Title: Don’t Stop Believing

Introduction

Topic: League Director Transition

-Notice to staff/TD/HC

-Notice to league

Topic: Season 10 Update

• Conferences - committee work still going, brief board in September
  • Western venues: Pleasant Ridge and Tryon International
• Elementary pilot program - slower than we thought, one team in pilot fall 2025
• Core competencies - trail blazer program, think passport across all program areas
• Team expansion

Topic: Important Dates

• Coach Training
• First coaches call Tuesday 19 August
• Registration: 2 Sep (Coach and Team) 1 Oct (SA)
  • New Handbook in September
  • 2026 CPT on the website
• Preseason (15 Oct)
  • League Summit 18-19 Oct - registration opening this month
  • GRiT (25 Oct)
  • Event 1 (1 Nov) - Lake Norman
  • Regionals (8-9 Nov) - registration opens 25 August
  • Event 2 (22 Nov) - Old Fort

Closing (All)

Dad joke

Let's talk about Season 10! Get a preview of what's going on with the upcoming NC NICA season.

• Conferences
• Elementary pilot program
• Core competencies Team expansion

Important Dates

Registration: 2 Sep (Coach and Team) 1 Oct (SA)

Preseason (15 Oct)

League Summit 18-19 Oct

GRiT (26 Oct)

Event 1 (1 Nov) - TBD

Regionals (8-9 Nov)

Event 2 (22 Nov) - Old Fort

*Note - you will hear me talk about the "628" problem - it is actually the 693 puzzle - If every league was the size of Utah, there would be 693,000 NICA student-athletes. In other words, how to we solve the 693 puzzle? This is a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) that was a prominent part of what John Burke, Trek CEO, talked about in his discussions with us at the NICA Leadership Conference in Waterloo, WI in June.

This month we're handing the mic to the student-athletes at the NC GRiT podcast! Check out their latest episode:

Episode 2 of the GRiT Podcast reveals the dates for the upcoming NCICL season with league director Brian Russell. Along with this we shared a recap of the past events that happened over the last few weeks. All in all the highlight of this episode is special guests Siana Rehman and Salma Elwafi who each got to talk about their Senior Ambassador projects which are outreach and the mentor program. Listen in to hear more details!!

You can subscribe to the NC GRiT Podcast wherever you get your podcasts or check them out at https://ncgritpodcast.buzzsprout.com

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