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ICS NewsIn a recent tour of the United Kingdom Steve O\'Neil took a group of players on ground visits at Manchester United and City, Bolton, Liverpool and Everton and the group got to take in several top class games. 2009 Destin Camp a great success! - July 02, 2009 Steve O\'Neil and Phil Rose took the players of the Destin area for a tour of soccer skills at the PALS camp recently. \"Its always great when the two of us get together\" said Rosie. Watch out we will be back in your area soon. On the Road again! - March 22, 2009 2009 is another bumper year for the ISC gang. On the road again in England,Scotland,Wales,Haiti,Dominican Republic, St.Thomas, Puerto Rico and Florida. Come see us! Phil Rose is a guest presenter at the NSCAA Convention. - March 22, 2009 The City of St.Louis was host to the largest coaches meeting in the North America when the NSCAA held its 62nd Annual Convention earlier this year. We are proud to announce that Phil Rose one of the ISC Directors of Coaching was a headlining presenter. Rosie did an amazing job and the feedback from the convention staff and attendees was excellent. Well done Rosie! ISC has another successful European Tour! - March 22, 2009 Steve O\'Neil toured England, Scotland and Wales with a U14 squad who played two games, watched four EPL Games, One Championship, One League One, Three Academy games and One FA Youth Cup Game. They filled in their spare time with ground tours of five EPL Grounds a visit to the National Football Museum and some educational and cultural trips. ISC Euro tour - April 18, 2008 Steve recently took a team on tour to England, Scotland and Wales. The team had a hectic paced tour but crammed in a huge itinerary. They watched Blackburn play Spurs in the EPL and the top of the table League One clash between Carlisle and Swansea. Ground tours at Manchester United, Manchester City, Blackburn and Bolton. Visited both Liverpool and Blackburn Academies to watch the teams train. Held training sessions with Academy Coaches from Bolton and Blackburn and played a couple of games too. The special highlight was a meeting with Brad Friedel who graciously signed autographs, posed for photos and chatted with the starstruck players. Lagos- Finally! - April 18, 2008 After several attempts to host a camp in Nigeria ISC will finally get to set foot on the Trade Fair Field in Lagos in June 2008. Details to follow. NSCAA Convention in Baltimore - March 21, 2008 Phil Rose and Steve O\'Neil met up once more at the convention center in Baltimore Maryland for the gathering of the largest group of soccer coaches in the world. Guests included Steve McLaren the former England National Team Manager. Nigeria-Once more. - March 20, 2008 It has been a very trying time for us in our efforts to get a camp established in Nigeria. Our first hosts pulled out while we were still at the airport. Our second effort was held up by an administrative problem. Now we are going for third time lucky. It is our intention to setup a camp in June of this year. Staff members from ISC as well as scouts from Blackburn Rovers will be there. Watch this space for final details. Back to Blighty! - February 02, 2007 Steve O'Neil is going to back to the UK this spring to meet up with our partners at Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Manchester United. Steve will be following on with the great work of Phil Rose and the club's academies. Convention is a winner! - February 02, 2007 Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil had a great time at the Indianopolis Convention Center attending the NSCAA Convention. Coaches from all over the globe meet and share information and ideas. NSCAA Convention - December 30, 2006 Steve O'Neil and Phil Rose will be attending the NSCAA convention in the City of Indianapolis. The Convention will be attended by around 100,000 coaches from all around the world. Guess the boys will be in good company. Who should we choose? - December 30, 2006 Well, it is that time of the year again. Should we go with Shashank in India? Supo in Cameroon or Prince Lori in Nigeria? You tell us! Passports are out again! - December 30, 2006 Steve is returned from Destin ,Florida after working with Phil. Phil is currently in Holland with Ajax and Feyenoord. Steve returns from San Diego and goes off to Africa. Currently ISC is in talks with Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana. ISC camp in Destin Florida is a hit! - December 30, 2006 ISC Directors Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil came together to provide