Football Tryouts: Metro Manila Schools

Have you considered your athletic talent as a means to travel? Or support your education—in your dream school, no less?

A sports scholarship is a grant made to support a student’s education based on his or her ability to play a sport. This scholarship award could be a partial or full discount on tuition fee for college, university or private high school. The usual grant include s boardand lodging and other school fees including uniform and books. And from what I've seen firsthand as a coach, financial allowance to the student-athlete is also part of the package in some super-big schools. The "offer" if there is one, is much bigger if the student-athlete is a blue chip recruit. A scholastic sports program, with tremendous backing from their alumni, will never give up easily on a talent and will mive mountains just to get the player.

Exaggeration? Seriously not.

Want to find out if you've got what it takes to make the cut?  Then check out the photos below for the schedule of tryouts:

Football Activities in Cavite

The summer heat is definitely here and so are the football activities happening in Cavite. Here are some important announcements and updates:

Cavite Football Association's Calendar of Activities for SY 2019-2020:

13th CAFA Cup:

And PCU's campaign in the recently concluded 20th NCAA-South: Men's Team wins the Gold and the high school team brings home the Bronze!

And in the current Olympic Qualifier for Women's Football, our Philippine Team boasts of our very own, Kimberly Parina playing as a goalkeeper. As of today, we have qualified to play in the second round by winning 2-0 over Iran.

And yes, Coach Rene Comprendio's 16th Natividad Elmer Comprendio Memorial All-Girls Soccer Cup:

High School Open Category:

Champion - Dasmariñas

1st Runner-Up - Don Bosco

2nd Runner-Up - Black Lions FC

Grade School Category:

Champion - Comprendio Soccer Academy - A

1st Runner-Up - Comprendio Soccer Academy - B

And over at the Alab Football Club, April 28, 2019 will be the 6th COPA San Lazaro. A 7-a-side Football Festival for different age groups. 

Cavite Football Association has been promoting football in the last 13 or 14 years. Thank you for making it happen. The Cavite Football Academy, supported by the Office of the Provincial Government, has also shared in the grassroots development in the area. 

An academy-status gives the players the opportunity to join any club and tournaments they feel like joining in. This I guess is the edge our kids have over other players, not to mention most of them also represents their schools as student-athletes.

Thank you adults in Cavite football scene, you are making it happen!

Let me end this post by sharing Henry Adams quote on teaching, which was used by my favorite writer, Paulo Coelho in his book:

Basics of Half-Court Offense

Here is Coach Don Showalter's Fundamentals of Half-Court Offense, a simplistic and practical approach to teaching youth basketball.

Enjoy watching!

    

Cavite Football's Wonderful Winning Ways

Cavite football has won and continue to find ways to get into podium finishes in the last two weeks. Interestingly, Cavite Football Academy is part of every conversation today because of the current success the program is having.

First on the list and the most recent, CFA Teams U11 and U13 win the season opener of the Speed Regalo Padala-Youth Football League at the Alabang Country Club last weekend, March 31, 2019. 

Green Archers United U13 YFL 2019

Green Archers United U11 YFL 2019

And on the same day the younger kids won their YFL matches, the CFA players from the Born 2004-2005 played and won the 1st Tanauan Cup Championship in Batangas.

And remember CFA winning the Philippine Football Federation Regional Championship for the U15? Look back into the post here.

CFA U15 PFF Regionals FoF Champions 2019

Congratulations to Cavite Football Academy! Let us all be thankful to all the people, office staff, coaches, parents and agencies supporting the program!

Go For Gold – NBTC Coaches Convention 2019

The Coaches Convention of the National Basketball Training Center took place March 22-24 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. There were several speakers who shared their expertise on different areas of basketball.

Resource speakers were:

• Mr. Ardy Abello, a John C. Maxwell-certified leadership team coach on the :Importance of Leadership in Sports and Coaching"

• Coach Vincent Ong, Singapore Head for Youth Coaching of National Youth Sports Institute on "What makes a Great Coach"

• Dr. Jose Raul Canlas, an Ortho[oedic Surgeon with Sub-specialization in Sports Medicine on "Hydration and Injury Prevention". I was lucky enough to have met Dr. Canlas some years ago. I was one of the teachers of his son in middle school. He would also be watching on the sidelines during the games of his son.

