Welcome to the New Hampshire Olympic Development Program (NH ODP) web site. The NHSA/US YOUTH SOCCER Olympic Development Program is a national identification and development program designed to identify and develop top youth soccer players throughout the country, to represent their state (NH) association, region and the United States in soccer competition. The NH ODP represents the highest levels of youth soccer being played in the state of New Hampshire. Learn more about how to get involved!
Seattle Sport Sciences Named Official Partner of NH ODP
NH ODP coaches welcome the SideKick soccer machine at the New Hampshire Olympic development squad practices. Our goalkeepers were very excited to be able to stand up against "the monster" as we named it on the first night. What a buzz and excitement it brought to the sessions as all ages were challenged to their own personal capabilities, even the coaches were excited to stand in the net and make saves.
Having the machine at each practice offers a variety of consistent shots, crosses and free kick situations ensuring enough pace and spin on each ball for the goalkeepers to make game saves. It also helps the players judgments on speed of play and reaction saves. All our coaches enjoy having the machine. With the machine our job of coaching the players is easier because we can see the save from start to finish and work with each player to improve their technique.
"Using this machine is better than my arthritic legs" says Head coach Julie Hemsley and we can ensure that the players get good shots to challenge them. There is no challenge in shots from tired legs. "It has definitely given us an edge in each practice to help create game situations."
We love it and recommend it to any organization. It can be used for field play as well, crossing & finishing, winning the ball at goal kicks or punts. There are so many ways to utilize this machine and it adds a new dimension to practices. We would like to thank Seattle Sport Sciences for letting us use SideKick and look forward to using it more in the near future.
For more information on the SideKick soccer machine, visit the Seattle Sport Sciences, Inc web site at http://www.seattlesportsciences.com.
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College Showcase Tournament - April 18th and 19th
The New Hampshire Girls and Boys ODP Teams played in the College
Showcase Tournament at Citizens Park in Lancaster Massachusetts this
past weekend April 18th and 19th. With our players also in the middle
of a very busy club season, some of our U15 girls and boys were called
up to assist.