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SEP 2015

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September 2015 10 www.sportseventsmagazine.com U.S. Soccer Announces Major Youth Initiatives U.S. Soccer announced a pair of major initiatives in youth development: changing the birth-year registration cal- endars from an August-May format to January-December and mandating new small-sid- ed game participation and feld size standards based on age groups. Both initiatives will be fully mandated by August 2017. The birth-year registration will change which age divi- sions youth players participate in. The current cutoff date in U.S. youth soccer is Aug. 1, with the summer date inspired by its correlation to the academic calendar. The international cutoff date, however, is Jan. 1. The announcement brings the U.S. in line with the rest of the world and creates a system that U.S. Soccer believes will combat relative age effect— the bias that favors more physically mature players who were born earlier in the year. U.S. Soccer has said that the birth-year registration change will not force dissolu- tion of age-group based teams that already play together, but will allow players to move up into older age groups. Birth- year registration applies to all youth players. The small-sided standards will affect players from the U-6 to U-12 age groups. Field size and number of players per team will increase in size from 4v4 at U-6 to 7v7 and 9v9 as they age, eventually moving to a full 11v11 match starting with the U-13 age group. The goal for the small-sided initiatives is to provide a more age appropriate environment that will "allow players a better opportunity to develop heightened soccer intelligence and on-the-ball skills," U.S. Soccer offcials said. Events Huntsville Wins 2016 World Championship Of Bass Fishing HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—FLW (Fishing League Worldwide) and the Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visi- t SPORTS Talk Tech Tools Below are tech tools recently introduced to the world of sports. Know of a cool tool or gadget? E-mail us at info@sportseventsmagazine.com. For Improved Performance SafeSpace® has introduced a disinfecting solution to deodorize ftness facilities. The Disinfecting and Deodorizing fogger is an EPA-approved, hospital-grade, contact disinfectant that sanitizes 6,000 cubic feet and kills 99.9 percent of germs, according to the manufacturer—including the germs responsible for colds, fu, staph, MRSA and more. In fact, the D&D; fogger has proven successful in reducing repeat illness expo- sures when used as directed and is efective in preventing mold and bacteria-related odors. The fogger increases production and efciency of cleaning time and leaves facilities with a fresh scent after every use. n SafeSpace® D&D; Fogger Sensoria Fitness Sports Bra & T-shirt Fusionetics has evolved the way sports teams train with new state-of-the-art technology that improves human performance. Fusionetics is a software program accessible on any digital platform, phone or tablet and is engi- neered to provide personalized data for injury preven- tion programs while simultaneously enhancing athletic performance. The program seeks to reverse the healthcare continuum as doctors know it—treat and heal post-injury. The software would identify movement weaknesses and create specialized training programs to bolster against injury, leaving sports medicine professionals to see more patients and monitor performance without as many sidelining injuries. n Fusionetics More information: www.fusionetics.com. More information: www.SafeSpaceCo.com. Sensoria Fitness' antimicrobial, machine washable Smart Sports Bra ofers low/medium support while providing accurate and consistent heart rate monitoring, according to manufacturers. The Smart T-Shirt is made to be light and breathable with thermoregulation yarn that minimizes body temperature fuc- tuations, boasts a comfortable, close-to-body feel and can be used with most Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitors with standard snaps. Both can be paired with the Sensoria Fitness mobile app to track ftness activity. n More information: www.sensoriaftness.com. t t t

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