• Ms Joy Reyes of Philippine Sports Commission on "Identifying Young Talent". I loved this topic and i spent abour fifteen minutes talking to her after her session. She was all ears and gave me her ideas on the thoughts I shared to her.

• Coach Dan Rose, a veteran strengthening and conditioning coach, on "Secrets to Ultimate Training Without the Weights"

• Metta World Peace on "Defense and Basketball Opportunities Globally 

• Coach Nash Racela on "Offensive Concepts for High School Basketball"

• Coach Rob Beveridge for AUS Basketball, on "Öffensive Concepts for Player Development"

• Coach Tab Baldwin on "Game Tactics" 
  

Here is my recording of Coach Rob Beveridge's Saturday night session:

 


Thank you NBTC!

Cavite Rules PFF Regionals of FoF 2019

Cavite Football Academy Teams under 12 and Under 14 captures the Championship in their respective Age Groups of Philippine Football Federation Regional Festival of Football. The three-day tournament was held at Sta. Cruz Laguna with six football clubs representing the following 
provinces:

1. Cavite Province
2. Rizal Province
3. Laguna Province
4. Mindoro Oriental Province
5. Palawan province
6. Quezon Province

March 22, 2019 Day 1 Results:

Game 1 Cavite FA U14 (4 ) - (0) Quezon FA
Game 2 Cavite FA U12 (3) - (1)  Quezon FA
Game 3 Cavite FA U14 (1) - (1)  Laguna FA
Game 4 Cavite FA U12 (0) - (0)  Laguna FA

March 23, 2019 Day 2 Results

Game 5 - Cavite FA U14 (3) - (1) Palawan FA

Game 6 - Cavite FA U12 (2) - (0) Palawan FA

Game 7 - Cavite FA U14 (2) - (0) Minidoro FA

Game 8 - Cavite FA U12 (0) - (0) Mindoro FA

Congratulations CFA players, coaches and supportive parents! You may visit this page for updates of other Regional Events for Festival of Football 2019.

Basketball Camp Summer 2019

Here is our schedule for Summer Camp 2019:

SBP-Cavite Coaches Accreditation and Registration Level 1.2

Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas-Cavite hosted the SBP Coaches Accreditation and Licensure Seminar 1 & 2 last weekend, March 9 to 10 at De La Salle University-Health and Sciences Institute.

Coach Jong Uichico, the SBP head for Coaches Commission, together with SBP Clinicians,Ryn Betia, Mark Solao, Xander Gubat and Martin Alido were present to share their expertise on Coaching Basketball at various levels of playing.

More than a hundred participants attended the two-day Coaches' Clinic which  catered to coaches of Region 4, Cavite, Rizal, Batangas and Laguna.

A select group of high school players from DLSU-Dasmarinas helped out in the afternoon of Day 1 for the demonstration of concepts and key points.

Topics included the following:

• Zone Offense and Defense: Defending and Playing it
• Ball Screens
• Strength and Conditioning
• Basics of Basketball: Rebounding
• Zone Pressure
• Stages of Offense: Primary, Secondary and Plays
• And a whole lot more

(L-R) Coaches: Ryn Betia, Ronald Mallilin, Jomel Medodia, Jong Uichico, Me, Mark Solano & Sander Gubat.
Not in photo: Martin Alido

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to SBP for bringing this workshop closer to us!

AFC Football Coaching Courses Phl 2019

We received an update from PFF and it really is looking brighter for Philippine Football. Coaches education is one of the better ways to promote grassroots football in the country. 

"The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) has released the list of its Coaching Certificate Courses for 2019 equivalent to the AFC Coaching Certificate Courses.

The AFC awarded the PFF the AFC Coaching Convention – A Level Membership last December 2018. The recognition allows the PFF to conduct the equivalent AFC ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ certificate courses as PFF ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ Coaching Certificate Courses respectively." 

                                                                                                   - Philippine Football Federation Website

Visit the Official Website of the Philippine Football Federation for all the details of the Schedule of Coaching Courses in the Philippines 2019. 

