Northern California Home School Sports

This school year, Todd Nash, founder of California Athletics for Home Schools will be starting a sports & PE program specifically for home schooled students in Northern California.  The program will give the opportunity to all home schooled students, regardless of their age, the opportunity to learn about many sports and play games at a recreational level.  The cost and time commitment will be low, making it easy for all home schooled families to participate.  This program will finally give all home schooled students in the Northern California area the opportunity to learn about and compete in many sports throughout the year at a recreational level, appropriate for the majority of home school students.  It will help meet the PE requirements for home schooled students AND provide sports opportunities for home schooled students at a level of competition appropriate for the majority of home schooled students.  The games will be played against other home schooled students of the same age.

Todd will personally conduct a 1 week clinic, which will meet for 5 consecutive days, Monday-Friday, for 1 ½ hours each day.  The clinic will meet in 13 different sites all over northern California.  The clinic will teach the fundamental skills of one or more sports for 5 consecutive days, the last day including some game playing within the class.  Each clinic will teach students the fundamental skills in a sport or in multiple sports, giving them drills to continue practicing after the clinic to continue developing their skills in that sport.  Students will also learn the basic rules of the game, enabling them to continue playing small group games, conducive to your home school group meetings.  The clinic will cost $90 per student if you are paying cash or check, and $95 if a charter school is to be billed.

After the clinic, students who wish to continue playing the sports taught will be given 2 opportunities.  One will be the opportunity to continue playing small group games within the group and community in which the clinic takes place.  These games will be set up every other week for a total of 4 - 6 games.  The second additional game opportunity will be for some round robin tournaments for the sports learned on a Saturday somewhere central to the Northern California area.  These tournament days will give students the opportunity to play small group games against other home school teams from the northern California area, playing many short games on one day.  These game days are optional for anyone taking part in the clinic, and will have some small additional costs - $10 - $30 per student, depending on the details of that sport and game sscheduling. 

The clinic this fall will teach volleyball and soccer.  We will spend 2 days teaching volleyball and 2 days teaching soccer, with a game day on Friday, allowing students to play both volleyball and soccer games in small groups on Friday at their class site.  Younger students (elementary age) will learn both sports skills, but will only play soccer games on Friday.  Older students (middle school and older) will play both soccer and volleyball games.  The clinic will also prepare students to continue playing small group games in each sport throughout the fall.  Continued games are at the discretion of each family participating, and will be explained at each class.  CAHS will bring all of the necessary equipment for the clinic. 

To sign up for the clinic, click on HOME above to go to the home page, then click on REGISTER to go to the REGISTRATION page.

In the winter, Todd will teach a 1 week basketball clinic, teaching the basic skills for basketball as well as some small group games that can be played recreationally and in small groups in your home school group.  Todd may also have Fencing Clinics available in December and January, with continued fencing available through the winter and spring.  In the spring, Todd will also have a 1 week track & field clinic available.  It is recommended that students take all 3 clinics throughout the year to gain exposure to all of the sports offered.  This will provide a valuable “PE level” of sports experience, not requiring a serious time or money commitment to any of the sports. 

Todd Nash has been teaching home school PE classes and organizing sports opportunities for home schooled students for 10 years in California.  Details about the clinics and registrations are available on the website listed below.  You can call or email Todd Nash with questions.  Clinics will be available in 5 areas surrounding Sacramento, Stockton, all areas around the San Francisco Bay and Santa Rosa.  If you would like a clinic added for your home school group or in your area, contact Todd Nash and he may be able to set up a special clinic for your group.  Please visit the website below for details and call of email Todd if you have questions.

The schedule for this fall's volleyball & soccer clinics will be as follows.  Directions to each site are at the bottom of this page.

Week 1: (Sept 13-17, 2010)  East/South Bay

8:30-10:00    Stockton

11:00-12:30  San Ramon

1:15-2:45      Fremont

3:20-4:50      San Jose

5:30-7:00      Palo Alto

Week 2:  (Sept 20-24, 2010)  North Bay

9:00-10:30  Fairfield

11:30-1:00  Berkeley

1:45-3:15    San Rafael

4:15-5:45    Santa Rosa

Week 3:  (Sept 27-Oct 1, 2010)  Sacramento and vicinity

8:30-10:00     Yuba City/Marysville

10:45-12:15   Rocklin/Roseville

1:00-2:30       Davis

3:10-4:40       Elk Grove

5:30-7:00       Cameron Park

The cost for the entire week of instruction will be just $90!  To sign up, click on REGISTER from the home page and mail your check for $90 per student.  CAHS is also a vendor with many charter schools who may pay for your classes.  Contact Todd to see if he is a vendor or can become a vendor for your charter school.  If Todd has a PO in hand prior to the start of the clinic, no deposit check will be required.  Without a PO in hand, a deposit check is required for the amount of the class which will be returned if the PO is received by Wednesday the week of the clinic.  After this it will be deposited and refunded after Todd is paid by the charter school.

