Updated 1/23/08

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ODP Calendar 2007/08

2008 ODP State Pool. If your name is on the list please download the paperwork. Please read it carefully and make sure to mail it in by the due date. Late paperwork could result in the player’s name being removed and replaced with an alternate.  If your name is not on the list please download the letter for more information.

Letter          Boys Paperwork          Girls Paperwork

Mini Camp Pool numbers that exceed 25 are due to the following:

Extra Goalkeepers
Pre and during tryout injury situations
Last minute tryout conflicts that are beyond control, i.e. flight delays, car trouble, family emergencies, schedule (only accept direct communication with parent and director as delay is happening)
Players tried out in the wrong age group

Although listed in the pool, these players know they have not yet been accepted into the pool and will be at the Fairbanks Mini Camp as completion of their tryout event.

Players selected after tryouts must attend the mini camp process. - download the ODP Calendar:  PDF or MSWord

Due to changes made by Region IV we have made some slight changes in the Fairbanks and Anchorage GIRLS Mini-Camp schedules. This affects mainly 91s/92s who will now practice together with a little extra time. GKs. have been given an extra 1 hour session in Fairbanks and a 2 hour session in Anchorage.  Changes to the schedule are listed below and will also be published on the web.

GKs please note that the extra 1 hour session in Fairbanks is NOT mandatory. I appreciate that you already have a GK session that day as well as a session with your own age group. Due to the changes made by Region IV we had an extra 1 hour time slot and I have opened this to the keepers as a light skills clinic.   Not participating in this will in no way affect your chances of selection. Please contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns.

     Girls Fairbanks Mini-Camp, Lathrop High School (revised as of 11/10)

Friday 16th of November, 2007

5:00 - 7:00 pm -- 95’s
7:00 - 9:00 pm -- 94’s

Saturday 17th of November, 2007

8:00 - 9.30 am -- 93’s
9:30 - 11:30 am -- 92’s/91's
11:30 - 12:30 pm -- GK ’s
1:30 - 3:00 pm -- 95’s
3:00 - 4.30 pm-- 94’s
4:30 - 6:00 pm-- GKs

Sunday 18th of November, 2007

8:00 - 10:00 am -- 93’s
10:00 - 12:00 pm -- 92’s/91's

     Boys Fairbanks/North Pole Mini-Camp, North Pole Middle School

Friday 16th of November, 2007

5:00 - 6:30 pm -- 91’s
6:30 - 8:00 pm -- 92’s
8:00 - 9:00 pm -- GK’s

Saturday 17th of November, 2007

8:00 - 9:30 am -- 93’s
9:30 - 11:00 am -- 94’s
11:00 - 12:30 pm-- 95’s
1:30 - 3:00 pm -- 91’s
3:00 - 4:30 pm-- 92’s
4:30 - 6:00 pm -- GK’s

Sunday 18th of November. 2007

8:00 - 10:00 am -- 93’s
10:00 - 12:00 pm -- 94’s
12:00 - 2:00 pm -- 95’s

     Girls Anchorage/Wasilla Mini-Camp, Wasilla Sports Complex (revised as of 11/10)

Friday 11th of January, 2008

5:00 - 7:00 pm -- GK ’s
7:00 - 9:00 pm -- 92’s/91's

Saturday 12th of January, 2008

9:00 - 10:30 am -- 93’s
10:30 - 12:00 pm -- 94’s
12:30 - 2:00 pm-- 95’s
2:00 - 4:00 pm -- 91’s/92'S

Sunday 13th of January. 2008

8:00 - 9:30 am -- GK ’s
9:30 - 11:30 am -- 93’s
12:00 - 2:00 pm -- 94’s
2:00 - 4:00 pm -- 95's

