In February, we are going to have the first two Mondays (1st and 8th) open for our academy kids to make up for the days that the Sportscenter is "kicking us out" for their tradeshows. Everyone is welcomed to come in and train for these 2 extra sessions.
Also the last 2 Mondays (15th and 22nd) we are going to have 2 "skill" sessions for all high school girls. These sessions will be $20 per person but all our academy girls will be attending for FREE. Only requirement is that you have to sign up in advance so I know how many kids I will have in each session.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT.
We hope you had a great time and to join us again next year. Also thank you for your generosity, we were able to raise over 300lbs of food for the Feed My People food bank.
SIGN UP NOW FOR THE 2009/2010 ACADEMY SEASON
- FILL UP THE ON LINE SIGN UP FORM
- DECIDE LEVEL OF TRAINING
- BRING PAYMENT TO PRACTICE .
PRICING UPDATE
Since we have many siblings joining our program, pricing for families will be as follows:
First child regular fee, second child 50%off and third child 75%off
Payment schedule will vary just like last year from the first 2 and the last 2 months (we are using the fields outdoors) to October through March that we are going indoors. The fees will be as follows:
- LEVEL 1: SATURDAYS ONLY (4-5 training sessions, 8-10 hours per month) $50 (OUTDOORS) $100 (INDOORS)
- LEVEL 2: TWICE A WEEK (9-10 training sessions, 18-20 hours per month) $100 (OUTDOORS) $200 (INDOORS
- LEVEL 3: THREE TIMES A WEEK (14-15 training sessions, 28-30 per month $125 (OUTDOORS) $250 (INDOORS)
The academy's training program for those who are not familiar with it, is skill oriented. That means that we spend the majority of our time on fine tuning basic skills like passing, shooting, dribbling, controlling the ball. It is repetitive (borderline boring) but it helps teach the players the fundamentals and installs confidence in them and their skills. Just like last year we are going to have many guest coaches come in and run a training session. Some of last years highlights were PETER LOWRY (current MLS player for the CHICAGO FIRE), Eau Claire natives PAT MCLAIN (GK for CAL POLY Univ.), KATIE BETHKE (U of M ) and MIKE GUMZ (U of M). Also local coaches TERRY ALBRECHT, EZEKIEL MAGALLON, XAI XIONG and many local college players make regular stops and train or run practices with the academy members. Last but not least there are a few rules that every player has to follow and that they receive after their first day. For more information please call Greg at 715-456-2627. Looking forward to work with you guys again....
ARIS F.A.
A soccer academy designed to prepare the individual soccer player for advanced competition.
I would like to take a minute and introduce myself and my academy. My name is Greg Saliaras and I have been a soccer player for over 30 years. I moved to Eau Claire in 2002 and I got involved with soccer in the area. I have played, coached and referee in the Chippewa Valley and I have watched many of our local soccer players compete against local and out of the area (mainly the Twin Cities) competition.
Unfortunately in my opinion, most of the players in the Chippewa Valley are not getting the chance to compete on even terms with players on teams from the Cities and are not able to follow their dream of extending their soccer playing days past high school. That is why I am starting this academy. I want to give kids that are passionate about soccer the chance to train year around, improve their skills and hopefully raise their game to the next level.
