It’s hard to believe, but the end of the 2016-2017 soccer year is only a month away! This means it’s time to document the transition from the current soccer year to the upcoming 2017-2018 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 and now than we do over the future.
But we recognize that parents will have questions related to the future: age groups, tryouts, coaching assignments, and other factors. Some of the transition details are known, some are still unknown. We’ll update this post with more details about the transition as more details become available.
Age groups
Our girls with 2009 birth years graduate from the Junior Academy program and will be eligible to tryout for the U9 Academy Girls program. Girls with 2010 birth years will be eligible to return to the Junior Academy Girls program for a 2nd year. (Annie, Finley and Viviana are our current group of 2nd-year Junior Academy Girls.)
U9 guest night practices
Coach Trey Daniel with the U9/U10 Academy Girls program invites our 2009 Junior Academy girls to attend any of their upcoming guest night practices:
NTH-Tophat North U9/U10 Academy Girls Guest Nights
| Date | Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2017 | Monday | 5:30 - 6:45 PM | Noonday Park field 7 |
| May 9, 2017 | Tuesday | 5:00 - 6:15 PM | Metro North Park field 4 |
| May 15, 2017 | Monday | 5:30 - 6:45 PM | Noonday Park field 7 |
| May 16, 2017 | Tuesday | 5:00 - 6:15 PM | Metro North Park field 4 |
The U9 guest night sessions run the same time as our Junior Academy practices. But any 2009 Junior Academy player who wants to attend a U9 guest night is welcome to skip our Junior Academy practice so she can practice with the U9 girls.
Pre-tryout open house camp — May 22-25, 2017
NTH is offering a pre-tryout open house camp the week of May 22nd. The camp is free for current NTH Academy and Junior Academy players. Link: NTH Academy open house camp details
Tryouts
Tryouts for all NTH Academy programs start Tuesday, May 30th. Check our tryouts page for more information.
Coaching assignments
NTH-Tophat North Academy Girls Groups (2017-2018)
| Academy Program | Eligible Birth Years (2017-2018 soccer year) | Coach | E-mail address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Academy (U7 / U8) web site link more contact details | 2010, 2011 | Ward Swain | ward(dot)swain(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U9 Academy web site link | 2009 | Kimmie O'Connor | nasacoachkimmie(at)gmail(dot)com |
| U10 Academy web site link | 2008 | Trey Daniel | trey(dot)daniel(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U11 Academy web site link | 2007 | Ashley Stinson | ashley(dot)stinson(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
| U12 Academy | 2006 | Lauren Horne | lauren(dot)horne(at)nasa-ga(dot)org |
Other questions
If you have questions about other parts of the transition, please feel free to send them our way and we’ll address them.
Academy group names:
If you check the NASA Tophat web site, you may see some references to NTH-Tophat and NTH-Tophat North. When used in reference of teams or programs, NTH-Tophat refers to the Buckhead branch, and NTH-Tophat North refers to the groups that play out of Metro North, United Quest and J. J. Biello parks.
Academy Team Camps:
The summer Academy Team Camps take place the week of August 7-10 during evening hours.