Directions to each class site will be posted below by the middle of August.  Check back frequently.

Todd Nash, Director

California Athletics for Home Schools (CAHS)

Northern California Home Schools Sports (NCHSS)

Website: www.CaliforniaAthletics.com

Email: CalAthletics@sbcglobal.net

Phone: 760-458-9753

DIRECTIONS TO EACH SITE:

Week 1: (Sept 13-17, 2010)  East/South Bay

8:30-10:00  Stockton: Grupe Park, Cumberland & Meade, West Stockton.  Take I-5 to Benjamin Holt Drive, exit and go West, turn left at the second street on Herndon Place, then turn right at the end on W Swain Rd, at the next intersection, turn left on Cumberland Place, then turn left at the next intersection on Meade Dr.  The park is on your right side.  Meet at the basketball/multi-use courts at the North end of the park (you are on the North end of the park when you turn on Meade Dr. 

11:00-12:30  San Ramon: Athan Downs Park, Thomas Guide p. 673, E-5.  Montevideo Dr just east of I680. 

From the North: Take 680 to Bollinger Canyon Rd, exit and turn right, then immediately left on San Ramon Valley Blvd.  Turn left on Montevideo.  The park is immediately on the left after crossing under the freeway.  Turn into the first parking lot on the left after crossing under the freeway. 

From the South: Take 680 north to Alcosta Blvd exit, turn left off the exit.  Turn right onto San Ramon Valley Blvd immediately.  Turn right on Montevideo, then immediately left into the 1st parking lot after crossing under the freeway.

1:15-2:45  Fremont: Fischer Park, Thomas Guide p. 752, C-2 & 3.  At the intersection of Deep Creek Rd & Maybird Circle.  Take 880 to Alvarado.  If you are coming from the North, the exit ramp goes straight onto Deep Creek Rd.  If you are coming from the south, turn left off the exit, then left across the freeway onto Deep Creek Rd.  The park is on the right- take the second Maybird Circle right turn to get to the basketball court.

3:20-4:50  San Jose:  River Glenn Park, Bird & Pine in San Jose.  Thomas Guide p. 854 B-4.  Mapquest the intersection of Bird & Pine in San Jose.  From the intersection of 280 & 87, take 87 South, exit at the first exit (Alma) and make an immediate left onto the frontage Rd, turn right at the light on Alma (becomes Minnesota).  After about 4 blocks turn left at a light on Bird at the shopping center, the park is on the right in about 5 blocks across from a school.  The basketball courts are on the opposite side of the park from the side you are approaching.

5:30-7:00  Palo Alto:  Greer Park, Thomas Guide p. 791, D-5.  Take 101 to the Oregon Expressway South/West exit, turn left immediately on Bayshore Rd, the park is on the right in 1 block.  Take the first entrance on the right and meet at the basketball court on the right at the end of the parking lot.

Week 2:  (Sept 20-24, 2010)  North Bay

9:00-10:30  Fairfield:  Allan Witt Park.  Take I-80 to West Texas Street going East, the park is on the right a couple blocks after the McDonalds, just across from the Dairy Queen.  Turn right into the park, then immediately turn right and follow the parking lot around to the end.  The basketball court is on the right side of the tennis courts at the end of the parking lot.  We will meet at the basketball court for the first day.

11:30-1:00  Berkeley:  San Pablo Park: Thomas Guide p 629, F-3, meet at the intersection of Ward St & Mabel St, at the NW corner of the park.  Park on the street on Mabel street, along the side of the softball field.  Look for the Blue Trailblazer & Todd dressed ina  blue CAHS shirt.

1:45-3:15  San Rafael:  Piper Park, Thomas Guide p. 586, F-5, Doherty Drive, just east of Magnolia Ave in Larkspur.  When you enter the park from Doherty, follow the entrance road to the parking lot and park at the far end of the lot, between the softball fields.  We will meet at the middle of the softball fields on the far end of the parking lot.

4:15-5:45  Santa Rosa:  Finley Park.  Take 101 to College West, drive a couple miles and turn left at a light on Stoney Point Road, the park is on your left, turn left at the next light into the parking lot for the park.  Met at the basketball court immediately on the left as you enter the parking lot.

Week 3:  (Sept 27-Oct 1, 2010)  Sacramento/Central Valley

8:30-10:00  Yuba City/Marysville: 

10:45-12:15  Rocklin/Roseville: 

1:00-2:30  Davis: 

3:10-4:40  Elk Grove:

5:30-7:00  Cameron Park