1. Street soccer offers players the extra play time they are not getting in their backyards, driveways, parks and basements that allows players to express themselves freely without the fear of making mistakes or affecting an outcome that has any importance. Players are schooled in ball mastery and then encouraged to use futsal skill to improve their ball handling skill, appetite for 1v1 play and general love of the game. Smooth surfaces are a key component to challenging players as they are slicker and require quicker agility and nimble precision over the ball. For more information on the importance of street soccer, futsal and related soccer training, follow the links below.

The Football Greats Played Futsal

• http://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/news/newsid=1798909/index.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLe8Ms5dGso
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MlN2xxD

10 Reasons to Play Futsal

• http://www.futsaluk.net/pdf/10reasons.pdf

Benefits of Futsal

• http://www.futsalcanada.ca/index.php/news/43-category-futsal-general/48-benefits-of-futsal

John Herdman on Futsal - the creative version of soccer or simply supervised Free Play

• http://activeforlife.com/john-herdman-play-angels/

A. Technical staff have decided to build a program that incorporates all the benefits of strength and agility training while having a ball at the players foot as often as possible. The FIFA 11 warm up will be employed along with very fast paced ball mastery training that will demand quickness, changes of direction and many athletic abilities that work at core strength naturally. Paired with the chosen complimentary sports, the program delivers all the strength, agility and quickness deliverables while keeping players more engaged and aware of their bodies.

At very young ages its important to give exposure to several sports in order to stimulate all core physical functions and to help promote dynamic sociological discovery.  The OSA's LTPD promotes physical literacy as one of several cornerstones in the development of a young athlete.

Read more about physical development here:

http://www.ontariosoccer.net/Portals/11/LTPD/Physical%20Literacy%20-%20Provincial%20Curriculum%20-%20LEARNING%20TO%20TRAIN%20-%20web.pdf

A. In this program setting, we are more sympathetic and understanding of multi-sport experimentation at the U8 level. If you feel you may have a conflict but really want to be part of this program, please speak with one of our Club Competitive Head Coach (Aleks Balta) about expectations. We will be using a sliding scale from U8-U12, with full commitment required at U12. Some scheduling options may exist for your situation.