Academy Boys: Ages 5-6 — tryouts: Feb 14 & Feb 23. Sign up today!

Academy Pre-Rep Team Training Program

Are you thinking how awesome it would be to play on a team? Do you already aspire to play on a rep team? If your answer is yes, then our Academy Team Soccer Training Program is for you. Don’t wait, book a try-out now

The sooner you start training in the right environment and as a team, the more chance you have to play on a rep team by age 9. We are not looking for the best players at this moment in time. We are here to go through a skillful process of creating gifted players and teams by age 8 or 9. This is your chance to make it on a team and develop technical skills with your teammates.

Our Academy Training Program focuses on developing individual technical skills on and off the ball in a team environment. Such team environment allows players to develop their skills together and build team chemistry before they embark onto a rep soccer path at the age of 9.

We are focusing on the skills on and off the ball, footwork, agility, shielding, dribbling, passing and receiving. As the player progress with individual skills we will introduce attacking and defending principles.

Academy Training Program is your path to rep soccer. 90% of players graduating from Academy program at the age of 9 join our rep teams. Players wishing to be a part of team training program in our junior academy program must tryout or be scouted by one of our technical coaches.

Who can join this program:

  • Boys Academy Ages 5: players born 2018
  • Boys Academy Ages 6: players born 2017
  • Girls Academy Ages 6-7: players born 2016-2017

U8 and up (born 2016 and older):

Scroll down for more information on our boys and girls Academy programs, and register your tryout/assessment sessions today!

Boys Junior Academy Soccer Program

The sooner you start training in the right environment and as a group, the more chance you have to play on a rep team by age 8 or 9. We are not looking for the best players at this moment in time. We are here to go through a skillful process of creating gifted players and teams by age 8 or 9.
PROGRAM PURPOSE:
  • Purpose of the Academy program is to train players using a technical skill based methodology and have players demonstrate this in practice sessions and games
  • Promote players from our Academy to our U9 competitive boys rep team when they are of age. (Ontario soccer league play start at U8)

ACADEMY SELECTION PROCESS AGES 5-6 (born 2018-2017):

This is not a tryout, no player age 5-6 will be cut. This is an assessment session where all players participating will receive recommendation from our coaches to join either Academy ages 5-6, Football School, Clinics 45 or Mini Masters program.

We are not looking for the best players at this moment in time, we are looking for players ages 5-6 wanting to commit to 3 times per week technical training. We are here to go through a skillful process of creating gifted players and teams by age 8 or 9. Players ages 5-6 interested in joining an academy program should attend free Academy Assessment Sessions and after the session our coaches will recommend next steps.

  • Assessment session dates: Wednesday Feb 14 & Friday Feb 23. Players should register for minimum 2 assessment sessions as they tend to perform better on a second assessment sessions.

WHERE DO PLAYERS GO IF THEY DON’T ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ACADEMY LEVEL?

Players who need more work on technical essentials and mental preparedness can join our Football School and Clinic 45 programs until they are ready to try out again for the RYFC Academy.
BOYS ACADEMY TRAINING DETAILS:
Summer 2024 season: end of May 2024 – August 31, 2024
Training Days:
  • U7 Academy (born 2017):
    • Tuesday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field
    • Thursday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field
    • Fridays: 6:10pm-7:45pm, Centennial Park
  • U6 Academy (born 2018):
    • Tuesday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field
    • Thursday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field
    • Fridays: 6:10pm-7:45pm, Centennial Park
GIRLS ACADEMY TRAINING DETAILS:
Summer 2024 season: end of May 2024 – August 31, 2024
Training Days:
  • U7 -U8 Academy (born 2017-2016):
    • Tuesday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field
    • Thursday: 6:10pm-7:25pm, Bloordale School Field

Girls Academy Soccer Program

Check out Skills Girls Program – Winter Block starts Feb 13

The focus for girls academy is skill development in a team setting. We are focusing on the skills on and off the ball, footwork, agility, shielding, dribbling, passing and receiving. As the player progress with individual skills we will introduce attacking and defending principles.

This is your chance to make it on a team and develop technical skills with your teammates.​

WHO CAN JOIN THE PROGRAM:

  • Girls Academy Ages 6-7: players born 2017-2016

GIRLS ACADEMY SELECTION PROCESS AGES 6-7 (born 2017-2016):

This is not a tryout, no player age 5-6 will be cut. This is an assessment session where all players participating will receive recommendation from our coaches to join either Academy ages 5-6, Football School, Clinics 45 or Mini Masters program.

We are not looking for the best players at this moment in time, we are looking for players ages 5-6 wanting to commit to 2 times per week technical training. We are here to go through a skillful process of creating gifted players and teams by age 8 or 9. All players participating in the assessment session will receive recommendation from our coaches to join either Academy ages 5-6, Football School, Clinics 45 or Mini Masters program.

WHERE DO PLAYERS GO IF THEY DON’T ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ACADEMY LEVEL?

Players who need more work on technical essentials and mental preparedness can join our Football School and Clinic 45 programs until they are ready to try out again for the RYFC Academy.