2016 Cambridge Jr. Varsity Lions Town Hall

Bill Martindale

Nov 29, 2015

Welcome / Introduction• Welcome all that have come out

• 2016 will be another great year !!!!

• Bill Martindale

• (Director Summer Travel Rep)

2008- 2014 Lions Director

Past President 2009

Coach 2002 - Current

• Talent of Returnees is exceptional (Best in Region)

• Influx of new Lions grows each year

• Coaching is exceptional at all levels

• Really looking forward to the year

Agendao Lions History

o 2015 Review

o 2016 Structure

o Team Program Presentation

o Fee’s

o Social Media

o Camps / Training

o Time Line / Key Dates

o Wrap Up

o Questions, Meet & Greet

Cambridge Lions Summer TravelA Success Story

• 1999-2007: Low to Moderate On Field Success

• Breaking Point – Lions vs Essex @ Rogers Field 91-0

• Re-Birth 2008 :

• 3 OVFL Champions

• 3 OMFL Champions

• Regional Program

8 Year Total

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Varsity 33 31 52%

JV 50 14 78%

PW/Bant 50 14 78%

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Less Varsity 100 28

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OVFL Golden Horseshoe DivisionPee Wee 2008

OVFL West DivisionVarsity 2008

OVFL West DivisionPeeWee 2010

OVFL West DivisionJr Varsity 2010

OVFL Adams ConferenceJr Varsity 2010

OMFL Provincial ChampionsPeeWee 2010Undefeated

OVFL West DivisionBantam 2011

OVFL West DivisionJr Varsity 2011

OVFL Adams ConferenceBantam 2011

OVFL Provincial ChampionsBantam 2011

OVFL West DivisionBantam 2012

OVFL West DivisionJr Varsity 2012

OVFL Provincial Champions Jr Varsity 2013

OVFL Adams ConferenceJr Varsity 2013

OMFL Provincial ChampionsVarsity 2014Undefeated

OVFL Adams ConferenceJr Varsity 2014

OMFL Provincial ChampionsVarsity 2015Undefeated

OVFL Provincial ChampionsBantam 2015

2015 Review (The Good)• All 3 OVFL teams very

competitive in 2015

• Bantam Champions !!

• JV & Varsity Conf Semi Finals

• OMFL Varsity Undefeated Champions

• Home Playoff wins by Varsity & JV

• Bantam Upset of Essex in Essex

• Multiple Grads off to OUA

• Become truly the representative of the Region of Waterloo for Elite Football

Returners Based

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Bantam 71 1 24 2 8 11 117

61% 1% 21% 2% 7% 9%

Jr. Varsity 62 3 23 6 4 6 104

60% 3% 22% 6% 4% 6%

Varsity 84 7 31 19 3 7 151

56% 5% 21% 13% 2% 5%

Grand Total 217 11 78 27 15 24 372

58% 3% 21% 7% 4% 6%

2015 Review (Not So Good)• OMFL Bantam, Pee Wee performance

• Felt disconnection to lower tier of program

• Some parental discontent in PeeWee & Bantam

• Volunteerism down !

Age Chart for 2016

Varsity Birth Year '97, '98, ’99

Jr. Varsity Birth Year ‘00, ’01

Bantam Birth Year ‘02, ’03

Pee Wee Birth Year ‘04, ‘05

Atom Birth Year ‘06, ‘07

CMFA Structure

CMFA Corporation

Summer Travel

•Spring Rep Football

• Mar - Aug

•OVFL & OMFL.

•10 – 19 ages

•250-275 Players

•Director of Lions (Bill Martindale 2013

CSFL

•Spring House League

•May - June

•5-14 Ages

•300 + players

•Director of Spring Football TBD

Fall Travel

•Fall Travel Football

• Jul - Nov

•SOFAL

•5-14 Ages

•220 Players

•Director of Fall Travel

Winter Camp

• Winter Skills Development

• Feb - March

•5-17 Ages

• Est 200+ players

•Director of Winter Camp TBD

Summer Travel Structure

Summer Travel

(Bill Martindale)

Varsity Travel

• Varsity OVFL

• General Manager: Mark Paddock

Minor Travel

•Bantam Tier 2

• Pee Wee Tier 1

• Atom Tier 1

•Director of Minor Travel – Will Busch

Jr Travel

• Varsity Tier 2

•Jr Varsity Tier 1 & 2

•Bantam Tier 1

•General Managers

• Bill Martindale JV 1 & 2

• Kevin Delaney BT 1 & VR 2

2016 Lions Teams

• Varsity

• Jr Varsity

• Bantam

• PeeWee

• Atom

• Varsity

• Jr Varsity

• Bantam

Tier 1 Tier 2

Program Teams Offering Cost GM

Varsity

Travel

Tier 1 Varsity *Enhanced Jersey

* Alternate Jersey (if Required)