a camp for the Wave Futbol Club in Destin Florida. OVer 50 players showed up at the Destin Middle School camp for a tremendous camp. ISC trip to the UK - December 04, 2006 Steve O'Neil took a team to the home of Blackburn Rovers and came away with a big surprise. Blackburn Rovers Academy coaches provided a training session for the team in conjunction with ISC. One lucky player now appears to be heading to Blackburn for further talks. Another Honour for ISC - December 04, 2006 Phil Rose has been appointed Assistant Coach to the US National Mens Deaf Soccer Team. This appointment follows on from his previous stellar work with the US Paralympic team. ISC is very proud of Phil and his new found position. Off on their travels again. - September 19, 2006 Get out the passports we are back in action. Over the next couple of months ISC Directors Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil are back on the travel path. Phil is off to Scotland, England and Holland. Steve is headed for England, Jamaica and Barbados. Both are looking forward to Mumbai,India over Christmas. Africa added to the ISC Continents - September 19, 2006 Recent trips to Nigeria and Senegal allowed Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil to add the continent of Africa to their list of endless travels. Asia trip will take us to new heights! - April 23, 2006 Our next trip to Asia will see us not in Bombay but in Delhi and Agra-home of the Taj Mahal. Steve and Phil are looking forward to meeting up with old friend Shashank Shah in India. Steve O'Neil back to the Caribbean - April 23, 2006 Steve is off again to the caribbean islands. This time he will be stopping briefly in St.Thomas,Dominica and Bahamas. "I just can't wait, I love it in the islands" said Steve Nigeria? - April 23, 2006 We have talked many times with clubs in the African continent, but recently we have recieved two promising enquiries from Nigeria to add to our work with Appeteez FC from both Saro FC and from the 4th Man soccer Academy. Look forward to seeing us early in 2007!! Phil Rose visits Everton and Blackburn - April 23, 2006 Phil Rose is back home in the UK, he will be working with our good friend Steve Rigby back at the Blackpool Festival. Phil will then be taking time out to visit our Academy friends at both Everton and Blackburn. For the eagle eyed you might just spot him at the Hull City game on Saturday. ISC is firming up it's schedule for 2006. - March 03, 2006 ISC International Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil announced that the ISC staff will be hitting the following trails this year. USA, England, Holland,Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands,India and France. Currently we are still in negotiations with several African countries regarding our services for 2006-7. He's off again. - March 03, 2006 Phil Rose is off to England again this April to spend some quality time at the Ellesse Festival in Blackpool. While he is there he will be taking in the academies of Blackburn and Everton. ISC set to take Africa by storm - February 26, 2006 Amazingly the last few months have produced several encounters with our African neighbours. As a result ISC expects to be travelling to Africa in the near future. Wish us luck. News from Naples - February 26, 2006 Steve ONeil and Phil Rose showed up in Naples to work with Naples Youth Soccer to providea camp for the clubs of Naples Optimists, Naples Extreme and Naples Sharks. Phil was the camp coordinator for this one and did an excellent job of setting up and running Naples 1st ISC camp. New Year in Asia! - January 05, 2006 Steve O'Neil and Phil Rose continued their trek through India with a New Year bash at Beach Candy Club in Bombay,the two friends have had a ball. They linked up with old friend Joseph Giliaud coach of Jai Hind College for some training sessions. They also visited St. Dominic Savio School for under privileged children in Andheri and ran a camp. A trip to the Podar Academy of Santa Cruz was also undertaken. Tata Colony welcomes back ISC. - December 28, 2005 Back in May and June of this year ISC Directors Steve O'Neil and Phil Rose visited the Tata colony in Chembur, India for a camp. The annual 7 a side tournament just happened to be taking place when the dynamic duo revisited the site this week. They were overwhelmed by the support and outpouring of love and emotion from the boys. As a special treat they both introduced to the teams during the finals as the guests of honour to great applause from the fans. Steve said"It was amazing, we saw one little boy from the camp and said Hi, he