DST Newsletter - Spring 2024

What’s Coming Up?

Register today for our Summer Development Programs for players ages 8-18. Limited spots available, multiple session times for flexible summer soccer. Whether your player is getting ready for the high school season or wants to stay sharp over the summer between seasons, these programs are designed for all ages and skill levels. Get the details and register here.

Also perfect for the Spring Season: Match Analysis. Coach Dayes will come watch a game and create a detailed match analysis for your player. Learn more and sign up here: Match Analysis

Session Spotlight: Agility & Quickness

With the weather warming up, it’s a great time to get outside and work on your speed and quickness. These movements are easy to do at home with a partner and will help your player with bursts of speed out on the pitch.

Nutrition Tips

As we look to transition from the cold months of winter into spring and summer months here are a few things to examine.

Injury prevention starts with equipment. Following the winter months check your cleats for signs of wear and any areas that may have become dried out or cracked. This is the season where glue will start to lose its adhesive hold and could lead to on-field injury. 

As you transition blisters may also become a nuisance.  Wearing 2 pairs of socks with a thin layer of foot powder or cornstarch in-between can help prevent blisters. If you do get a blister do not pop it. Keeping the blister intact will help prevent infection. Try blister second skin or Vaseline to decrease the friction on the blister.

3 keys to injury prevention as always are: Proper hydration, Proper warm-up, Proper cool-down. 

Jimmy Dorneman MS, ATC

Ellis & Badenhausen

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT

Meet Noah Frederick

1. Tell us about your soccer background. When did you start playing soccer? What is your favorite position? What high school and club do you play for?

I started playing soccer when I was 4 years old at the YMCA.  I then moved a year later to Oldham soccer club where I played for 5 years before moving to Louisville City Academy where, I am currently playing in my third season with the club.  I play winger, outside back, and center back, but my favorite position is right back.

2. What do you enjoy most about the game?

What I enjoy most about the game is just having the ball at my feet and playing at the highest level possible.

3. What players do you look up to and why?

I look up to Cristiano Ronaldo because he inspires me to stay humble and hardworking just like him.
4. Describe your most memorable soccer moment to date.

My most memorable moment is being asked to play up with the 2009 age group in the USL Academy cup and being invited to a train with the U.S. youth national team.

5. How has Coach Dayes helped you develop as a player?

Coach Dayes has helped me become a more technical player with a better soccer IQ and understanding of the game.

6. What are your soccer goals for the future?

My ultimate goal in soccer is to one day play on a premier league team with other world-class players.