HCSA is offering a new recreational youth soccer program, Kicks for Kids! The new Kicks program for U6 to U14 players is an 8 week program beginning on March 25th with a fun 2 day Jamboree and lasting until late May (one week intermission during spring break). Training sessions will be held once a week with a weekly game on Friday or Saturday. All practice sessions and games will be held at the Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex.

Kicks brings a modern philosophy to player development at the recreational level. Practice sessions will follow an age-appropriate curriculum designed by the HCSA Director of Coaching. Each team will be assigned a parent volunteer coach to coach games and assist with practices. Practice sessions will be lead by HCSA staff coaches with assistance from the team's parent volunteer coach. With this philosphy, equilibrium is established in practice sessions throughout the program and teams within each age group follow a consistant curriculum. The practice curriculum is designed to teach age-appropriate technical and tactical skills in a fun environment that will foster lifelong appreciation and enjoyment in the game of soccer. For more information about the philosphy of the K4K program, click HERE.

Kicks for Kids will emphasize maximizing each player's opportunity to have "touches" on the ball in matches and therefore will follow the United States Youth Soccer Association's recommendations for small-sided games in the following formats:

U6 - U8 (8/1/02-7/31/05) - play 4 v 4 (no goalkeeper)
U9 & U10 (8/1/00-7/31/02) - play 6 v 6
U11 & U12 (8/1/98-7/31/00) - play 8 v 8
U13 & U14 (8/1/96-7/31/98) - play 8 v 8

Teams will be made in the above age groups. Criteria for forming teams will be age group, gender, and skill level. Separate boys and girls divisions will be made only in age groups where participation numbers allow. Every effort will be made to create teams of equal strength.

U9 and U10 players will train on Monday and all other age groups will train on Tuesday. Unless there is an excess in training cancellations due to weather events, sessions that have been cancelled will not be rescheduled.

Games will be weekly on Friday evening (U9 and 10) and Saturday mornings (all others) beginning April 1 and ending May 21. We will make every attempt to reschedule games that are missed due to weather.

All players will be provided uniform shirts.

Cost is $70 per player with an early registration discount of $15 available until March 19.