Academy Training Program (Summer Sessions 2018)

Summer Sessions are for boys and girls ages 5-11. The sessions consist of one weekday training and one Saturday games session we call “Small Sided Saturday." The weekday session focuses on fundamental and technical soccer training ie., ball control, first touch, passing, and shooting. During Saturday sessions, “Small-Sided Saturdays,” the children play organized and supervised “pick-up" style soccer games. Players are divided into teams at the beginning of summer session, and the players compete with that team against other teams for the remainder of the summer session. These games can vary in format, but are no more than 5v5 in order to allow for every player to get as many touches on the ball as possible, and therefore building upon their weekday training in competition. The idea behind this sort of free play is to simulate the soccer play that kids engage in everyday internationally. There is no better teacher for the game of soccer than actually playing, and we believe that playing as much as possible will allow for the kind of development we see internationally. Players will learn to advocate for themselves, communicate with other kids, build their confidence, and learn by playing, all under the supervision and support from our licensed professional coaches.