March Newsletter 2025

Welcome to the Kings Hammer March Newsletter! This edition features Tryouts Save the Date, Kings Hammer Shines in Spring Elite Thaw, Improving Through Failing, and more! If you have a player, coach, or team to be highlighted in future newsletters, please send photos and stories to info@kingshammer.com. Each newsletter will be posted on our website as well as our social pages.

Save the Dates: 2025/2026 Tryouts!

Mark your calendars! Tryouts will be held May 5th-8th & May 12th-15th at the Kentucky Horse Park.

U13(2013)-U19(2007): May 5th-8th
U7(2019)-U12(2014): May 12th-15th

Official dates, times and registration will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

The Spring Season is in Full Swing

We’re so excited to have all of our players back out on the pitch for the Spring! We’re looking forward to another fantastic season. Good luck to all of our Kings Hammer Lexington teams!

Kings Hammer Shines in Spring Elite Thaw

We want to give a huge congratulations to our KHA1 B08 and KHA1 B10 teams on a fantastic weekend in Cincinnati at the Elite Spring Thaw! Our ’08 boys went 2-1-0 for the weekend, and beat the Kings Hammer Cincinnati KHA1 South boys 3-2 in a bit of friendly rivalry during the championship finals. Our ’10 boys went 4-0-0, taking on the FC Lake County Elite boys in the finals and winning 3-1. Congrats, guys!

Kings Hammer Ladies Bring Home Hardware from E-Town

Congratulations to our KHA1 G14 girls for finishing as finalists in the combined U11/U12 gold division at the Vette City Showcase in Elizabethtown. These ladies went 2-1-1 and scored 13 goals, showing incredible determination throughout the event. We are so proud of your hard work, girls!

March Education: Improving Through Failing

This month, we came across a terrific article from Lexington United Soccer Club, a youth soccer club in Massachusetts, that really hit the mark. We wanted to share that article with you below.

“FAIL BETTER.” BY LEXINGTON UNITED SOCCER CLUB

“Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better”

Samuel Beckett

Fail Better. What an amazing philosophy for a coach to embrace when dealing with players. I initially wrote “young players”, but why limit that philosophy to a particular age group? Isn’t it our responsibility as coaches to place players in an environment that is challenging and stretches them as both people and players? This doesn’t stop when a player hits a certain age or level, but must always remain present for growth and development to occur.

“Ever Tried, Ever Failed.” Sadly many players haven’t truly tried because they are afraid to fail or they have tried and were punished for failing and decided it wasn’t worth the struggle. Too many players fall into the latter category because a coach has placed results over development and stifled their creativity by demanding they “play it safe”. Players that play it safe at too early an age are the ones that never develop the skill set to “take a player on” in the final third or look for the half chance in the penalty box. Instead they pass the ball to their teammate because they don’t want to take ownership in case they fail. I’ve watched countless games where coaches and parents alike shout at kids to shoot the ball, but these are the same people that throw up their hands in disgust when a player misses the target or the ball gets saved and exclaim “Billy was open, why didn’t you pass the ball”. We can’t have it both ways.

Click here to read the full article on our Education page!

GK Union Save of the Month

Another month, another set of fantastic diving saves! Congratulations to Savannah of Kings Hammer Cincinnati and Jace of Kings Hammer Swan City winning the February GK Union Save of the Month! Way to put your skills on display!

Did you make an incredible save or a game-saving block? We want to see them! Post your best saves in the Kings Hammer GK Union Facebook group. Be sure to share throughout the spring season and YOU could be selected for our Kings Hammer Save of the Month! GK Save of the Month winners will be announced the Friday of the first full week of the following month.

Monthly winners will be posted on the Kings Hammer social pages and on the GK Union page.

NEW KINGS HAMMER LEXINGTON GEAR

Kick off 2025 with some awesome new merchandise! We’ve added new Kings Hammer Lexington fan gear to our Kings Hammer Shop that you’re sure to love! Now with extended sizing, we have Kings Hammer t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and more available at shop.KingsHammer.com. Check it out now!