Pine Hills FC

📢 IMPORTANT UPDATE 📢

Last week Football Brisbane engaged with all 80 FB clubs to discuss the current COVID-19 situation. Clubs provided input into how competitions can be delivered as well as the impacts the clubs face based on several different start dates in 2020.

Football Brisbane and the clubs remain united in their commitment to provide a season of football to the football community when the government restrictions allow us to do so.

  2020 Playing Season

 These are certainly challenging times for all communities, including the football community. Despite these   challenges, clubs across Australia guided by local associations, are discussing ways for the football competition to   be delivered once restrictions are relaxed in the months ahead.

 Recently the Director of Coaching participated in a Football Brisbane meeting to discuss the different options for   moving forward. Planning is occurring now so that our services can be implemented effectively and quickly once we   are allowed to recommence training and games.

 Some of the discussion points from the meeting were:

• There is still plenty of time to run a playing season for different age groups, even if it were to run well into term 4 2020.
• Football Brisbane have prepared a range of competition scenarios based on various starting dates from May to September. Obviously, the longer it takes for the season to start the more truncated the season will be.
• All clubs have a strong belief that a competition can be delivered, even though it will look different this year
• The majority of clubs preferred extending the season and playing mid-week if needed, to get as much of the playing season in.
• The priority is to get the home and away competition delivered. Finals may not occur, depending on when we start.
• Cup competitions in the senior grades are unlikely to occur.
• All clubs are encouraging junior and youth players to participate in home programs, as are we.

 Home Program

 We want to keep players involved during this time, and the home program is the best way of doing this.

 Can you support the home program by doing the following?

• Show your kids some of the videos we are placing on the Facebook page.
• Ask them to practice some of these skills in the backyard, perhaps with your support, guidance and encouragement.
• If possible, record 20 seconds of their practice on your phone and either upload it on to Facebook yourself of
  send it through to Nicci - info@pinehillsfootball.com
• Share the player training samples with your own children. This may motivate them to do similar.
• Alternatively, just record some video of your child kicking the ball around the back yard and send that through.

 Survey

 We want to make best use of this time to plan improvement in our processes for next year. We will soon place a   survey tool on our Facebook page to collect views about the grading process and training program thus far. Please   take 5 minutes to complete this survey.

 Dear Parents, Coaches and Players

 You are aware that operations in all football clubs across Australia have been paused in the best interests of the wider   community.

 However, we have been busy liaising with Football Brisbane to plan for the resumption of operations. 

 In order to better inform these discussion, we should be grateful if you would assist us by completing short survey via   the attached link  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHC8XMB before 3.00pm on monday.

 We can share the following.

 1. The playing season has been paused, not cancelled. The expectation is that a full playing season will still be run. 

 2. All clubs are working with Football Brisbane to determine the best options moving forward

 3. The Director of Coaching met with senior coaches recently to plan a program of home training activities that can be   easily implemented by parents and caregivers, as well as planning for the resumption of training and games. More   details will follow soon.

 4. We are using the pause on operations to:

·  consider future changes to the training schedule in response to the changing nature of Covid-19 and social distancing expectations

·  update the club website

·  develop our coaches website

·  plan our end-of-season summer programs 

·  review our trial and grading processes.

 To assist in communication over the next number of weeks we would encourage club members to like the clubs   Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PineHillsFC/ and join the club members group   (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pinehillsfc/.

 Home Training Program

 The DOC with the support of senior coaches will be placing skill challenges on the club Facebook page for players to   practise at home. We hope to update these skills 2-3 times per week for the next month or so.

 We would like to see players practising these skills at home and perhaps videos of their practice being placed on the   website. This will be a great way to keep players connected with each other and the club. 

 The U16 Div 1 team has already started their own challenge which involves the team collectively completing 3000   juggles, 1500 push-ups, 300 kilometres of running etc. Well done to Stephen Thuell for initiating this activity.

 If other coaches across age groups want to do similar over the next 3-4 weeks please feel free to implement. Contact   the DOC if you need some help. 

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Update: Covid-19

Dear Members,