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For those not familiar with our program but looking for an alternate way of growing and developing as a soccer player feel free to call or e-mail us for more details. Our tournament teams are playing in August and we start training for all new members in September. Here are some of the organizational structure of our academy.

• Weekly player development through out the year
• Traveling tournament teams
• Team selection based on talent level (no age, sex, requirements, just skill level)
• No long term commitment (you are not obligated to stay with us if you don't like the way we operate)
• You can belong to other clubs and still train with us

Call  Greg at 715-456-2627 with any questions

 Here is an interesting article for some of our young players

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/40426/revs-snap-up-15-year-old-phenom.html

 Here is something I got from the AYSO site.

http://www.ayso.org/resources/coach_res/ask_the_coach.aspx

Question: I have a great player but he's a ball hog and I can't get him to pass enough. What should I do?

• Answer: Coach, are you saying that you have a player who is very comfortable on the ball or are you saying he is making bad decisions? Pele, Diego Maradona, Mia Hamm and Marta were probably called "ball hogs" when they were really just confident little kids enjoying the thrills of dribbling while becoming some of the best players the world has ever seen.
  
  But they played lots of soccer in their early years without adults around. The other kids - not adults on the sideline - were telling them when to pass.
  
  Players who don't "share" enough will begin to feel the peer pressure to pass and are more likely to respond to that than adult instruction.
  
  Teamwork is a concept that is gradually comprehended by children and they generally figure it out on their own. The art of deciding when to pass and when to go it alone isn't something that should be dictated from the sideline.
  
  Dribbling is the foundation for all soccer skills - ball control, passing, shooting - and should be encouraged.
  
  At the very early ages, players should never be discouraged from dribbling. As they get older, practice games in which passing is rewarded can be incorporated. For example, set up a scrimmage (short-sided game) in which a one-two (also known as give-and-go or wall pass) counts as a goal. Or try games with "gates" in which a team gets one point when a player dribbles through the gate/goal and two points if a pass is sent successfully through the cones to a teammate.