What We Do
Our coaches work directly with your kids in small groups so that coaches learn your child’s name and can become familiar with their skill level. This way coaches are better prepared to lead your child to the next level in their skill development while in the training. Our aim is to place your child in the correct group so they feel welcome and are able to engage learning from their first day with us. Learning can be risky; we must step out and try a new dribbling move in front of our peers or attempt passing with our weaker foot. Yet without taking these risks, our development stands to stall. Your child’s coach plays a key role in establishing a safe and fun environment for risk taking in front of their peers to help your child grow their soccer skills. Each evening a different soccer skill is taught: dribbling, trapping, passing & shooting. The final night of camp all the kids put on shin-guards and compete in small sided soccer games.
a Gift for your child
Each evening after your child learns something new for their soccer skills; the kids are brought together for a large group time. Each evening, all the children with their coaches hear a life skill lesson from the Bible. Leaders from our church partners share a different lesson about God’s love. On the last couple evenings of the camp, your child is offered the choice of receiving a Bible signed by their coaches.
““I select my coaches carefully. I want my coaches to understand that learning your child’s name matters! That is the relational foundation I want my coaches to build the rest of their coaching on. Earning the trust of the player will deeply impact the level of learning that follows. In 1985, while a college athlete, I experienced my first opportunity to coach. Each couple hours we would have 30 new kids to coach with 30 more names to learn! The kids communicated their expectation for us to know their names. I could tell it was really important to them, yet it was very difficult to learn so many. It deeply impacted my thinking. Over the years, the important goal of learning the names of those you’re coaching, during the first few days of training, has remained a high priority.””