Whether your aspiration is to play professionally, earn a college scholarship or simply improve enough to win a spot on your team, the Athletic Center Soccer Academy has the program to meet your needs.

Athletic Center  Programs are customized to meet the needs of American Coaches and Players. Our Course of Instruction has been designed by our Professional Coaches to provide teams, coaches and players with the same, expert level of training received by Professional Clubs in Brazil.

 

Athletic Center offers pre-season Team Clinics during the spring and the summer. Our Professional Coaches like to talk one on one with team players and coaches to improve their understanding of soccer strategies and give the players specific skills that will set them apart from their competition. Working specifically with a club, league or high school soccer team gives our trainers a chance to exchange ideas and techniques with the coach and improve soccer play for the team as a whole. At  Athletic Center Clinics, teams are given the special attention needed to prepare for tournaments, travel, or league play. At coach's request, we customize practices to meet team needs. Athletic Center holds clinics at facilities requested by the team.

Competitive Soccer training is emphasized in our Full-Day Clinic program.  This Clinic is targeted for teams and their coaches who are serious about soccer.  A progressive schedule of skill training, tactical understanding, and strategy exploration is presented to the coach and implemented with the players.  This program provides teams with a chance to benefit from the experience and expertise of accomplished Brazilian soccer professionals who know how to play and teach the game of soccer.  Our  Athletic Center Coaches work closely with Team Coaches to customize this intense program to benefit each team specifically.  This program provides team players and coaches with our most challenging and in-depth soccer training.

 

Full-Day Clinic Options and Requirements:

Available for Teams U-8 through U-18
Sessions run for one week from 9am-4pm
Minimum of 10 team members per clinic / maximum of 20 team players.
Two teams per clinic is encouraged but not required
One Professional Coach and one assistant provided for each team
Team Coach is encouraged to attend clinic; Brazilian Coach and American Coach must meet to discuss team and customize Clinic

 

The Clinics  consist in  3 general area that  is vital to the total development of a player.

 

1- Soccer training;
2- individual fitness training
3- mental conditioning training (psychology).

 

Each area is vital to the total development of a player .

The soccer training includes both the technical and tactical elements essential to the game. Individual and team skills vital to success in soccer will be stressed in a competitive environment. The training program is designed for players to perform and execute high-level techniques while demonstrating a keen insight, awareness and understanding of the game .

The aspects of speed implement by fitness for soccer, agility, quickness, strength, power and endurance are addressed on a daily basis.

 

The Psychology is geared to the continuous psychological improvement. Personal awareness, self-confidence, motivation, discipline and self-esteem are used as tools to increase effectiveness in pressure situations .

 

The integration of these three components help every student realize their utmost potential , producing a very dynamic individual who is an asset to any team regardless of the system or style of play.

 

In three short years, the Academy's success stories and honor roll are impressive. We are very proud of our contribution to the development of players. Many have achieved levels that may not have been reached without the benefit of our program, our coaches and our environment. College placement and professional player development area a benchmark at the Academy. Some of the players who have successfully earned a college scholarship, or achieved professional status as a direct result of testing themselves at the Athletic Center Soccer Academy came from Japan, Korea, China, South Africa and United States .