Wednesday, December 4, 2019

2020 Summer Soccer Camp - Soccer is Fun, NC

Dear Soccer Families,

As you may already start to look for your children summer camps, you may consider our 2020 Soccer Camp this summer, hosted for its 10th year by Southern Village Club in Chapel Hill. Check out our program and curriculum, each session spread over 5 full days of soccer techniques and skills development will provide great development opportunities to your child to become a greater soccer player, and team contributor.

Sessions are available on the following weeks:  

Week 1    June 22 - 26, 2020,
Week 2    July 6 - 10, 2020,
Week 3    July 13 - 17, 2020,
Week 4    July 20 - 25, 2020


Each camper completing registration before April 1st, 2020 receive a 10% Discount of Registration Fee (Payment must be mailed before April 1st, 2020 for the discount to apply).

All sessions are located at Southern Village field, and include access to the Southern Village Club facility including the pool for the campers. See below, or request the brochure for more details. For more information, or to register, you may also contact Coach Pierre Monnet [Soccer.is.Fun.NC@gmail.com or (919) 260-1511] leave message, or contact Southern Village Club [manager@southernvillageclub.com or (919) 969-8442].




About our curriculum: Learning soccer is a 4 stage developmental process:
(1) Master the ball,
(2) Play together – Team,
(3) Play against an opponent, and
(4) Play within a system – Tactic.

Our 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 we cover both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition and 40% on Defense. We will spend 20% on Skills Training and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions.

 A day at the soccer 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 (bring bag lunch) & 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.  
3:00pm—3:30pm : Coached small sided game.  
3:30pm : Dismissal

Coach Pierre Monnet, member of the United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coach Association of America), holds an USYSA / NCYSA E License / Youth Level IV (Advanced Youth) NSCAA, and will coach this soccer camp. He has coached youth soccer at various level from recreational to Classic travel teams for several years in the Chapel Hill, NC area (Rainbow Soccer, Chapel Hill United, Triangle United Soccer Association, Triangle Futbol Club, North Carolina FC, Culbreth Middle School soccer program).

Thank you for sharing this information with your friends and neighbors, and get the word out, and benefit from a $10.00 referral discount for recommending a new camper who fully registered for an upcoming camp.


ENJOY and HAVE FUN with soccer this summer at our camp.

                                                                                    Coach Pierre Monnet

Camp Refund Policy

Requests for refunds will be treated as follows:

-     15+ days Soccer is Fun, NC will retain $25 of the payment for administrative costs.
-     14-8 days prior to the start of any camp or clinic or program, a player withdrawal (excluding a medical reason with medical certificate) will result in a 50% refund.
-     7 days till start date of any camp, clinic or program, a player withdrawal for any reason will result in no refund.
-     Withdrawal for medical reason with medical certificate 14 days or less that  start date of any camp will result in retaining $25 of the payment for administrative costs.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Dear Soccer Families,

As you may already start to look for your children summer camps, you may consider our 2019 Soccer Camp this summer, hosted for its 9th year by Southern Village Club in Chapel Hill. Check out our program and curriculum, each session spread over 5 full days of soccer techniques and skills development will provide great development opportunities to your child to become a greater soccer player, and team contributor.
Sessions are available on the following weeks:  

Week 1    June 24 - 28, 2019,
Week 2    July 8 - 12, 2019,
Week 3    July 15 - 19, 2019,
Week 4    July 22 - 26, 2019


Each camper will get a FREE Soccer is Fun T-Shirt, plus campers completing registration before April 1st, 2019 receive a 10% Discount of Registration Fee (Payment must be mailed before April 1st, 2019 for the discount to apply).

All sessions are located at Southern Village field, and include access to the Southern Village Club facility including the pool for the campers. See below, or request the brochure for more details. For more information, or to register, you may also contact Coach Pierre Monnet [Soccer.is.Fun.NC@gmail.com or (919) 260-1511] leave message, or contact Southern Village Club [manager@southernvillageclub.com or (919) 969-8442].




About our curriculum: Learning soccer is a 4 stage developmental process:
(1) Master the ball,
(2) Play together – Team,
(3) Play against an opponent, and
(4) Play within a system – Tactic.

Our 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 we cover both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition and 40% on Defense. We will spend 20% on Skills Training and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions.

 A day at the soccer 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 (bring bag lunch) & 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.  
3:00pm—3:30pm : Coached small sided game.  
3:30pm : Dismissal

Coach Pierre Monnet, member of the United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coach Association of America), holds an USYSA / NCYSA E License / Youth Level IV (Advanced Youth) NSCAA, and will coach this soccer camp. He has coached youth soccer at various level from recreational to Classic travel teams for several years in the Chapel Hill, NC area, and now coaches for Junior Development Program at North Carolina FC Youth.

Thank you for sharing this information with your friends and neighbors, and get the word out, and benefit from a $10.00 referral discount for recommending a new camper who fully registered for an upcoming camp.


ENJOY and HAVE FUN with soccer this summer at our camp.

                                                                                    Coach Pierre Monnet

Friday, December 15, 2017

Dear Soccer Families,

As you may already start to look for your children summer camps, you may consider our 2018 Soccer Camp this summer, hosted for its 8th year by Southern Village Club in Chapel Hill. Check out our program and curriculum, each session spread over 5 full days of soccer techniques and skills development will provide great development opportunities to your child to become a greater soccer player, and team contributor.
Sessions are available on the following weeks:  

Week 1 : June 11 – 15,     Week 2 : June 18 – 22,    Week 3 : TBD.