     Boys Anchorage Mini-Camp, Cell One Center

Friday 11th of January 2008

5:00 - 6:30 pm -- 95’s
6:30 - 8:00 pm -- 94’s
8:00 - 9:00 pm-- GK’s

Saturday 12th of January 2008

8:00 - 9:30 am -- 93’s
9:30 - 11:00 am -- 92’s
12:30 - 2:00 pm -- 91’s
2:00 - 3:30 pm -- 95’s
3:30 - 5:00 pm -- 94’s

Sunday 13th of January 2008

8:00 - 9:30 am -- GK’s
9:30 - 11:00 am -- 93’s
11:00 - 12:30 pm -- 92’s
12:30 - 2:00 pm -- 91’s

     Girls & Boys Juneau Mini-Camp Schedule ****** CHANGED AS OF FEB. 1

Hello ODP Players and Parents,

If you are attending the Juneau Mini Camp in February, we would like to announce a change to the daily schedule posted on our website.

Although I am not a fan of changing posted schedules, Glen, Colin and I have deemed it appropriate to make some adjustments to take advantage of the facilities and numbers of players who are planning to attend the event. The big advantage for the players with this adjustment is that we are able to offer three sessions for all players, instead of just two as we had in Fairbanks and Anchorage mini camps.

This schedule change shouldn’t effect any plane tickets that have been purchased. If you encounter a conflict with a purchased ticket  and one of the sessions it is not a problem and contact Glen or Colin and they will work it out with you. Thanks to everyone and we look forward to another great event with Alaska ODP.

The updated (as of Feb. 1) schedule is:

Girls - Floyd Dryden Middle School

Saturday 23 rd of February 2008

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm -- 92's & 93's
5:00 - 6:00 pm -- GK session (at DZ Middle School)
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm -- 94's & 95's
7:30 - 9:00 pm -- 92's & 93's

Sunday 24th of February 2008

9:00 am - 11:00 am -- 94's & 95's
11:00 am - 1 pm -- 92's & 93's
2:00 pm - 4 pm -- 94's & 95's


Boys - DZ Middle School

++All 95's - 91’s Boys will attend the same times and will be split up on site for game play after collective warm up

Saturday 23 rd of February 2008

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm -- All 95's - 91’s Boys
5:00 - 6:00 pm -- GK
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm -- All 95's - 91’s Boys

Sunday 24th of February 2008

8:00 am - 10:00 am -- All 95 - 91’s Boys

Region IV ODP Tournament    Phoenix, AZ        Jan. 18-22

Region IV Tryout Camp in July – 07 locations;  Girls -Moscow, Idaho, Boys - McMinnville, Oregon,  2008 locations  and age group camp dates are TBA by Region IV, usually in the spring. 
See regioniv.com for regional camp info and announcements

ALASKA ODP PROGRAM INFO

Alaska State Association ODP is the state level of player identification for national level men’s and women’s Olympic and National Team training and competition. Between the state level and National level is Regional Level. Our Region, Region IV is comprised of 14 states on the western region of the United States. Region IV Camp is a development and tryout camp for the Olympic regional teams.

ODP is for soccer players who want additional high level player training and aspire to try-out for these future Regional, Olympic, and National Team pools with US Youth Soccer and United States Soccer Federation. Alaska State ODP is prepared to identify and train competitive soccer players within our state. ODP age groups are different from club soccer and are organized only by birth year. The coming ODP year, 2007/08, we will work with players born in the following birth years(age groups): 1991, 92, 93, 94, and 95.

To make the Alaska ODP State Team players go through a two level tryout and training process. Players attend an initial tryout in one of the three most highly populated locations, Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau in August/Sept. Selected players are then invited to the mini camps, up to 25 in each gender and age group, which take place in the same locations, from November to February. Following the Mini Camp phase, players who qualify by virtue of attendance and performance, are selected to the State Select Team who represents Alaska at the Region IV Camp in July.

ODP has been in place identifying and training Olympic and National team players for over 20 years. The program remains the main source of elite player identification in the United States. State level ODP participation is considered by college coaches as a necessity on soccer resume to play at high levels in college.