smiled and ran off, next thing we knew forty kids were running down the hill shouting our names. It was truly unbelievable and to be honest a little emotional" Christmas in Mumbai! - December 28, 2005 Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil are spending Christmas in Mumbai. So far their interesting trip has had them interacting with Indian NFL powerhouse Mahindra United and Nigeria's Delta State stars from Apeteez FC. Including a great training session just prior to the African teams dream win over top Indian team Air India,recent winners of the Indian Super Cup. Happy Thanksgiving!! - November 24, 2005 To all of our American friends, colleagues, players and campers we wish you a very happy day, don't eat too much and we will see you on the fields. Academy added! - October 11, 2005 ISC are proud to announce an agreement with Blackburn Rovers of the English Premier Division to act as recruiters for the teams youth Academy. This adds to the growing list of clubs that we have affiliations with. Off to Africa!! - October 11, 2005 Our good friend Kingsley Mordi has asked ISC to travel to both Ghana and Nigeria in early 2006. We are thrilled to be able to provide a camp in Africa. We will also be looking forward to scouting players for European Academies. Phil Rose stated"It is absolutely fantastic to be able to add one more continent to the ISC family" and Steve O'Neil added"It is a tremendous honour to be asked and it continues our quest to make ISC truly an international organization.ISC has now provided soccer training camps in The Americas,Europe, Asia and the addition of Africa makes it four out of six. Australasia is looking good but it has to be said. I don't see us in Antartica anytime soon" Helping out the old hands. - August 21, 2005 Steve O'Neil met up with one of the ISC star guest coaches of the past 5 years. Georgie Donnelly-Adams former England International is now the Head Womens Soccer Coach at Chowan College in North Carolina. Steve went down to assist her with a few drills on a visit recently. It is so nice to see our staff doing well, so what happened to the previous Head Coach-Stu Horne, another ISC coach. He is now Head Coach at Elon College in North Carolina. Partnership with my PALS - August 18, 2005 International Soccer Camps is pleased to announce that as of September 1st 2005, we will be entering into a partnership with our PALS. That is Play And Learn Soccer. My old PAL and colleague Phil Rose has formed the company to encourage better technical skills in the 7-11 year old age groups. It is innovative and most important,FUN! From September ISC will hold camps for the 12 year old and older through the adult age groups, while PALS will work with the younger contingent at all of our camps. This means that when we come to you we have two different programs that we can offer and both are specialized. For more information on PALS check out the website at http://www.playandlearnsoccer.com/ This is fantastic news for all of our campers. On the move again - August 18, 2005 So I just checked the calendar and we are off on our travels again!! In November we will be in the Caribbean,December and January in India, January also sees us at the NSCAA convention in the USA,February sees us in Austria and Germany,we are curently planning trips to Nigeria in January and the Czech Republic in February. A trip to England is scheduled in April and India again in May. I think I need a new passport! Great News from Mumbai! - July 28, 2005 After a tremendous tragedy in the City and surrounding areas of Mumbai, India we are thrilled to let you know that all of our campers, coaches and friends are safe after the tragedies of this years record breaking monsoon. Phil and Steve setting out for pastures new! - July 12, 2005 Phil Rose and Steve O'Neil are pulling out the kitbags once more as they visit Austria and Germany in early 2006. The two will be visiting Salzburg and Vienna to check out training at some of the top establishments in both countries. Whatever they find will be brought back to ISC Camps for next year. The English FA is launching more online courses! - July 10, 2005 The Football Association is setting up more online learning courses in the wake of the highly successful Psychology of Soccer course. It is anticipated that in addition to the Pyschology course there will be rules of the game, fitness and conditioning and several courses to assist in the attainment of the UEFA B license. All great news for the soccer enthusiast and can be checked out at TheFa.com Coaches on the road again!! - July 10, 2005 Steve