Now entering its 19th exciting year, the Missouri State Soccer School is known as one of the finest quality teaching soccer camps in the nation. The Missouri State Soccer School offers players the opportunity to enhance their individual skills and further develop the concepts of team play.

There are a wide range of camps designed to match your child’s needs including:

Boys Jr. Camp, including Commuter and Goalkeeper training, is for Ages 8-12
Girls Camp is for Ages 10-18
Boys Camp is for Ages 13-18.

Check out the Missouri State Soccer Camps website for more details.

All campers receive a soccer ball, camp shirt & water bottle. Boys, Girls, & Boys Jr. Individual Campers will also receive a personal planner (Day Campers will receive a player evaluation and certificate of participation.) A closing awards ceremony will be held at the conclusion of each camp.

Goalkeeper Camp (July 10-14, 2011)- This is an intense residential camp for GK’s only! It is geared to teach them the proper technical foundation and to build their game tactically and psychologically. It is a very demanding camp designed for GK’s ages 12 and up.

Download SBU Goalkeeper Camp Flyer

The Camp will be overseen by Bearcats Head Coach Rob Podeyn. Podeyn’s playing career included a seven-year run as starting goalkeeper for the Long Island Stars of the ASL, where Podeyn was a two-time league MVP. He has also authored three books, Coaching the Complete Goalkeeper, available through World Class Coaching, at www.worldclasscoaching.com. This is Podeyn’s third book, after releasing Dutch Drills for Total Team Training and Coaching the Dutch 4-3-3 previously.

Recent Drury Panther graduate Peter Higgins is running a private camp at Drury in June. It will be focused on technique for the entire hour. He’s mainly looking for boys and girls under the age of 14. The training will be done for one hour, for ten days over a two week period. There will be two different sessions a day, a morning or an early evening session. Training will be offered the week June 13th- June 17th and June 20th- 24th. The Camp pricing entitles the player to attend 10 sessions during the two weeks.

What: Skills Training
When: Daily from 10:00 – 11:00 am OR 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Where: Harrison stadium or Sunderland Field on the Northwest side of the Drury campus, across from Central High School
Cost: $100. Everyone trainee will receive a free tshirt.

If you know any kids who would be interested, have them contact Peter at 417-350-3130 or by email at irish.higgins@gmail.com.

ROLLA, Mo. — Missouri S&T men’s soccer coach Joe Ahearn has announced that the 2011 Miner Boys Prep Soccer Camp will take place Saturday, July 30 at the S&T Soccer Field from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The camp is open for players from the ninth to the 12th grades and costs $50 if the registration form is turned in before July 22; after that date it increases to $60. Campers will receive a camp T-shirt. Due to space restrictions, campers are asked to register by July 23.

“The objective for this camp is to provide the committed soccer player the opportunity to train and be evaluated by the Missouri S&T soccer staff in a competitive training environment,” Ahearn said.

The field sessions will focus on the development of technical and tactical awareness through speed of play, small-sided and 8-vs.-8 games. There will also be information sessions on the recruiting process, player development and the demands of a college student-athlete.

Download Missouri S&T Camp Brochure 2011

For more information on the 2011 Missouri S&T Boys College Prep Camp, contact Ahearn at 573-341-4102 or by email at ahearnjc@mst.edu

Checks should be made payable to:
S&T Men’s Soccer CSP
705 W 10th Street
Rolla, Mo. 65401

AthletesU Inc is proud to bring Speed Sport Performance to SW Missouri. One of the nations most comprehensive training companies is coming this summer to work with your athletes.

A Georgia-based company, responsible for training thousands of athletes, from youth players to 1st round draft picks in the pro’s, SPEED SPORTS goal is to help develop the athleticism of all athletes in various sports but have training some high profile high school soccer teams as well. They have been a part of the training for several nationally ranks boys High School teams (McIntosh, Star’s Mill, Whitewater and Northgate high school in the Atlanta Georgia area over the past few years) and state ranked girls teams as well (McIntosh, Whitewater, Northgate, Star’s Mill and East Coweta). Helping each player with their speed, quickness and overall development as athletes something that is easily used to give you and competitive advantage on the soccer field.

Much of the science applied to training professional athletes works for younger athletes as well. Our age-appropriate program also account for the physical & psychological improvements that bring athletic success to all age and levels. The cutting edge training methodologies and state-of-the-art technique used by AthletesU and Speed Sports Performance offers optimal performance for athletes at all levels.

2011 High School Summer SpeedCamp Flyer

Youth Summer Speed Camp Flyer

These player development-training camps will focus on the importance of a Dynamic Warm Up, as well as to Develop Acceleration, Agility, Quickness, Top End Speed, Coordination, Balance, Power, Flexibility, Explosiveness, Plyometrics and Core Strength all while teaching the athletes what they are doing, why they are doing it and giving them confidence to successfully complete it over and over again correctly.

This camp is designed to benefit athletes of all sports between the ages of 7 and High School. Learn the performance training secrets of collegiate and professional athletes, here in the Ozarks!

Visit www.athletesu.com follow the link for summer camps, then Branson, MO Camps to gain more information.

Get ready for fun, intensity and a science-based program that will help you gain a competitive advantage!

SPACE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE – Drury University will be hosting an NSCAA GK Level I and Level II course May 14-15. The NSCAA had a very successful course in St. Louis in January and plan on having the Level III either here in Springfield or in St. Louis after the College season. The St. Louis GK course filled up pretty quickly so book your space now.

NSCAA Course: Goalkeeping Level I & II
City: Springfield, MO
Start Date: 05/14/2011
End Date: 05/15/2011

Goalkeeping Level I Diploma
The overall objective of the Goalkeeping Level I Diploma is to explore some of the myths and mystiques surrounding the goalkeeping function. The six-hour course is directed towards the team coach – not the specialist goalkeeper coach. The object is to empower the coach with knowledge and practice methods that will enable the coach to evaluate a goalkeeper in game situations and then design an appropriate practice program for goalkeepers in and outside of team practices. The course includes lecture (theory) and field (practical) sessions.

Course Fee: $45 per candidate

Goalkeeping Level II Diploma
The overall objective of the Goalkeeping Level II Diploma is to create an optimal learning environment for this specialized position. The 12-hour course is geared towards the specialist goalkeeping coach and the team coach looking for in-depth information surrounding the coaching of goalkeepers. The course includes both lecture (theory) and field (practical) sessions. An NSCAA Goalkeeping Level I Diploma is a prerequisite for this course.

Fee: $75

You can register for one or both courses. Participation in the GK II course requires you attend the GK 1 course. The registration form is available at: http://www.nscaa.com/nrc-list.php Find the course listed by date

Contact Person: Andrew Bordelon
Telephone No.: 817-229-2095
E-mail Address: abordelon@drury.edu