Our Philosophy
Our club philosophy
- Instill Values (Respect, Discipline, Commitment, Sportsmanship, Passion, Pride)
- Performance over Results
- Creative and Competitive Individual Development
- Player Centered Approach
- Indirect Playing Style
Our player development philosophy.
- We are committed to teaching players the skills and tactical insights necessary to play an indirect, possession-style of game.
- The success of the player development process will be measured by quality of play rather than "winning."
- Players will play and train in an environment that will encourage decision-making and creativity.
- Decision-making by players on the field will require parents to quietly observe rather than "direct."
- When choosing leagues, team rosters and tournaments, we will always place players is a competitive playing and training environment where there will be a balance between success and challenge.
- Our training sessions will be tactically oriented, with players learning technique in the context of the game.
- Our training emphasis will be on speed of play.
- Our coaching hierarchy will be to teach team shape, roles and functional techniques in whatever formation the team is playing.
- Players will learn the strengths and weaknesses of different formations and how to attack and how to defend out of each formation.
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Coaches will concentrate in training on the phases of play.
- Attacking-Counter-attack; build-up from the back; attacking in the front third
- Transition-From attacking to defending and from defending to attacking
- Defending-When to press; when to drop; when to choose a deep line of confrontation.