O'Neil is running a camp on the South East Virginia Peninsula this week and Phil Rose is out in Louisville at the University of Kentucky. Do they ever stop? Phil Rose is riding high! - July 07, 2005 Phil Rose, ISC International Director of Coaching has been targetted by the NSCAA to rewrite the National Youth Diploma,a blueprint for youth soccer development in the USA. Phil who has been elevated to the National Staff of the NSCAA and is the State Technical Director for Florida. India again!! - July 07, 2005 The Super Soccer School in Mumbai, India operated by our good friend and coleague Shashank Shah, has invited ISC back again. Following a very successful summer camp in May/June the school will again host camps from 17th December to January 4th. Off to India! - June 13, 2005 ISC International Directors of Coaching are off again, this time to the City of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. The globetrotting duo have been invited to work at the Super Soccer School in India run by Shashank Shah. Both of them are looking forward to the trip and working with the staff and players of the school. Africa? - May 10, 2005 Recently ISC has had invitations to travel to Ghana and Nigeria. What do you think should we come to see you? Contact me at steve@varush.com Phil is back in Europe! - March 10, 2005 ISC Director Phil Rose is back in Europe on a fact finding mission for ISC camps for 2006. His trip will include visits to Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City and Hull City before continuing on to Holland where he will be a presenter at the Amsterdam Arena home of Dutch powerhouse Ajax. Promotion for Phil Rose - November 11, 2004 Phil Rose the down to earth Yorkshireman with a great sense of humour has been promoted from within the ISC ranks to Director of Coaching. In addition to his sterling work within the camp system Phil will head up ISC's Soccer Consultancy programme. Olympians from ISC - August 05, 2004 With the summer Olympics in Athens,Greece just a few weeks away two of our former ISC Coaches are in the squads for their respective countries. Australia's number one keeper Cass Kell and Nigeria's top striker Mercy Akide will be at the games. Cass who was recently in the US for pre tournament tour with games vs China and the USA let me know that she was very excited to be back at the top of her game and going to represent her country. Mercy continues to play for the Hampton Roads Piranhas, 2003 W-League Champions, who reached the playoffs again this year only to be beaten by Charlotte their arch rivals. Maybe they missed Mercy as she was away at her countries training camp. Ajax Orlando link to ISC - August 05, 2004 When the great Ajax of Amsterdam decided to cast their nets far and wide in the search for new talent they joined the ranks of Perugia and Parma of Italy, Club America and Santos from South America who are actively recruiting from training camps here in the USA. ISC's Stu Horne is one of the coordinators for the Dutch giants here in the US and is responsible for setting up some camps where recruitment will take place. In his quest for the best he has enlisted the assistance of ISC DOC's John Germanos and Steve O'Neil. "Ajax are a powerhouse"Steve said"Whatever we can do to help them in their quest we will do, I am sure that there is another John O'Brien out there". Speed Training for Soccer - August 05, 2004 Speed Training has become a major industry. Soccer players need to be supremely fit. The purpose of soccer speed training is to train players to become faster, react better, jump higher etc. The key to speed training is to be able to perform skills with a ball at greater game speed. Reaction times are decreased, greater agility, increased stamina and endurance are all benefits of a speed training program. Players are able to perform better, recover faster from injury etc. Economical training is combining fitness with technical skills in a high intensity way. Our own Phil Rose has been certified as a CSCS instructor. Phil described what he was doing to apply his training. I am currently completing a Speed, Agility and Quickness ( SAQ ) Certification course offered by Internationally known Fitness and Health Education Company, National Endurance Sports Training Association (NESTA). The certification will allow me to put C.S.C.S on my resume, Certified Soccer Conditioning Specialist. I will then design SAQ programs for soccer players of all ages, particularly those in High School and looking to get to the next level. I have designed such programs for US Paralympic Mens Soccer team 