* Full Field Practice (Turf)

* Change Rooms

* Coach Busses

* Peferred Game Times

* Games Announced

* Rogers TV as available

* Player Bio's on Social Media

* Player of the Week

* CIS Recruitment Support

* Indoor Gym / Dome March

*$600

*E-Bird

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Tier 2 Varsity

Tier 1 Jr Varsity

Tier 2 Jr Varsity

Tier 1 Bantam

* Standard Travel Jersey

* Alternate Jersey (if Required)

* 1/2 Field Turf Practice

* Coach Busses

* Premium Game Times

* Change Rooms (T2 as available)

* Games Announced

* Indoor Gym/Dome March

*$600 T1

*$550 T2

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T2 Bantam

T1 PeeWee

T1 Atom

* 1/2 Field Grass Practice

* Single Jersey (Value) Keeper

* Off Prime Times

* Announced as Available

*$350?

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2016 Summer Travel Mgmt Org ChartDirector Summer Travel

Bill Martindale

Head Coach

OVFL Varsity

Jackson Yanchus

Head Coach

B1 Kevin Delaney

V2 Chris Kent

Governor

Richard Beeksma

General Manager

Varsity 1

Mark Paddock

Director Equipment

Brad Fleury

Director of Reg & Adm

Vanessa StevensonDirector Social Media

Darci Martindale

General Manager

Jr Varsity 1 & 2

Bill Martindale

Director Minor Travel

B2, P1, A1

Will Busch

Head Coach

T1 B. Martindale

T2 TBD

Governor

TBD

General Manager

Bantam 1 & Varsity 2

Kevin Delaney

Governor’s

B1 Natash Mahlman

V2 TBD

Team Managers

TBD

Head Coaches

TBD

Varsity Travel Junior Travel Minor Travel

Typical Team StructureHead Coach

RB Coach

Offensive Coordinator

WR Coach

OL Coach

QB Coach

DL Coach

Defensive Coordinator

LB Coach

DB Coach

Special Teams Coordinator

Governor

Stats (If applicable)

Sticks (if applicable)

Trainer EMS

Video

•Medical has NO reporting to Team

•Independent 3rd Party

Equipment

Open Positions• Governor – Jr Varsity

• Game Day Announcers

• All Lions Game Day Coordinator

• Gate, Game Day Support, Practice Support

Jr Varsity2016

Bill Martindale

Head Coach Bill Martindale (bio)• 228 Games Coached

• 202 as HC or DC 80% win

• OVFL 84 games Coached (64 wins)

• Def Coordinator last 5 yrs

• SOFAL Championships in ’06,’09-’10

• OVFL Championship ‘13

• Pop Warner Super Bowl ‘11 & ‘13

• Developed CSFL format

• Forged current Summer Travel format in Cambridge

• Supply Chain Manager for Global Adhesives Company

• Wife Barb, Daughter Darci & Son Brady

2016 Jr. Varsity Lions Program

• One Team Mentality !

• One Coaching Staff for Tier 1 & 2

• One Practice, One Philosophy, One Energy

• Run new Varsity Offence (details to follow)

• Coaching Staff will be 15- 20 guys

• Focus on Details of Individual Skill & Execution

• Individual Success leads to Team Success

Steps to Success 1. Win our Fitness & Strength Players need to be responsible for

their own physical fitness. Coaches to ensure Fitness & Strength part of Practice Plan

2. Win the Drill Be the best we can be in skill.3. Win the Install If players know the schemes the skill will take

over4. Win the Crossovers Have players all try to win every time we

compete in skill crossovers.5. Win our Group Sessions Compete in group and push palyers to

excel under competitive atmosphere.6. Win the Game ! If do all the above we will give our chance to If

we win enough games we will get a chance to win Playoff Games.

