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Over our 50+ years working with youth and their families, parents have been consistent in what they want from their child's soccer environment:

"Great! Role models, inspirational speakers, balance, nutrition, FUN, patience, academics, tactics and techniques, time to make mistakes, time to play."

"Opportunity! Happy kids, a chance to grow, support for my kid."

"I always say that what I want for my kids is opportunity; what they do with it is up to them."

"A chance to do different things, to open doors and a chance to grow."

"I want a program which understands and supports my child's pursuits outside of soccer, and helps us balance them with academics."

"Opportunity is many paths to success. Opportunity is freedom to experiment. Opportunity is being told that you can make your own destiny."

The player is at the centre of development — and so is the player's thinking. Our coaches run high-activity sessions with no standing in lines, running patterns, dribbling around cones or long lectures. No Lines, No Laps, No Lectures.

Our experienced coaches teach the game's most important components: Decision Making and Decision Execution. At the youth level there's no isolated fitness training — there is play. Any fitness effect comes through training decisions.

We start with the player, then add the game's components: enjoyment and learning.

We don't often post results, but credit is due. Most of these U14 and U16 players are part of our academy and have been with us for up to three years. They lost many games along the way, yet stayed persistent. What thrilled us most were the comments from coaches, officials and spectators about the way they played. The long view is the only view of development — well done, all.