1995-2001, in particular, in preparation for tournament play @ World Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and World Paralympic Soccer Championships in Rio, Brazil in 1998. Everton is the next destination on the ISC journey - August 04, 2004 ISC has another venture in Europe. Our own Phil Rose is off to England to check out the Academy at Premier League team Everton. Phil described his trip as follows "The primary purpose of my visit to Everton is to observe Academy coaches working with young players. I will be working with Everton's coaches during field and classroom sessions.The secondary purpose will be to evaluate the Everton Academy and report back to NSCAA Director of Coaching. I will be observing training sessions also for Evertons First team and invited as special guest at Everton Premier League game. My report on the inner workings of the Everton Academy and field/classroom sessions will be offered to various publications/journals for worldwide publication". We know that Phil will continue with the good work that ISC Coaches have done with other European teams. Further Education for Coaching Staff - August 03, 2004 The English Football Association has recently begun to offer an online course in the Pyschology of Soccer so ISC DOC Steve O'Neil decided to take the 20 hour course. It allowed Steve to interact with coaches on his course group from all over the world allowing each of them to show their perspective of the game and how it related to the course. Steve said" I definitely got something out of it, you tend to think that you are on the cutting edge but this definitely opened my mind and made me realize some great techniques for getting the best out of soccer. I am recommending that all of our staff and guest coaches take this course". ISC Back in the Sunshine State - February 16, 2004 Steve O'Neil and Phil Rose joined forces with Brian Kuk of STA to provide clinics for the Jupiter Sting Soccer Club and St Marks Episcopal School in West Palm Beach. It was a great week with Steve working the keepers in wonderful 85 degree weather. Stepping off the plane to go to snow was not a welcome or fitting end to the week! ISC thanks all of the staff and players at both St Marks and Jupiter Sting SC. Petition for more soccer fields - December 11, 2003 The area of Virginia Beach is saturated with soccer players, unfortunately we are not saturated with playing fields. The Virginia Rush soccer club has teamed up with TIS to produce a state of the art soccer facility to rival the great academies of european soccer powerhouses. Help us out by signing our online petition at www.petitiononline.com/rushtis/petition.html Their on the road again - November 26, 2003 ISC Directors of Coaching Steve O'Neil and John Germanos are again spreading their wings to view all that is good in the Spanish game. The travelling duo have been invited to participate with Athletico Madrid's training schedule for the Spring Season. The two coaches who are also full time staff members of the Virginia Rush Soccer Club in Virginia Beach have travelled extensively over the past two years visiting Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Iceland and Germany. This is done to check on the academy programmes of the european clubs to see the changes in the game at the grass roots level. Steve smiled and said"Great I now have three months to learn Spanish" Steve O'Neil has articles published in World Class Coaching - November 02, 2003 In the November 2003 issue of World Class Coaching our own Steve O'Neil has two articles published from his trips to Italy last year. The first is the Messina Calcio and the second Lodigiani Calcio keeper training sessions. Steve said " It's an honour to be published in such a prestigious journal but I must say that I thank Aaron Prebluda from GoPlay Sports Tours for making the venture possible in the first place". ISC and the Womens World Cup - September 24, 2003 The return of the WWC to the United States is a blessing for the spectators in the wake of the loss of WUSA. It also gives International Soccer Camps a moment to reflect on some of it's guest coaches. Australian Internationals Cass Kell and Kele Golebiowski, Ghanan Sulemana 'Abiba' Munemata, Nigerian stars Florence Omegbemi and Mercy Akide and China's Hong Gao have all featured with ISC and Directors of Coaching Steve O'Neil and John Germanos. "It makes me proud to see such talent on the world stage" said Steve,"..and to know that they have all had the opportunity to pass on their skills to our camp participants". ISC heads to Ohio Valley! - August 22, 2003 