7. Win the Playoff Games If we win our playoff Games we will have a chance to compete in the Championship.

8. 2016 OVFL Champions

Jr Varsity Coaching Staff & Structure

HC Bill Martindale

RB Sean Gauden

Offesive Cord Steve Dean

WR Danny Pincivero

QB Cory Prince

Def Cord P. Edworthy

LB Luke Bendus

DB Phil Edworty

Sp. Team Cord Jeff Maslanka

HB Kevin Cumby

OL B. McCutcheonDB Nick Cumby

DL Rob Gordon

WR Adrian Krebs

OL Erik Krebs

LB CJ BlizmanQB/RB TBA *

OL/DL Cord Ryan Viby

DL Corey BinceOL Matt Geary

DL TBA

Roster Make Up

• Tier 1 45-48 players• Tier 2 40-45• Tier 1

QB – 2 RB – 6 WR – 8 OL – 8 DL – 8 LB – 6 HB – 4 S/CB – 6 Special -2 Total = 48

Roster Make Up Perfect World

1's 2's 3's 4's

QB's 1 1 1 1 4

RB's 3 3 3 3 12

WR'/TE 4 4 4 4 16

OL 5 5 5 5 20

DE 2 2 2 2 8

DT 2 2 2 2 8

LB 3 3 3 3 12

CB/S 3 3 3 3 12

HB 2 2 2 2 8

25 25 25 25 100

Tier 1s Tier 2

JV Theoretical Roster Make Up

Concept Pro’s & Con’s

• Run a CIS style program

• Player Development

• Leverage Coaching

• Leverage Field Utilization

• One System in JV

• 2017 Players will be prepared

• Coaching Development

• Players Learn from Players

• Tier 1 Readiness

• Elite Players sharing reps

• Need for Planning & Coordination

• Tier 2 players being intimidated

• 1’s vs 4’s

• Team Cohesion & Identity

Pro Con

Practice• Training Camp (April)

– Mon & Wed (8:15 – 10:15)– Sat 2:00 – 4:30

• Season May – Aug– Monday

• Offensive Skill (6:30 – 9:30) * Systems• Rest of Team ( 7:00 – 9:30)

– Wednesday• Offensive Skill (8:00 – 10:15) * Systems• Rest of Team (8:15 – 10:15)

• Totals– Team 4.5 hrs per week– Off Skill 5.25 hrs per week

• Monday: Low Contact / Hi Tempo Skill & Scheme, Specials

• Wednesday: Hi Contact, Highly Competitive• Offensive Skill: Rep Scheme pre-practice each night.

Tentative• Off Season Classroom sessions Jan-Mar

Practice (cont.)• Practice Plan

– Will have solid plan for each week factoring 4.5 hours– Will utilize field efficiently – Will utilize Coaching – Ie. When Tier 1 running 12 v 12, Tier 2 running Red

Zone, Specials may be going on in End Zone– Field for Skill is allocated for efficiency– Need to be respectful of schedule (ie when session is

over session is over)– Coaches own Drills– Need Parents with Drill Clean Up

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Players Returning• 2000’s (48)

• 2001’s (56)

• OVFL JV Returners (14)

• OMFL JV (34)

• OVFL BT Moved Up (31)

Offense• Varsity Offense

• No Huddle

• Multi Formation

• Hi Energy

• Players will need to study

Defense• Will Migrate schemes from JV & OM Varsity

• 4-3 Gap base

• Speed and Aggression

• Improve player skill

• 2011 – 2015 average 14pts per game (OVFL Best)

Special Teams

• Dedicated Coordinator Jeff Maslanka

• Focus on Special Skills Nightly

– Coverage

– Open Field Tackling

– Converging Technique (Team Play)

– Good Kicker, Good Long Snapper

– Details, Details, Details

Calendar• Town Hall (Nov 29)• Jan 1st OVFL registration opens• Jan - March (Offensive Classroom)• Jan – March NLPT Strength Training• Feb (Winter Skills Camp)• March Equipment Pick Up• March (Gym / Dome)

– Combine– System Installation

• April (Training Camp ) Weather Dependent

Major Planned Expenses for 2016• New Varsity Jersey – $6K

• Jr Jersey Re-Fresh – 5k

• Field Cost a JHSS – $40k

• OVFL & OMFL Teams Fees - $38K

• OV Player Equipment upgrade $20K

• EMS, Ref’s $15K

• Tier 2 Busses $10K

• Total Above - $135k

Fee Schedule for 2016 Season• Fees not yet Set Finalize

• Early Bird $575 pay in full by Dec 31

• If not wanting Early Bird

– $300 up front (in order to participate in Equipment Pick Up)

– Balance due by May 1st * No Pay Policy*

– We will release final pricing in early 2016

– Anticipated final fee between $600-$625

Fee Schedule for 2016 cont.• All Paid in Full or Alternate Payment

Agreement with CMFA Board prior to

– Receiving Equipment

– Participating in Practice

• If you choose to leave our program by May 1st

you will get refund less $100

• If you are Cut from OV & OM teams you will receive all but $50 back

• If you leave team after May 1st (NO REFUND)