Tryout Details

Players must attend a minimum of two appropriate age group sessions at the tryout to be considered for the mini-camp pool.

The only exception made is for players who are playing in varsity HS games, matches or meets during the time of the tryout. Only with a note from their varsity HS coach, indicating that the conflict is with an official game, match or meet, can a player attend only one session of the tryout and be considered. This note must be received prior to the ODP tryout event.

If a player has an injury he/she is still required to attend at least two session (even if he/she can’t play) to be considered. A doctors note must be sent to either the directors or the administrators prior to the event.

Goalkeepers are requested to attend both of their age group sessions and the GK session. At a minimum GK must attend two of the three sessions to qualify for the mini- camp pool.

Players may play in their own age group at ODP and may play other age groups at tryouts or mini camps.

Mini-Camps for Training Pool - Evaluation and Group Preparation

Group training and final evaluation are the goals for the Mini-Camp phase of ODP. The three day Mini-Camps will take place throughout the winter and spring. There will be a total of three Mini-Camps, one in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks. In an effort to recognize and minimize travel costs as much as possible, players are required to attend a minimum of two of the three Mini-Camps to be eligible for Final Team selection. Players CAN attend all three Mini-Camps. Following the Mini-Camps, Final Team selection and Alternates will be named. All players making it into the Training Pool will be named either a Final Team Player or a Final Team Alternate Player. Team Head Coaches will be named after the Mini-Camp Process.

To help minimize the costs for all players in the program, all families are encouraged to be open to accommodate another soccer player who comes to your area for the purpose of advancing their game. When the time comes, please support this essential money saving effort. Communication will take place in advance to establish home stays for players when the ODP Mini-Camp event comes to your area.

Optional ODP Activities

Alaska ODP offers optional opportunity for player and team growth. At this time plans for optional activities are forming and presentation of optional activities will take place after the first tryout phase and before the mini-camp phase. In previous years we have offered optional travel to the Region IV ODP Championships and European travel and is additional to regular ODP fees.

Fees and Options:

The early online registration fee is 10.00. Players selected into the Mini Camp Pool will have a one-time fee of 225.00.  If the player is selected to the State Team, additional fee will then apply for the Region IV Camp. This fee is based on the transportation and accommodation rates next summer and will be set later in the ODP year, last year’s fee was 750 plus airfare.

Benefits to Participating in ODP when viewed as a Long-Term Process

1. Supplement to club team experience, different for all players, for some players it is a development tool, for others it will be a maintenance, exposure, and level advancement tool.
2. High Level Coaching Experience.
3. Playing opportunity with and against high level state and regional players, "Play the Best to be the Best."
4. Regular experience in the Advanced Tryout Process to prepare for club, HS, College, Regional, Semi-pro and Pro experiences.
5. Opportunity to make the state select and the regional select teams.
6. Yearly exposure to regional and college coaches.
7. The most established road that leads to Regional, Olympic and National teams begins with state level, Alaska ODP.

Want to know what ODP players said about ODP Region IV Camp? Have more questions about ODP? Take a look at the "Commonly asked ODP Questions and Answers!"

Note from Director of Coaching, F. Trovato.....

Hello players and parents, welcome to the Alaska ODP process. Mr. Glen Cahill, Boys and Mr. Colin Barton, Girls, will again serve as ODP Directors. All player selections are made by the Boys Director, Girls Director, and myself. This eliminates any hint of favoritism or club recruitment in the ODP selection process. I am excited about the future of Alaska ODP, Recreational Development, Competitive Development and Coaching Education. I look forward to meeting you and working together toward the achievement of even higher levels of soccer development. Have a great year and Work hard, have Fun, get Smart!

"Player development is the responsibility of the club coaches, HS coaches, ODP coaches, USYS Regional coaches and USSF National Team coaches. Player development begins the minute a player starts playing soccer and it never ends, it's a constant work in progress"