ISC Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil travelled to West Virginia to the City of Parkersburg, home of Ohio Valley College. Head Coach Eric Taylor requested Coach O'Neil visit and spend some quality time with his keepers. Coach Taylor is well known to Coach O'Neil. Taylor was a member of the 1997 Championship team coached by O'Neil. "When Eric asked me if I would come I was thrilled, I am very proud of him and the position he is carving for himself here. He is a strong character and one of the good guys" said O'Neil "anything that I can do to help his program, you can be sure I will." Following four days of intense training, keepers Mike, Curtis and Lisa had been put through their paces. "To be honest I think deep down they were glad to see me go" laughed O'Neil."But they had better be warned, the AD invited me back anytime!" New additions to the ISC Guest coaching Staff - May 06, 2003 ISC is pleased to announce additions to the 2003 season of it's camp staff. Nigerian superstars Mercy Akide and Florence Omegbemi, Belgian Coco Callebaut,Canadian Leisha Alcia and former New York Power standout keeper Meredith Flaherty. ISC International Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil was stated as saying "This years additions have made an great impression so far. In my mind it brings a continued collective international aspect to our group.You add this lot to our current crop and any team in the country would enjoy being coached by them". Freedom finds ISC Coach! - March 07, 2003 Kele Golebiowski has spent two years in the USA playing for the Hampton Roads Piranhas of the W-League. During her time with us she also guested as a coach with International Soccer Camps. The Australian National Team star was recently signed up by the Washington Freedom of WUSA to play alongside superstar Mia Hamm and fellow ex-Piranhas keeper Kathy Hoverman. Kele made her National team debut at the age of 14! Since then she has become a firm fixture in the team which has seen her attend the 1999 World Cup in the USA and the 2000 Olympic Games held in her home town of Sydney, Australia. She is in the squad selected for training for the 2003 World Cup to be played in China. Good Luck to Our Kel!! Bonjourno Italia! - March 03, 2003 It just seems like five minutes to ISC DOC Steve O'Neil since he was in Rome with AC Perugia and watching the Lazio v Inter Milan game. Now he is returning to take an FIGC Italian Diploma. "Taking my diploma is fantastic and something that I feel will be useful and I can pass on the knowledge gained to the camp participants" he said. Of course it must be a plus that Steve gets to see the Rome derby in the Stadio Olympico between AS Roma and Lazio,UEFA Cup tie Lazio vs Besiktas of Turkey,Serie A Lazio vs Empoli, Serie C Fiorentina Viola vs Reggiana, not to mention follow his favourite team Newcastle United to a must win Champions League tie in Milan. Steve didn't answer, he just walked away with a big grin on his face. The Dutch Way! - March 03, 2003 ISC DOC Steve O'Neil has just returned from two weeks in the Netherlands looking at the youth system and how it affects the Eredivise. Steve spent his time with Roda JC Kerkrade of Southern Holland as the guest of Youth Director Ton Caanen. Ton a former professional player in Belgium has been with Roda for two years and in that time has structured the Academy to work in tandem with the first team. Steve took copious notes which he intends to publish upon completion. In addition he got to see Ajax v Feyenoord, Holland v Argentina, Rosendaal v Utrecht,Roda v Willem II and Roda v Vitesse Arnhem. "I had a great time, all the staff at Roda took care of me from the first team down to the clubhouse kitchen staff" Biggest Group of Coaches in the World! - January 31, 2003 ISC Directors of Coaching John Germanos and Steve O'Neil attended the National Soccer Coaches of America Association National convention held in the convention center of Kansas City. The convention is a place where up to 15,000 coaches meet and exchange idea's. Both coaches watched around 20 training sessions featuring clinicians from all over the world. The stars from the USA Tony DiCicco and Anson Dorrance were joined by Brazilian Thadeu Congalves, Germans Jurgen Klinsmann, Klaus Pabst and Werner Roth, Dutch KNVB Staff Johan Van Geijn and Cor Pont. ISC Coaches join Virginia Rush! - December 11, 2002 What is the Virginia Rush? Obviously that is a question being asked in several circles right now and the buzz is it's big, it's huge. Virginia Beach Soccer Club and Atlantic Soccer Club merged to form the