Fall 2007 Youth Soccer Program

Click here to download FALL 2007 Youth Soccer Academy registration form.

If you have a 5-10 year old who loves to play SOCCER and wishes to raise the level of enjoyment and quality of their play in their AYSO or CYSA teams-- COME and ENROLL in our PREMIER YOUTH SOCCER ACADEMY.

All levels of skill and experience welcome – both girls and boys. NO TRYOUT! Training includes all types of soccer instructions, including some goalkeeping sessions for those that are interested. Training in our Premier Youth Soccer Academy can be great supplement to AYSO practices and games or great preparation for easy transition to competitive CYSA program. There is one training session per week every Thursday from 4:00-5:00 pm for U6-U10 boys and every Friday from U6-U10 girls at Soccer Complex - Murray Field (250 Anza Blvd., Burlingame, CA 94010). REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

After great and very fun spring sessions with you we will run our Premier Youth Soccer Academy throughout fall 2007.

• Cost for the fall program, September - November is $250. Monthly cost is $100.

Players will get Academy jerseys, which they should wear at each practice with black shorts and white socks. Shinguards and soccer cleats are required.

If your boy or girl is interested in learning soccer in a fun and challenging environmnent with international, licensed, high level coaches please come and join us. We are sure YOU WILL LOVE IT! Players will be able to advance thru different levels as they master their soccer skills. All instruction is performed by our professional coaching staff, which includes men and women that have played competitive and professional soccer in Argentina, Yugoslavia, Brazil, England, Mexico, and the US. These same coaches train and coach Burlingame Soccer Club CY teams at the same age and they follow players development in our Academy training teams and CY teams.

This program is an OPEN Enrollment and has a Rolling Admission.

Click here to download FALL 2007 Youth Soccer Academy registration form and bring it with you on your first session.

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Academy Curriculum

There will be 3 phases within each training session envisioned to be 1 hour in length typically. The 3 phases of each training session will be the following:

Preparation (warm-up) – 1 player 1 ball - 15 minutes

Theme of practice: Orientation and Presentation - 20 minutes

Orientation (defining the problem and lesson

Presentation (identifying the solutions)

Cooperative demonstration

Competitive demonstration

Implementation (displaying in a game setting) - 25 minutes

These sessions will focus on a number of different topics and students will have checklist cards that will be filled out by their instructors as they master the topic. A sample beginning topic may be to “push pass with both feet.” This is an example of a technique-only element. As they master these skill topics, tactics and teamwork will become a bigger part of the instruction. Advanced topics will include participation of other players, such as in a “wall pass” or “overlap run”. This brings in the more advanced elements of tactics and teamwork to the technique of the push pass. As the student advances so does their technical competence in all the elements.

Demonstration of the more advanced elements by the instructors involving 2 or more players will include 2 stages – cooperative and competitive. The instructor will begin the topic in a cooperative phase. This means that the theme will be demonstrated where the opposing player will minimize the challenge to allow the skill to be successfully completed. This will allow the student to gain confidence and competence in the skill. Once the skill is acquired, the instructor will move the presentation into the competitive phase. This increases the challenge and allows the student to learn to use the skill successfully in a game situation. This is true whether the theme is a defensive or an offensive skill.

Academy instruction will focus on the following main topics:

Fundamental ball skills

Juggling and ball control

First Touch

Advanced ball skills

Defending

Finishing

Goalkeeping

Positional and situational understanding

Combination play

Rules and regulations of the game

These topics will be covered over a series of hour-long sessions several times a week throughout the 3-year course. These sessions will have specific themes that cover the individual focus topics. Advancement through the program will be based on mastery and understanding of these topics.