put on waiting lists, contact college admissions officers & guidance counselor
• Submit necessary deposits to college chosen
• Notify college you have chosen to attend,
• Notify colleges applied not attending
• Notify counselor of final choice and have final grades, proof of graduation, etc. sent

What You Need To Do…

Make a list of at least 10 colleges (ranging from Division 1 to Division 3, NAIA)
Find the contact information and research each college and coach

• Complete your player profile
• Mail player profile packets to coaches and follow up with e-mails and phone calls, expressing your interest in the school
• Update coaches through e-mails and phone calls about upcoming tournaments and games

ODP

What is ODP?

The Olympic Development Program is a national process for identifying and developing the best youth soccer players. The process promotes players to the U.S. National Teams, which represent the United States in international competition, such as the Youth World Cup and the Olympics.

The main ODP objective is to identify, evaluate and train highly talented male and female youth soccer players. As part of this national effort, the CYSA ODP is dedicated to developing the highest level of youth soccer. This objective must be achieved in an atmosphere of integrity, fairness and impartiality. The player's physical and cognitive skills and attitude must be the only criteria for the program. The procedure to achieve this objective must be approved by the CYSA Board of Directors and must not conflict with any US Youth Soccer or United States Soccer Federation (USSF) policies.

The secondary objectives are to:

• Evaluate and select players in each ODP age group for a State pool of players from which State Team players are selected.
• Advance the soccer skills of players in each ODP age group.
• Provide competitions for State Teams in each ODP age group.

While individual leagues or districts may have additional objectives for their local programs, those objectives must not adversely affect the success of the ODP.

CYSA District IV Olympic Development Program (ODP)

 

Camps, Academy, Personal Training

Camps, Academy, Personal Training Diablo FC continues to provide a soccer camp exclusively for the U9 - U14 Diablo FC players this summer. The Team Camp is run by Diablo FC`s professional training staff. Diablo FC will be holding club wide training days throughout the spring, summer, and fall. These days will focus on positional training for our players. Individual training is offered throughout the year for those interested in one-on-one training. Please contact the Director of Coaching -- Brian Voltattorni -- at bvoltattorni@diablofc.org  for more information.

Diablo FC Team Camp 2008
June 16 - June 19
U9 - U12 Boys and Girls 9:00am - 11:30am
U13 - U14 Boys and Girls 5:00pm - 7:30pm

Boatwright Fields

 

Sponsorship / Fundraising

Information coming soon...