Age Size                              Size                Training **            Game                     Field           Field            Size **           Size

U 6	#4	2 x 45-60 min/wk. Trained as a group	4x 8 min.	3 (3v3)    No GK	2	NA –See        below	20x30
U 8	#4	2 x 60 min/wk. Trained as a group	4 x 8 min.	5  (4v4] No GK	3	NA—See below	25x35
U 10	#4	2 x 60-80 min/wk. Trained as ind. team	2 x 25 min	8 (7v7) w/GK	6	12-14	60x80
U13	#5	2 x 90 min./week Trained as ind. team	2 x 25 min	9  w/GK	7	16-18	70x110

U-6 Paul Bosanko & Sarah Edmonds- Head Coaches


U-8  Mike Smith & Aaron Mello- Head Coaches
 
This will be our second season using our new training format.  The new format was very well received by a majority of players and parents and is much more varied than their older counterparts. This approach is considerably modified from the traditional methodologies used. It is based on evidence that players of these ages generally do not have the “need” for the traditional team concepts. U-6 and U-8 players are most interested in the ball and just playing. Their games are not 3v3 or 4v4, rather 1v5 or 1v7. It is most important that they get proper exposure to technical training by a qualified staff of coaches as opposed to the traditional methods of 1 parent coach/team. Furthermore, game day format will allow players the opportunity to play with/against many combinations of players and personalities, allowing and encouraging the concepts of sportsmanship, love of the game, respect for others. 

     

Training Format: Players will be trained as an age group in a camp type format. There will be no designated teams and no traditional parent/coaches. The topic of each session will be developed by a professional Head Coach and implemented by the Head Coach and his/her staff. Players will be placed in groups of 8-12 with one staff coach per group. These groups will change with each training session. The Head Coach and staff will be selected and trained by the Director of Coaching.

Game Day Format: Each age group will all come together on Saturdays for staggered 1 hour time blocks of games. Players will be randomly placed in groups of 12. One staff coach and any volunteer parent(s) will organize and supervise that group of 12 into 2 games of 3v3 on two 20x30 yd fields. Each group will play two 8 minute periods, no time outs or substitutions, with a 2 minute break in between. At the end of two periods the players will break for 10 minutes during which time they will be reorganized into different groups and be sent back out to play two more 8 minute periods. In the event of odd numbers of players in a group, “teams” may have an extra player which could result in games of 3v4 or even 4v4. This is not a major issue as these games really come down to 1v? Once the game begins the players have no idea how many are on each “team”. It will be the parents who perceive this to be “unfair” and it is imperative that the head coach and staff dispel any initial controversy with the above facts.