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We know our methods work at the Team Camp. We see huge improvement in our UNC players one year to the next. We also see remarkable improvement in the teams that come regularly to Team Camp. Below are some unsolicited testimonials from former participants in our camp.


Hi Anson,

- The new system has benefited us most in keeping more meaningful
possession. We were a great team at keeping the ball around the back,
but now teams spend entire games defending us in their own end...good
teams as well. Nobody can play comfortably under our pressure so the
girls have basically become mad with power, enjoying torturing our
opponents for 90min.

- We are scoring more and being scored on less...the ball is never in
our end anymore and opponents always think they can get behind us, they
fall for it every time! Naturally we are scoring more as well, and many
more goals from about 60min. on.

- I have players being added to our Provincial program constantly, 7
girls with the National Training Center for our region and not one
player I have to hide during games; player development has been
incredible.

- Terrifying as hell!!! But the girls love it, and scoff at any
suggestion we might try something else. Every player has said it's been
the most fun they've ever had playing, and that's the greatest
endorsement of all.


Thanks again!
Matt Brannon
Dartmouth United Soccer


 


 

"I would also like to thank you for the time spent and information you have provided to me this week. . . To be honest, I learned more from you this past week than I did last summer at my "C" course. I also thought it was great the way you took the time to meet with the coaches and have us out for dinner. . .  I will be back next summer with my other team and will highly recommend the camp to other teams. "
- Tracy Birrell, Alexandria , VA


"The positive effects of the North Carolina experience have been far reaching. My club team gained the confidence to play its game no matter what the circumstances and two girls made an ODP team this fall. For my high school team, we had 8 goals contributed by my defense alone, won the northern Colorado region, went into the state tournament and finished 12-2-1. The most exciting part of watching these girls mature is hearing them talk about Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts, and the gang like they were big sisters."
- Mindy Sclaro, Lafayette, CO

"Just a short note to thank you once again for the wonderful time that we had at the North Carolina Girls' Soccer Camp Team Camp earlier this month. The girls came back excited as ever and carried their enthusiasm from the camp into our own BRYC Electra minicamp last week. The demonstrations, training sessions, match competition, coaching sessions, and evening camp meetings are all of exceptional value. On behalf of our players and parents, thanks again for a terrific experience."
- Ashu Saxena, Vienna, VA

 
"It took me a couple of days before I began to see patterns and connections between things you said in your lectures and things I observed in the camp. Your thoughts and ideas about coaching are obviously the products of years of study, introspection, and reflection, and the degree to which they pervade the Carolina soccer environment could have been achieved only by relentless trial and error and a tireless pursuit of the best ways to 'effect' performance. In short, you have obviously been practicing what you preach in that you have set a very high standard for yourself as a coach and worked hard to achieve it and maintain it.
- Bob Doherty, Charlotte, NC

 

We are very proud that in 1996 two of the high school teams that we trained, Randolph and Niskayuna, were ranked 1 and 2 in the country. We are also excited that these were teams that have come almost every year. We have also trained teams that have won USYSA select youth national championships: Sparta from Chicago , IL won the 1993 U-17 youth national championship and the Dallas Sting were the 1995 U-18 youth national champions. Both teams are former team camp participants.