The SPECIAL BOYS SUNDAY SOCCER PROGRAM is designed for boys born between 2007 and 2013 who are unable to play soccer on Saturdays. Players will
meet every Sunday from September 8 through November 10.
The Sunday Soccer Program will be held at Gladwyne Playground.
The group will play from 2:15 - 3:30 each Sunday. There are no mid-week practices.
- The emphasis of this program is on enjoyment of the game and basic skill development.
- Players will be led through a 25 minute skills clinic. This will be followed by games of 4 vs. 4 or 5 vs. 5. Games
will be played on scaled down
fields to maximize player participation. Games will last approximately 30 minutes.
- A size 4 ball is used.
- These age groups use a "pickup soccer" format where players are randomly placed on different teams each week.
This is done in order to minimize the pressures of winning and losing, thereby allowing each child to enjoy the game
in a stress-free environment.
- Heading a ball and slide tackles are illegal in these age groups.
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Karin Leith, Dale Haines, Michael Mark, Hanni Blindenbacher
Program Directors - Gladwyne Playground
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STAFF COACHES FOR OUR PROGRAMS AT GLADWYNE PLAYGROUND
- Erik Blindenbacher, Erik is a former LMSC travel team player, leading his team to the state championship in 1994. Erik was
voted LMSC Coach Of The Year in 2015. Erik is a senior staff coach, running many of our training programs during the winter months.
Erik is also co-head of field crew. Erik was also a two time All-American in lacrosse at Lower Merion High School.
- Dale Haines, Dale is the Boys Travel Team Director of Coaching and head coach for the LMSC Invictus, our Under 13A boys travel team.
In 2017, Dale led the Invictus team to a state championship. The team were also finalists in the Region One USA Championships.
Dale is also an LMSC Staff Coach, running many of our training progams.
In 2016, Invictus won the Atlantic Premier League championship, competed for by the top teams from Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
Dale has been coaching at LMSC for over 12 years, including the last nine in the travel team program.
In 2014, Dale's Under 9 boys team, the LMSC Swarm, were semifinalists in the State Cups. Dale was the recipient of the 2012
LMSC Coach Of The Year Award.
- Jennifer Todd, Jen has been a head coach in the LMSC Travel Team Program for six years. She also coaches several of our winter
indoor training programs. She has been coaching our youngest intramural age groups (4-6 year olds) for five years.
Before coaching at LMSC, Jen was a standout player at West Chester University. Jen
She was an 'A' team travel team player at LMSC for many years. Jen is the daughter of legendary LMSC travel team coach Pete Gangl and the
proud mother of future soccer legend Jackson Todd.
- Hanni Blindenbacher, A former 'A' level travel team player in LMSC, Hanni has been coaching in the club for the past eight years.
Hanni has been coaching in the LMSC travel team program for six years, helping the LMSC Megaladons (2008 birth boys) win the state championship in 2017.
Hanni is also co-director of our winter indoor training programs and co-director of our summer camps. She is also a coach in the boys
Developmental Academy.
In 2014, Hanni was voted LMSC Intramural Coach Of The Year.
- Karin Leith, Karin began coaching in LMSC in 1994. She was a head coach in the LMSC Travel Team Program for many years.
She also founded the Women's Tri-County Soccer League and was League President for seven years. Karin is also in charge of our 5 and 6 year old girls
divisions in the Spring Intramural Program. Karin is also an LMSC staff coach, running several of our four and five year old training programs.
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