Friday, December 6, 2013

SPRING BREAK Soccer Camp 2014...

Soccer is Fun will have a 2014 SPRING BREAK Soccer Camp during the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School Spring break 2014 - from Monday March 31st, 2014 until Friday April 4th, 2014 at the Berryhill Private Soccer Field in Carrboro, NC. 8 to 13 year old players will have the opportunity to develop their technical and tactical skills during one of the 4 soccer camps coached by Coach Pierre Monnet. Each 5 days' camp (Monday through Friday) is a full-day camp structured around a curriculum covering the 4 developmental stages of a soccer player : (1) Master the ball, (2) Play together – Team, (3) Play against an opponent, and (4) Play within a system – Tactic.This camp will provide players with a great opportunity to prepare for the Spring Tournament season.

This curriculum addresses all 4 stages with demonstration/teaching, drills and activities, including small sided games to reinforce the players' development experience. Techniques will be practiced individually and in small groups throughout the week : dribbling/shielding, tackles/challenge, passing/shooting, receiving (ground ball, air ball), combination play, heading, goalkeeping. Each day covers both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition for 40% on Defense. Players will spend 20% of their time on Skills Education and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions. 

A day at the camp...

8:30am—10:30am : Demonstration & Individual Technical training session:
Each session will be articulated around 5 periods:
(1) Technical Warm-up: New technique & skill, focused on form & execution w/o pressure, (2) Small-Sided activity: Applying the new technique & skill with increasing pressure (time & space), (3) Expanded Small-Sided activity: Applying the new technique w/o restrictions on the opponents. (4) Match Conditioned Game: Applying the new technique in real game condition . (5) Laws of the Game while cooling down.
10:30am—12:00pm : Individual & Team Tactical training session:
The drills & exercises will develop the Principles of Play for both Attacking and Defending:
Principles of Attack : (1) Penetration, (2) Width, (3) Depth, (4) Support; Principles of Defense: (1) Chase & Delay, (2) Depth, (3) Balance, (4) Compactness.
Make field BIG (Attack) vs. Make Field SMALL (Defense)
12:00pm—1:00pm : Lunch (not provided) break & free time.
1:00pm—2:00pm : Ball Mastery training session:
Coerver’s moves, juggling, trapping, heading, shooting and ball mastery contests.
2:00pm—3:00pm : Swimming (pool) or Pro demonstration & international pro soccer game clips analysis  & discussion to exemplify the new techniques learned.

This camp has a minimum of 8 players, and a maximum of 12 players.
Each player gets a free "Soccer is Fun" Camp T-Shirt, and 10% DISCOUNT for EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION when you complete camp registration before January 19th, 2014.

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