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Perry Hall Coach Invites Kids to Soccer Camp
When you’ve coached a soccer
team to
the state finals in two of the
past three years, you know a little something about soccer and Perry
Hall High School coach Danny Skelton wanted to share his knowledge with
young players at his soccer camp. Camp was held for boys and girls ages
11-16 at Perry Hall High School. He calls the camp “Total Futbol
Premier Soccer Camp.”
Skelton wanted a catchy name that sounded European to attract players,
but he also emphasizes that American players start playing more like
Europeans.
“We need to improve our technical skills in the U.S.,” Skelton
explained. “Once a player develops bad habits, it’s hard to break those
habits as they get older. That’s why we try to develop good habits at a
young age.”
At the camp, players work on ball skills such as passing, ball control
and moving without the ball. Skelton trains players in both total
offense and defense.
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Dundalk Soccer Camp Goes European Style
For the past seven years, soccer players from Europe have been
traveling to the United States to teach American kids how to develop a
real appreciation for how the game is played.
According to Andy Yianni, one of eight soccer coaches in the program
and a former semi-pro soccer player, about 120 children signed up this
summer to participate in the Challenger British Soccer Program, which
breaks last year’s record of a little over 60 participants.
“Kids from age three to age 16 have joined together to take advantage
of this opportunity,” stated Yianni. “It’s been really great to see
them get so involved and be full of so much excitement, especially in
these uncomfortable temperatures.”
The weeklong soccer clinic took place at the North Point Government
Center located on Wise Avenue in Dundalk, and began on Monday, July 5
and ran until Friday, July 9, daily from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Temperatures
that week topped out at more than 100 degrees.
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Mt. Carmel to Start Playing Football
After 50 years, Mount Carmel High School will have its first
football
team starting this fall. The school announced they will start with an
eight-game schedule in 2010 and will join the MIAA (Maryland
Interscholastic Athletic Association) League for a full schedule in
2011.
Director of Athletics Mike Naunton said it’s time to add a football
team to the athletic program. “The kids in middle school DON’T know
what it’s like not having football in their lives. There was a period
when kids in the area didn’t have a football team when the Colts left,
but this generation has grown with up football as the Ravens have been
in Baltimore for 15 years,” Naunton explained. “We thought it was time
to start a football program. Kids entering high school today have grown
up playing football in rec. leagues and we have some good young players
out there.”
The local community also wants to give back, so Bartenfelder Farms
& Chapel Hills Farm and Nursery are teaming up to hold a bull
roast on Sunday, Aug. 8 from 3 - 7 p.m. at Chapel Hills, 4350 Chapel
Road in Perry Hall, to raise money for the new football program.
Bartenfelder Farms Owner and County Councilman Joe Bartenfelder and
Chapel Hills owner Russell Berk are hosting the event.
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