Virginia Rush, which is to be affiliated with the Colorado Rush, who since forming in 1996 have produced players for the MLS, WUSA and German Bundesliga in addition to over 60 State Championship winning teams. Lafayette Soccer Club for whom DOC's Steve O'Neil and John Germanos were Directors of Coaching has also merged with the Virginia Rush and will be employed by them on a full time basis. John Germanos, who will become the Director of Coaching for the boys U10-14, age group said" This is a tremendous step in the right direction,we are setting up the base for a tremendous growth in US Soccer from the grass roots level" Steve O'Neil who will be appointed as Director of Coaching for Goalkeepers added "The Rush has put together a group of individuals who know how to get things done, they have cut through the petty politics of local soccer and are growing quickly into a force to be reckoned with - this is the future and both John and I agreed that this is where we needed to be. This won't affect out ISC Camps that are in other states". Perugia AC makes a home for the ISC Coaches! - December 11, 2002 Serie A side Perugia are looking for talent! So when they asked ISC Coaches Steve O'Neil and John Germanos to assist them in their search, the first part of the plan was for the dynamic duo to visit the City north of Rome, to see first hand the training facilities and programs currently under revision. Bruno Redolfi, a former Serie A player with Lazio, oversees the day to day running of the Scuola Calcio. He sets the curriculum for each of the coaches who oversees teams from 10 years of age through U14. He said"It is getting harder to find top quality players and therefore we look to the United States where there is a huge growth in young players, you already have home grown stars such as Landon Donovan and John O'Brien, why can we not see such a star at Perugia" Steve O'Neil agreed. "Now that we have seen the facilities and the program we have a much better idea of what it is that Perugia are actually looking for, hopefully we can assist, our time here has been well spent!" "We got to take part in the program and we want to help". West Palm Beach Trip a Huge Success! - November 02, 2002 International Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil joined fellow Brit Phil Rose in the State of Florida this week. Phil invited Steve down to work with the Jupiter Sting Soccer Club to give the players specific goalkeeper clinics.However Phil also brought Steve in to work with the players of the St Marks Episcopal School in West Palm Beach and the Milan Strikers of the Florida Tropical League. Phil grinned as he said" I think Steve got a bit more than he bargained for here, he thought he was going to do three clinics over the week and go fishing. But he was a real trouper no matter what I asked him to do he was happy to do it, he stayed late to work with the kids at Jupiter who missed his earlier session. He put his boots on and was very instrumental in the St Marks Pre season workouts and his insight into the game helped the Milan Srikers continue their unbeaten start to the season". Steve was equally enthusiastic " I had a fantastic time, everywhere I went everyone was nice to me,they made me feel very welcome. I love it here - the weather was fantastic, palm trees, sand and fishing. Phil & his wife Mary went out of their way to take care of me." He added "From a professional standpoint it was a brilliant week, I had the pleasure of seeing an excellent Recreational Program in Jupiter. It is very efficiently run and I believe with Phil's guiding hand it will go far. He is definitely the man for the job. Then the school program at St Marks in West Palm Beach was great fun, the players were ready to step up to the next level and the sessions were great fun. Finally the Milan Strikers were a challenge playing in the winner takes all Florida Tropical League" ISC are formulating plans to host a camp in the Jupiter area in 2003. Phil had the last word"Steve's visit was a definite success I look forward to seeing the camp here next year and I know that there are bunch of kids who have already met with Steve who can't wait for him to come back" ISC Coaches take part in the Nike Cup! - October 25, 2002 Australian Trio Cass Kell, Kele Golebiowski and PC Hepperlin played for their National teams in a round robin tournament in Cary, NC with the hosts USA, Italy and Russia. All three are ISC Guest Coaches and it was great to see them in action. The Aussies took second place to Team USA. ISC hits the state of Florida! - October 25, 2002 In the football crazy