Palarong Pambansa 2019 for Two CFA Boys Elementary

After the STACAA Heroes Games 2019, a.k.a Regionals, we now go into the selection process of which player will join the Regional Champion Team for the Palarong Pambansa. This year's national games will be held in Davao City.

Two Cavite Football Academy players were chosen, by virtue of superb performance, to join the winning team in the Football Tournament of the Elementary Division.

Our very own Alfonso "Fonsi" Dionela (Best Striker) and Wyatt Lim were chosen and will be playing for Region IV-A Elementary Boys Football Team.

Wyatt Karell C. Lim

Alfonso Dionela

From what I've gathered, this will be Fonsi's third straight appearance in the Annual DEPED Palarong Pambansa while it will be Wyatt's first. Both players have played in the YFL last season.

Congratulations, good luck to both of you AND enjoy the games!

Scholastic Basketball Camp - 1st Founders' Cup

After 6 weeks of basketball action and drama at the Scholastic Basketball Camp-1st Founders' Cup we now have come to the end and our official ranking goes:

16 Under:

Champion: La Trinidad Academy

1st Runner -Up: Charis Christian Institute
2nd Runner-up: La Camelle School
3rd Runner-Up: SV Montessori

12 Under:

Champion: La Trinidad Academy

1st Runner -Up: Charis Christian Institute
2nd Runner-up: La Camelle School
3rd Runner-Up: La Trinidad Academy- B
4th Runner-Up: SV Montessori

Certificates of Participation were awarded to each player and schools as well.

Trophy and individual medals were awarded to the champion teams.

It has been a roller coaster ride with scenes of triumphs and frustrations, bursts of emotions and energy which made it more exciting for the players and crowd as well.

Missed calls, missed shots and missed opportunities for redemption for some and gained confidence for our student-athletes.

At the end of it all, we gave everyone a chance to participate, in victory and in defeat.

Thank you and all Glory and Honor to God Almighty!

Scholastic Basketball Camp-1st Founders' Cup "Transformation thru Participation"

Francis A Buenaventura
Scholastic Basketball Camp

Cavite Football at the Regionals

Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I last wrote here, no thanks to my basketball-related injury. I broke my right foot and took away my time to blog. But since I'm back now with lessened pain on my injury, allow me share some bits about the recently-concluded CALABARZON Heroes Games in Sta. Rosa City from Feb 11 to 15.

The Cavite Teams for Football Elementary and High School divisions had a silver-finish! The boys from Cavite Football Academy played key roles in the said tournament.

Great job guys!

And thanks to all the parents who sent their photos for this post.

Football in Action

At the Games

"Who doesn't need a tree?"

Photos for Posters

Heart? Fighting hearts?

Recognizing the Effort

Stand Proud Cavite Football

Huddle and prayers

Best Striker of the Tournament

Inigo Dionela Best Striker

Action-packed!

Founders' Cup: Day 4 Match Results

Scholastic Basketball Camp-Founders' Cup: Day Four of the 1st Founders' Cup is over and as we move into the fifth and final day of double-round elimination on February 9, let us review the results and the team standings so far:

Here are the games:

Game 1: 16 & Under La Trinidad Academy(Win: 71) vs SV Montessori(40)

Game 2: 12 & Under Charis Christian Institute(Win: 51) vs SV Montessori(23)

 

Game 3: 12 & Under La Camelle School(Win: 40) vs La Trinidad Academy B(18)

Game 4: 16 & Under Charis Christian Institute(Win: 88) vs La Camelle School(81)

Game 5: 12 & Under La Trinidad Academy A(Win: 51) vs SV Montessori(23) 

Game 6: 12 & Under La Trinidad Academy B(Win: 49) vs Charis Christian Institute(24)

Founders' Cup is an offshoot of Scholastic Basketball Camp. It is aimed at providing schools and its players opportunities to play the game of basketball against schools of the same profile: No Senior High School program, small population, NO RECRUITMENT of student-athletes and by-invitation-only.

Please explore this blog and check the updated Team Standings which you can find on top.

Congratulations everyone!