Academy Winter Session 2016

The Green and Gold Soccer Academy - Winter Session 2016

The Green and Gold Soccer Academy is pleased to announce that we will be offering player development and high performance training for highly motivated players. Intended for the more serious youth soccer teams, boys and girls teams at the U-10 age categories, the academy program is structured to facilitate the development of these players to perform and compete at the higher levels of club/community soccer.

This player development opportunity will provide 10 practices during the late January early March time period conducted by the academy's professional coaches, including goalkeeper specialist, utilizing our first-class facilities and equipment.

The academy aims to provide a coaching process that is based on solid youth development coaching principles delivered by our professional coaches utilizing superior soccer facilities. Strict adherence to the Canadian Soccer Association's Long Term Player Development (LTPD) model is applied.

LTPD Stage 3 Learning to Train for U8-U11 girls/U9-U12 or girls and boys aged 8, 9, 10 or 11.

All goalkeepers will be provided with specialized instruction in all aspects of this demanding position.

Each training session may feature soccer specific fitness training in the development of agility, coordination, quick feet, core strength, endurance, speed and power. The fitness or physical development is combined with technical and tactical training with a view to providing the youth player the optimum opportunity for soccer skill enhancement.

The cost for this program will be $250 per player. .

To have your team considered for this development, please contact Len Vickery directly via e-mail at len.vickery@ualberta.ca before Monday, January 11, 2016.

Registration information is coming soon.

All registered players are requested to come to the first scheduled session. Please check the website www.greenandgoldsoccer.com for schedules and any required revisions.

Schedule - Winter Session 2016