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ODP Program Overview

 

ODP Program Cost
Tryout fee- $30.00
Pool Player fee- $390.00 ($200.00 due upon acceptance of Pool position, $190.00 due
February 1st)
Tournament player fee- Cost of tournament divided by number of players on team)
ID Camp- $510.00

ODP Program Overview
In an effort to involve all of our state's best players we have regionalized our program. We have split our training efforts into ODP East and ODP West. ODP east will mainly consist of players from Waterville north and east. ODP West will be those players south and west of Waterville. However, players may choose whichever facility they wish to attend. ODP East will do its training in Bangor under the guidance of MJ Ball. ODP West will do its training at Portland Sports Center under the guidance of Darren Boynton.


This year, as we strive to legitimize the program and be more consistent with a true ODP program we have the following structure:
a) Players will attend a tryout phase.
b) After the tryout phase coaches will determine who will be placed into the player "pools" for each age group.
c) These pools will train throughout the winter season at their respective locations with some periodic mixing of both East and West pools so coaches can see ALL players.
d) Throughout the winter season all player pools will compete to be selected to the "state tournament team".
e) In April the coaches from each pool will determine a "state tournament team" that will attend the Rider tournament at NJ in June. This state team will be made up by combining the best players from both ODP East and ODP West pools to form ONE team. Those players will pay a small additional fee for being selected to this tournament team.
f) The remaining pool players will continue to train with the team through the end of the season, no one is left out of training.

We are working closely with club coaches to reduce the number of conflicts with club training and games. If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact the people listed below. Keep in mind that this is a cooperative work in progress and there is potential for change during the season to provide the best experience we can and also to provide the best value as well.

As of this printing, both Directors are working to get the most experienced coaches in our state to provide our training. We are working with our nationally licensed and collegiate coaches to become a part of our program. Hope to see you on the field soon.

Yours in soccer,

Darren Boynton
ODP West Director

ODP West Director - Darren Boynton darren@soccermaine.com
ODP East Director - MJ Ball mj_ball@umit.maine.edu
ODP Administrator - Shari Levesque sblevesque1@roadrunner.com


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