“Changing the Game” Meetings At Stony Brook University
Changing the Game
The Stony Brook Soccer Club, a proud member of both the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) and Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA), is pleased to host meetings about improving youth sports by creating a player-first environment. The meetings will be held this Thursday night, March 5 at Stony Brook University’s Wang Center at 100 Nicolls Road in Stony Brook.
The 6:00 pm meeting is for coaches and the discussion will be Beyond X’s and O’s: Developing a Positive Coaching Legacy. At 7:30 pm, there is a program for parents on Changing the Game: Developing High-Performers in a “Player-First” Environment.
The keynote speaker is John O’Sullivan, author of the national best-selling book Changing the Game: The Parents’ Guide to Raising Happy, High-Performing Athletes and Giving Youth Sports Back to Our Kids. John is a contributing writer for the Huffington Post, Soccer America and NSCAA Soccer Journal who left his position with MLS’ Portland Timbers in 2013 to concentrate full-time on improving youth sports.
John started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high school, college and professional level. He brings to the table a wealth of practical, hands on knowledge garnered through years of working with players and their families on sport specific development, fitness and nutrition, college recruiting, and most importantly, nurturing positive, healthy, and supportive relationships between parents and their young athletes. He has complied much of this information in his #1 bestselling book Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids.
John will be discussing the ways we can help young athletes perform to their potential while at the same time giving children ownership and enjoyment of their experience in youth sports. Stay after the meetings for a panel discussion about ongoing issues in youth sports featuring John, coaches from Stony Brook University and Dr. James Paci from the Stony Brook Orthopaedics Division of Sports Medicine.
The other hosts of Changing the Game besides the Stony Brook Soccer Club are Three Village Lax, Three Village Football, Three Village Basketball plus the Three Village Baseball and Softball League. Admission is free. For more information, e-mail andrewhsloat@gmail.com or phone 516-850-3175.
Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association: With over 100,000 youth soccer players–both boys and girls–and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 11 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators.
All levels of soccer are offered–from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association.