Each camper will get a FREE Soccer is Fun T-Shirt, plus campers completing registration before April 2nd receive a 10% Discount of Registration Fee (Payment must be mailed before April 2nd, 2017 for the discount to apply).

All sessions are located at Southern Village field, and include access to the Southern Village Club facility including the pool for the campers. See below, or request the brochure for more details. For more information, or to register, you may also contact Coach Pierre Monnet [Soccer.is.Fun.NC@gmail.com or (919) 260-1511] leave message, or contact Southern Village Club [manager@southernvillageclub.com or (919) 969-8442].


About our curriculum: Learning soccer is a 4 stage developmental process:
(1) Master the ball,
(2) Play together – Team,
(3) Play against an opponent, and
(4) Play within a system – Tactic.

Our 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 we cover both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition and 40% on Defense. We will spend 20% on Skills Training and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions.

 A day at the soccer 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 (bring bag lunch) & 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.  
3:00pm—3:30pm : Coached small sided game.  
3:30pm : Dismissal

Coach Pierre Monnet, member of the United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coach Association of America), holds an USYSA / NCYSA E License / Youth Level IV (Advanced Youth) NSCAA, and will coach this soccer camp. He has coached youth soccer at various level from recreational to Classic travel teams for several years in the Chapel Hill, NC area, and now coaches for Junior Development Program at North Carolina FC Youth.

Thank you for sharing this information with your friends and neighbors, and get the word out, and benefit from a 10% referral discount.


ENJOY and HAVE FUN with soccer this summer at our camp.

                                                                                    Coach Pierre Monnet

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Dear Soccer Families,

As you may already start to look for your children summer camps, you may consider our 2017 Soccer Camp this summer, hosted for its 7th year by Southern Village Club in Chapel Hill. Check out our program and curriculum, each session spread over 5 full days of soccer techniques and skills development will provide great development opportunities to your child to become a greater soccer player, and team contributor. Sessions are available on the following weeks: Week 1 : June 12 – 16, Week 2 : June 19 – 23, Week 3 : TBD. Each camper will get a FREE Soccer is Fun T-Shirt, plus campers completing registration before April 2nd receive a 10% Discount of Registration Fee (Payment must be mailed before April 2nd, 2017 for the discount to apply). 

All sessions are located at Southern Village field, and include access to the Southern Village Club facility including the pool for the campers. See below, or request the brochure for more details. For more information, or to register, you may also contact Coach Pierre Monnet [Soccer.is.Fun.NC@gmail.com or (919) 260-1511] leave message, or contact Southern Village Club [http://southernvillageclub.com/] or (919) 969-8442.


About our curriculum: Learning soccer is a 4 stage developmental process: (1) Master the ball, (2) Play together – Team, (3) Play against an opponent, and (4) Play within a system – Tactic. Our 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 we cover both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition and 40% on Defense. We will spend 20% on Skills Training and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions.

 A day at the soccer 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 (bring bag lunch) & 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.  
3:00pm—3:30pm : Coached small sided game.  
3:30pm : Dismissal

Coach Pierre Monnet, member of the National Soccer Coach Association of America, holds an NCYSA E License / Youth Level IV (Advanced Youth) NSCAA, and will coach this soccer camp. He has coached youth soccer at various level from recreational to classic travel teams for several years in Chapel Hill, NC.

Thank you for sharing this information with your friends and neighbors, and get the word out, and benefit from a 10% referral discount.


ENJOY and HAVE FUN with soccer this summer at our camp.

                                                                                    Coach Pierre Monnet

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Dear Soccer Families, As you probably have already your children summer camps in mind for planing, consider our 2016 Soccer Camp this summer, hosted for its 6th year by Southern Village Club in Chapel Hill. Check out our program and curriculum, each session spread over 5 full days of soccer techniques and skills development will provide great development opportunities to your child to become a greater soccer player, and team contributor. Sessions are available on the following weeks: Week 1 : June 13 – 17, Week 2 : June 20 – 24, Week 3 : July 11 – 15. Each camper will get a FREE Soccer is Fun T-Shirt, plus campers completing registration before April 2nd receive a FREE Soccer is Fun Soccer Ball. All sessions are located at Southern Village field, and include access to the Southern Village Club facility including the pool for the campers. See below, or request the brochure for more details. For more information, or to register, you may also contact Coach Pierre Monnet [Soccer.is.Fun.NC@gmail.com or (919) 260-1511], or contact Southern Village Club [http://southernvillageclub.com/] or (919) 969-8442.
About our curriculum: Learning soccer is a 4 stage developmental process: (1) Master the ball, (2) Play together – Team, (3) Play against an opponent, and (4) Play within a system – Tactic. Our 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 we cover both Technique (What & How) and Tactic (Where, When & Why), spending 60% on the specifics of Attack and Transition and 40% on Defense. We will spend 20% on Skills Training and 80% on Applying those skills in various conditions. A day at the soccer 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 (bring bag lunch) & 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. 3:00pm—3:30pm : Coached small sided game. 3:30pm : Dismissal Coach Pierre Monnet, member of the National Soccer Coach Association of America, holds an NCYSA E License / Youth Level IV (Advanced Youth) NSCAA, and will coach this soccer camp. He has coached youth soccer at various level from recreational to classic travel teams for several years in Chapel Hill, NC. Thank you for sharing this information with your friends and neighbors, and get the word out, and benefit from a 10% referral discount, and I hope to see many of your children ENJOY and HAVE FUN with soccer this summer at this camp.

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.

For more information, send an email to