area of West Palm Beach known as Jupiter ISC is providing a camp for the Jupiter Soccer Club. In the first week of November 2002, ISC will provide a series of specialist clinics to be carried out by English Duo ISC Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil and newcomer Phil Rose. Phil said " It's great to see this level of committment from the Jupiter Club, Steve and I will be proud to fly the British Flag and help these players technically.We love doing this it's what we live for!" A Rose by any other name!! - October 25, 2002 ISC is proud to announce a new face at our camps. Phil Rose an NSCAA National Staff Coach and National Director for STA has agreed to join International Soccer Camps. A Yorkshireman born and bred, Phil had a great career playing semi-professionally in England. His coaching style is great technique, lots of fun and skill with a ball. A holder of Diplomas and Licences from the USSF, English FA and the NSCAA. He is also a former Coach of the US National Paralympic team. Welcome aboard. ISC now provides Individual & Team Sessions - September 04, 2002 "It's so exciting! We now take the fun and expertise from our camp environments and give specific instruction to anyone who wants it" Steve O'Neil ISC's Director of Coaching stated. International Soccer camps can now provide individual lessons with a top class coach geared to the specific requirements of the player or team. If you are a forward we can work on your shooting, positioning, heading whatever you need to work on, a Keeper having a problem with low balls, high balls, distribution - now we can help. It doesn't stop with individual training, there is also group training and team training. John Germanos explained "It may be the heart of your team let's say for argument you play a 3-4-3 and you want your three defenders to have a better awareness of each other. ISC will work with the three of them as a group, usually we find that when a core of players have been to some of our sessions the rest of the team see a noticeable improvement and they want in on it. Next thing we know the whole team is having sessions with us.There is no doubt that it is great for ISC but more importantly it's great for the kid's themselves". For more information about individual, group or team coaching feel free to contact us. Contact Us at info@internationalsoccercamps.com Currituck Camp was Cooking! - July 30, 2002 International Director of Coaching Steve O'Neil was amazed at the turn out and the committment from the Currituck soccer community. "It was supposed to be a small camp, but we kept getting walk-ons every day, we ended up with almost twice as many campers as we thought. The local club Currituck Soccer hosted the event and looked after us from day one like you would not believe. My sincere thanks to Erica Lane for her help in getting this event off the ground. The amazing thing was the heat, I am getting used to the temperatures here but the humidity was horrendous, in England we have a word for 100% humidity it's called RAIN!" Jens Redlich of the German Bundesliga was as always a huge hit with the campers, who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Local boy Stu Horne College Coach at nearby Chowan College also enjoyed the camp " The kids were insatiable, they just wanted to learn, they were like little sponges!" England International Georgina Adams was such a hit that on the last day of camp, more than half of the kids and parents travelled to Virginia to watch her play for the Hampton Roads Piranhas in a W-League Divisional game, they were not disappointed as Georgie let fly with two goals in a fifteen minute spell. When asked if the Coaches enjoyed their time in Currituck they all looked at Jens and in their best Schwarzenegger voices "We will be back!!" Ball skills at the Beach! - July 30, 2002 The International Soccer Camp held at Princess Anne park in the City of Virginia Beach was full to capacity! Staff included England International Georgina Adams, Australian National Team Keeper Cass Kell,and the W-League standouts Shannon Farrell, Jenna Szyluk, Lindsey Nohl, German Bundesliga's Jens Redlich, Dutch born Juice Pantophlet and Camp Director Steve O'Neil. Georgina Adams said " I've never seen so much energy in one place, the kids never stopped from the moment they got here to the moment they left, everyone had a blast and the face painting for World Cup Finals was just hilarious!" Camp Director Steve O'Neil had the last word. " Just wait until next year - we will be bigger and better". |
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