Soccer Tennis Tournament

Below is some information from Austin concerning an upcoming Soccer Tennis tournament. If interested contact Matt Fansher (see below) for details.

Brian Hancock
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its a fun event for the kids

Thanks,
Austin Risenhoover
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From: Matt Fansher [mailto:m.fansher@oksoccer.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:54

Attention all players, parents and coaches, I am proud to announce the 2009 Soccer Tennis tournament dates:

Saturday, January 24 in Tulsa (10:00am - ???)
Sunday, January 25 in OKC (12:00pm - ???)>

What is Soccer Tennis???
(click the link below to watch a soccer tennis match in action!!!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95XNvZ9pyt8 **if the link does not work, please copy and paste the address

The tournament format will be 2v2 soccer tennis matches. The court size is approximately 9 yards wide by 14 yards long (that means the net divides the court into two 9 x 7 areas). Teams can have up to (3) three players on a roster, but will only be allowed two players on the court at a time. Minimum # of games for each team is 3 games. The champion of each age group will be invited to the OSA Workshop on Saturday, February 7 to compete for the State Championship in their division! Soccer Tennis is a great way for players to work on and improve skills and movements used in soccer while having a blast!!!!

Rules of the game and tournament will be posted on the OSA web site very soon. www.oksoccer.com The application is attached. Deadline to enter is January 9, 2009

Coaches – Please talk to your players and parents about how soccer tennis is a fun way to help improve skills!

Parents – please talk to your kids and ask them if they are interested in playing! Don’t forget – you can play too! There is a division for everyone!!!

We held this event last year, and here is what some people said after the event:

“Our kids had more fun at that tournament than anything they have done... Somehow, we need to get other people up to speed on what soccer tennis is about... Huh? They don't know what their missing out on... You did a great job with it all and I HOPE to see you host this again in the near future. Great Job!!! I promise it will only get bigger and bigger because everyone I know had a great time and learned from it!!!”

“Our kids had a blast today! Thank you so much for a well-organized and fun tourney!”

“We had a blast playing in the tournament. In fact, the dads want to play next year if you have a rec open division. Great event and fun for spectors too! Thanks for the opportunity!”

“The Soccer Tennis Tournament was fantastic. This should be at least an annual event. I can guarantee that we will have more players next round. It's really cool when a good idea is completely followed through and the end result must be satisfying. The kids had a blast and so did I.”

Don’t miss out on this exciting and fun event! Please let me know if you have any further questions or if I can be of any further assistance! I hope to see all of you there!!!

Matt Fansher
Oklahoma Soccer Association
Director of Coaching Education & Player Development
1235 Sovereign Row, Suite C-11
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
m.fansher@oksoccer.com