Registration Process• 3 Places to Register

– CMFA Registration

– OFA National Registry (NEW)

– OVFL Registration

• Will Provide Aids to Register

• You need to register yourself

Jacob Hespeler Field• All Football Activities will take place at Jacob

Hespeler Field

Lions Summer Travel Social Media

Darci Martindale

Our Goal for 2016

• Connect all members of Lions Summer Travel through Social Media

• all team information, news items, and social interaction visible through Facebook

*If you do not have Facebook, it is very easy to create a free account*

• Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will be where you can find everything you need to know about Lions Summer Travel 2016 – email will still be used

• #LionsRoar16

Facebook

• 3 pages:

Lions Summer Travel

• News items, Photos, general information for all Summer Travel divisions and teams

• #1 source of information

Cambridge Lions Varsity

• News items, schedule updates, Photos, general information for the OVFL Varsityteam

• Team specific, #1 source of information

Cambridge Lions

Junior Travel

• News items, schedule updates, Photos, general information for the Varsity T2, JV T1, JV T2 and Bantam T1 teams

• Team specific, #1 source of information

Cambridge Lions Minor Travel

• News items, schedule updates, Photos, general information for the Bantam OVFL & Bantam T2 teams

• COMING SOON!

Facebook Pages & Groups

• We will operate the previously listed pages

• We will create the individual team groups as we have had in previous years.

• Log-in information will be provided once teams are finalized

Twitter

• @CMFALions• Game scores and updates for all Lions Summer Travel teams• Goal:

– Have 1 Twitter-savy parent for each team post in-game updates each week (home or away)

• When news items are posted on Facebook pages, a notification will be posted here for you to check your team page.

• #LionsRoar16• #VLions16

Instagram

• @CambridgeLionsFootball• Photos and videos of all

teams and divisions• #LionsRoar16

• @CambridgeLionsVarsity• Photos and videos specific to

the OVFL Varsity team• #VLions16

2016 Elite Winter Skills Camp• Director Bill Martindale

• Coached by Lions Coaches from Varsity & JV

• Saturdays' Feb – March

• COM DEV Soccer Dome (by Toyota)

• Cost $110

– $30 Discount if with NLPT Strength Program

• Structure to be finalized early 2016

Lions Strength Powered by NLPT

• 4th Year of the program

• Strongly recommend for Athletic and Strength Development

• Programs Age Specific

• $230, 24 Sessions Jan – March (Tue & Thur)

www.nlptinc.com

2016 Summer Travel Time Line• Dec 13th: CMFA AGM (Preston Auditorium) 11:00am• January 1st : Open On Line Registration OVFL Site• February: Live Registration (Player Individual Workouts)• March: Live Registration (Player Individual Workouts)• March: Equipment Handouts (Paid Players Only) • April 1st (Weather Permitting) Training Camp• May 1st Teams Locked in and Lions Team Practices Begin• Aug 17th – OVFL Championship

CMFA AGM• Sunday Dec 13 11:00 AM

• Preston Auditorium

• Important your voice is Heard

• Travel Representation on the CMFA Board of Directors

• Please consider Running

• Come out and Attend

FAQ’s• Why do I need to Register prior to Practicing?

– Insurance – All Players must be registered with CMFA to be insured.

– Organization – Enables us to effectively keep track of players and payment statuses

• What if I can not afford the Registration Fee?– Before deciding not to play because of Finances contact CMFA Director

of Registration Katherine O’Leary

• Do I get to Keep My Jersey?

– No !! • Can I register On-Line?

– YES !!!!!!– You can Pay On Line (Strongly Encourage You To Do So !! )

– Even if you intend to pay in person you can still register On-Line

Areas to Re-Communicate

• Strict Payment Policies, “No Pay No Play”

• Communications to Members

• Communication to Directors & CMFA

• We need to continue to figure out how to Communicate to Teenagers & Parents. Social Media.

• Parents/Players need to check and act on information provided

• Communicate a clear code of Ethics & Expectations

• Communicate Expectations of being in a Rep Caliber Football Environment to Players & Parents

Director Commentary

Respect who you are around and dealing with

Enjoy this time with your kids and teammates

Lion representation

Appreciate the efforts of all involved

Xplain to others what is not acceptable

This is Youth Sports and should be enjoyed!

Your Time is Now !!

• Hang your own banners !

• Next Man Up !!

• A Winning Organization !!!

• Join the Pride !!!!

• GO LIONS !!!!!!!!

Open Questions & Answers