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Winter Under 7-9

Our U7, U8 & U9 Skill Centre programs are designed to provide the players with a fun, social experience that continues to grow a love for soccer as well as beginning to teach the basic skills, and tactics of soccer. Practices will be based on the Skill Centre model where the players are split into groups each week, playing a series of games and drills to develop soccer skills. The players can then test these skills in the weekly jamborees Vs other clubs.  Check out the information sheet for a more detailed breakdown of the program. 
Information sheet

 

Birth Years
Under 7 – 2013 Under 8 – 2012 Under 9 – 2011

 

Fees

Full Registration - $440

Multi Sport Registration * - $340
*All Multi-Sport/Activity Programs include all of the practices of the full program but only half of the games / Skill Centre Jamboree weekends.

Register Online

 

Dates
October 21 and runs through March 13 (19 weeks)
Break – December 20th– Jan 6th

 

Practices

- Day/Time: either be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays 
   Could start as early as 5:30pm

- 1 Practice at a Dartmouth / Cole Harbour / Eastern Passage school gym (TBD)

- 1 Practice on East Coast Varsity
  (half of 11-aside field) 1 hour on 1/2 turf may be substituted for 1.5 hours on a 1/3 of a turf and vice versa

We do our best to help families plan their schedules for the season however we cannot guarantee these will be the practice times or locations due to field availability and registration numbers.

 

Locations

- 1 Practice – Dartmouth / Cole Harbour / Eastern Passage gym (TBD)
   Could start as early as 5:30pm

- 1 Practice at East Coast Varsity
   (half of 11-aside field) 1 hour on 1/2 turf may be substituted for 1.5 hours on a 1/3 of a turf and vice versa

We do our best to help families plan their schedules for the season however we cannot guarantee these will be the practice times or locations due to field availability and registration numbers.

 

Games

Potential league format change. Jamborees instead of games.

- Play 5-aside 12 jamborees total between Nov-March.

- Games played on most weekends except for holiday long weekends and 2-3 week break over Christmas.
  (Girls One day on Weekend, Boys On the Other)

- Three (3) x20 minute games: Saturday:
    U8 girls (7-9am),
    U9 girls (9-11am)
    U8 boys (11-1pm)
    U9 boys (1-3pm)

- No referees at this age. Game Leaders for U8(&U7), U9

Slots are subject to change based on # of teams per division, but will always remain in same order

 

Coaches

Head coach of these programs will be a CSA qualified Head Coach or appropriately qualified volunteer.

 

Program Additions

Weekly jamborees on weekends.

* In exceptional cases it may be recommended that a player move into the Community program if the Director of Soccer feels the child would be more successful at this level. **Out of respect for the coaches and the other players on the team, it is expected that all players will be at games and practices unless they have let the coach know (with reasonable notice) that they will be absent.

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