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Established in 1994, by Mickey Kydes, Beachside of Connecticut Soccer Club has become one of Connecticut’s most successful premier soccer clubs, serving Southern Connecticut and Westchester County’s most talented and committed male and female youth soccer players. With boys teams ranging from the U-12 through U18 age groups, girls teams at the U12 through U16 age groups, a USL Men’s Super 20 team, and a developmental training program for players between the ages of 5 and 11, Beachside of Connecticut has built a strong foundation of bottom to top player development and success. As of 2009, Beachside of Connecticut Soccer Club works closely with over 350 of the area’s most talented soccer players. These Beachside players represent 25 surrounding Fairfield & Westchester County communities.

A non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation, Beachside of Connecticut Soccer Club is a leading premier educational soccer program for boys and girls in New England, featuring teams that compete and succeed at the regional level. The program provides high quality soccer and character developmental opportunities for the area’s most talented and committed youth soccer players.

On its website Beachside SC explains its objectives as follows:

Program Objectives

Develop People

Develop Soccer Players

Attractive & Effective Team Play

Win

Practice & Game objectives

Outwork

Outthink

Outplay (style of play)

'''The Word "FUN" '''

"Fun" means different things to different people, and in different situations. To players unused to discipline or hard work, fun may involve having loose, unstructured practices in which players are largely free to do as they wish, including not practicing at all unless the mood strikes them.

To other players - those who have been properly conditioned psychologically - fun is a sense of enjoyment and personal satisfaction derived from improving skills, indulging in competitive drills and scrimmages, and pursuing team goals.

The prudent coach will stress this latter kind of thinking among his or her players.


 * Coaching & Motivation - William E. Warren