NJX EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

• Holmdel Stallions Soccer Club Summer Camp
  The Holmdel Stallions Soccer Club and it's NJX Division run a very popular camp at Cross Farm Field every summer. The camp is be run by Rich Pekmezian, NJX Director of Soccer. Details on the 2012 summer camp will be posted soon.

• Personal Development Program (PDP)
  The purpose of PDP is for serious players to advance their athletic and soccer abilities on their own or in small groups that the players arrange themselves. The PDP is a written document between 10-16 pages presented to each NJX player. See details.

NJX Personal Development Program (PDP)
The NJX Personal Development Program (PDP) was developed and introduced by NJX Director of Soccer Rich Pekmezian. The purpose of PDP is for serious players to advance their athletic and soccer abilities on their own or in small groups that they the players arrange themselves.

The modern athlete is confronted with a huge potential obstacle. There is simply not a lot of free play time or time spent without the supervision and oversight of an adult coach or parent. It is during these unsupervised, alone time or small group experiences that discovery and improvement occurs. But in today's world, kids do not get any alone time programming. PDP addresses this issue head on.

The PDP is a written document between 10-16 pages presented to each NJX player. The document outlines the importance of goal setting and the importance of working on one's own. We feel it's important that the player and parent understand why PDP is important. Once they understand why it's important we then get into what is important. The PDP curriculae covers physical and technical development. And within the physical curricula we address: stretching and warm-up; hydration and nutrition; aerobic and anaerobic fitness, strength, speed, agility and quickness among other topics. Within the technical curricula, we address: passing, receiving, ball striking, preparation touches, ball moves, fakes and feints, juggling among other topics.

Each team's PDP is customized to the age and level of the team. The NJX coach is expected to know their teams and as such the PDP is intended to be a stretch of the team's abilities in each of the focus areas.

Each team is held accountable for PDP effort and players are encouraged to journal their workouts and periodically share their effort with their coach and the Director of Soccer.

When a player migrates through NJX and prepares to court college soccer coaches, he/she will be well prepared to demonstrate on the field and on paper how committed they are as an athlete. This will in most instances be the extra edge that the player will have when being compared with other potential recruits.

There is not a single advanced soccer player who becomes great by just playing games and training with the team. Excellence in any endeavor requires focus and sacrifice on one's own.

PDP was developed by Rich Pekmezian with considerable influence and experience from Bob Reasso (Rutgers University former Head Coach and former coach of Rich Pekmezian), Jack Weber (former Rutgers teammate  and who has amassed over 400 wins as boys' coach at Montclair High School), Dave Masur (former Rutgers teammate and now St. John's Head Coach), and Anson Dorrance (University of North Carolina Coach).  Much of the philosophy of the PDP is influenced by Coach Dorrance's curricula for the women's program at the University of North Carolina and from his book Training Soccer Champions.

To further appreciate the benefits of the PDP, we encourage you to view the feedback provided by players and parents on our Testimonial Page.

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