Coweta County Soccer Association

Head Coach-Alan Ewing Director of Coaching

BACKGROUND- Originally from Tamworth, England, Alan came to the Cannons Soccer Club in 2003 as a Camp Director for Eurotech soccer and was invited to work as a staff trainer and coach for the fall season. Fortunately for us, Alan met his wife Shannon during this time and decided to stay a while. Alan returned in the spring of 2004 and was then promoted to Technical Director in August. In the spring of 2005, Alan was promoted again as the club's Director of Coaching. Alan brings high energy and excellence to all that he does and we are excited about the program and coaching staff he has put in place for the Cannons. 

COACHING BACKGROUND-Alan has traveled and coached in Australia, the UK and all over the US since taking his first coaching License in 1996 and first came to the US in 1998. Previous US employers include, UK Elite Soccer (NJ), English Premier Soccer (WV) and Euotech Soccer (VA). He has coached with European Cup Winner Alan Kennedy in Liverpool and South Notts Ladies (UK). He also coached and played at the Nottingham Trent University in the UK while studying for his BS in Sport Science. 

QUALIFICATIONS- Alan holds the NSCAA Premier Diploma and also the UEFA B License (Level III) and the National Youth License.  Alan is also the Georgia State Technical Director for the NSCAA. In this role Alan creates, organizes and teaches soccer coaching courses all around GA and SC.  He is also on the state ODP staff.

U10 ACADEMY GIRLS 2007-2008 AGE GROUP PROFILE

The U10 age group in academy is where players continue their soccer education having had a start either in the recreation department or having graduated from the U9 academy.  It is the future of the Cannons select program.   Training sessions are lead by the professional coaches running professional sessions.  The academy focus at U10 continues to be on ball mastery and technical ability.  We are not concerned with wins or losses or building of teams.  Our focus is on individual player development.  We will meet this objective by continuing the player pool process.  Establishing this player pool allows us to train together and give us the flexibility to put players in different situations always with the development of the player in mind.  We will create a training environment that is both challenging and rewarding for the girls.

TRAINING:

 All players in the U10 academy player pool will train together.  For the fall of 2007 our training times and days are tentatively set for Mondays & Thursdays from 5:30pm-7:00pm.  We offer at no extra cost a fast footwork clinic, a shooting clinic and a goalkeeper clinic.  The two team training days are mandatory while all skills clinics are optional but highly recommended.  Training for the fall season will begin the week of August 6^th and run through the week of November 5^th.  There will be no set rosters during the fall season.  Rosters will be mixed as evenly as possible with talent equally distributed.  In the spring season however kids will be placed on their game day teams according to their skill level and ability at the discretion of the head coach.

GAMES:

Starting the weekend of September 8^th through November 10^th we will play between an 8-10 game schedule.  We play academy friendlies whereby no scores or standings are kept, keeping in line with the academy philosophy of the U.S.S.F.  Travel is required as we play half of our games at the Whitlock complex here in Coweta and the other half in and around the Atlanta area matched with other clubs such as ASA Extreme, Concorde Fire, AFC Lightning, AFU, Peachtree City Lazers, Henry County Thunder, TYSA Triumph and Gwinnett Soccer Association just to name a few.  We play the majority of our games on Saturdays however there may be the odd Sunday afternoon game or a Friday evening game with one of our local neighboring clubs. 

AGE GROUP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Coweta Fall Challenge Tournament 2006-Champions
Cobb Classic 2007 Tournament-Champions
Concorde Fire Challenge 2007 Tournament-Champions
Coweta Spring Challenge 2007 Tournament-Champions
ASA Adidas Challenge 2007 Tournament-Champions 

Tournament Schedule (subject to change) 

FALL 2007

AFC Lightning Fall Challenge-August 11-12, Fayetteville, GA(Gold, Blue)
Atlanta Cup-Sept 1-3, Atlanta, GA(Gold)
Cannons Fall Challenge-October 20-21, Newnan, GA(Gold, Blue)
TYSA Triumph Cup-November 17-18, Tucker, GA(Blue)

SPRING 2008

Concorde Classic-February 2008, Atlanta(Gold, Blue)
Vulcan Cup-March 2008, Alabama(Gold)
Cannons Spring Challenge-April 2008, Newnan, GA(Gold, Blue)
ASA Adidas Challenge Cup-May 2008, Duluth, GA(Gold)
South Atlanta Peach Classic-May 2008, Henry County, GA(Blue)                  

FEES & IMPORTANT DATES

Registration Fee $700.00 per year ($350.00) includes training fees and preseason camps
Uniforms $140.00 includes 2 jerseys, 2 shorts, 2 socks.  Tournament Fees $100 a season.

Academy Evaluations-May 29, 30, 31 5:30-7p