Game Day: Saturday, November 3, 2018

Field status update — Saturday, November 3 @ 8:15 AM:  Our games are on as scheduled. (Some NTH fields are closed, but the Tophat fields in Buckhead are open.) Girls: good luck and have fun!

Game day notes

  • Road trip!  This is an away game day. We’ll play the games at the Tophat fields in Buckhead.
  • Uniforms:  Players should wear their navy blue uniforms.
  • Weekly quiz:  We post a quiz each week below the team assignments. Scroll past the roster table for quiz details.
  • Warm-up captains:  Girls whose names are in bold print with a (C) indicator are warm-up captains. They are responsible for gathering their teammates and helping the coach start pre-game warm-up. Link:  warm-up ideas

Saturday team assignments and schedules

Game Day: 2018-11-03

Location:Tophat 3B-1Tophat 3B-1Tophat 3B-1
Uniform:NTH Fall 2018 uniforms: blueNTH Fall 2018 uniforms: blueNTH Fall 2018 uniforms: blue
Warmup:10:00 AM11:30 AM1:00 PM
Kickoff:10:30 AM12:00 Noon1:30 PM
vs:NTH-THNTH-TH MiltonNTH-TH
Game format:7v77v77v7
Team:NTH-TH NorthNTH-TH NorthNTH-TH North
PlayersBlunschi
Diianni (C)
Flammia
Havette
Levin
McMasters
Porter (1)
Solet
Weinstein		Katz
McCarty
Patel
Porter (2)
Tate (C)
Thomas
Wilkens
Williams
tbd (game 1 DH)		Deljoo
Gentry
Jarrett
JohnBaptiste
Norstadt
Poklemba
Robinson
Schutz
Wise (C)

Weekly quiz – 1v1 defending

Girls can win a treat if they can demonstrate proper 1v1 defending technique, and also answer these questions about 1v1 defending.

  1. When an opponent has the ball, should you run away from her toward your own goal? Or should you stand and wait for her to come toward you? Or should you shut down the space between you and her?
  2. When is the best time to shut down space between you and an opponent who has the ball? After she gets a head start, or as soon as possible so she can’t get a head start?
  3. What’s the best way to shut down space? Run in like a crazed banshee? Stand and watch like a used potato? Run in “fast to slow”, and “high to low” so you can change direction if needed to stay between the opponent and our goal?
  4. When should you try to win the ball? Right now? Never? Or stay goal-side and be patient, and wait until the opponent makes a mistake and loses control of the ball?