Category Archives: Parent Education

Registration, orientation and uniforms (summer 2020)

We are excited to welcome 23 players into the Junior Academy Girls program for the 2020-2021 soccer year! Link:  tryout results Now it’s time to take care of the administrative side of the program before we get started with Junior Academy Team Camp on August 3, 2020. Links: registration details (posted June 11) orientation presentation (posted June… Read More »

2020 Registration: be patient!

We’ve had several questions about registration. Parents have inquired why other parents have already received their registration notice, or why they have received a registration notice for one child, but not for their Junior Academy daughter. The “start a new soccer year” process: Let’s review the steps that start a new soccer year. This refers to… Read More »

Soccer year preview: 2020-2021

It’s hard to believe, but the end of the 2019-2020 soccer year is coming soon! This means it’s time to document the transition from the current soccer year to the upcoming 2020-2021 soccer year. May 20, 2020 update:  NTH has canceled tryouts for the Junior Academy, Academy and Select programs. How does this affect your daughter?… Read More »

NTH Member Update (May 1, 2020)

May 1, 2020:  NTH sent members the following e-mail: MEMBER UPDATE:  Letter from Dave Smith, Executive Director regarding COVID-19 and evaluation of return to play May 1, 2020 Dear members, As Georgia and a number of other states and local jurisdictions begin a phased return to normalcy, NASA Tophat (NTH) has been doing extensive research and planning for our return to play.  We continue to take the lead… Read More »

The new normal? And one state’s vision for a return to soccer

Updated Friday, May 15, 2020. When can we play again, and what will change? The answers depend on decisions by multiple levels of government (Cobb, Georgia, CDC, U.S.), along with soccer sanctioning bodies at the state (Georgia Soccer) and national levels (US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, US Club Soccer). Georgia Soccer’s latest message was posted April… Read More »

Registration, orientation and uniforms (2019)

Our pre-tryout camp and tryouts themselves are now complete. We thank everyone who participated in these events. We are excited to welcome 24 girls to our program for the 2019-2020 soccer year! Link:  tryout results Now it’s time to take care of the administrative side of the program before we get started with Junior Academy… Read More »

Soccer year preview: 2019-2020

It’s hard to believe, but the end of the 2018-2019 soccer year is coming soon! This means it’s time to document the transition from the current soccer year to the upcoming 2019-2020 soccer year. On the field, we’ll stay in the moment and focus on the here and now. We have more control over the here… Read More »

Summer 2018 news updates

Here’s a list of news topics from a July 30 group e-mail. Quick links: Team camp Camp schedule Weather info Cold treats Roster (draft) Orientation meetings Fall practice schedule Communication channels Team camp starts Monday, August 6th! We kick-off the fall 2018 season with our Junior Academy Team Camp starting Monday, August 6th at United… Read More »

Registration, orientation and uniforms (2018)

Tryouts are complete. We thank everyone who participated in our tryouts. We are excited to welcome 28 girls to our program for the 2018-2019 soccer year! Link:  tryout results Now it’s time to take care of the administrative side of the program before we get started with Junior Academy Team Camp in August. Links: registration… Read More »