Soccer Academy’s 2020 Adult Residential Camp will take place at the following location and dates:

July 8-12   University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

Cost - $775 Resident and $525 Extended Day 

Registration now available! $50 discount if you sign up before end of March!

Soccer Academy’s Adult Camps are offered to individual players or groups who are ages 21 years old and up. These popular camps offer adult players the opportunity to develop their technical and tactical performance.

Adult players of all levels are welcome at our five day residential camp. Our program welcomes players from all playing experiences, as skills groups are developed to ensure that all players will learn, improve and enjoy an outstanding week of soccer. Individual, as well as team development is always our main objective for the week.

Soccer Academy is unique in having coaches who have experience working with adult players, and who make the camp enjoyable. We truly have a variety of excellent coaches that enjoy spreading their love of the game with fellow players.                 
 

Coaching staff from the past couple of years include: 

• Paul Ellis: President of Soccer Academy.
• Linda Hamilton: Former defender for the U.S. Women’s National Team (1987-1995). As a collegiate player, Linda played for the University of North Carolina.
• Clive Walker: Played as a professional with Leicester City & Northhampton Town. Is currently coaching at Faversham Town and holds a UEFA  A license.
• Kenny Dyer: Former Coach of the Montserrat Men’s National Team. Has played professionally in Cyprus for Salamina.
• Billy Warren: Billy has been involved with Goalkeeping at all levels. He was the Assistant GK coach to Alan Kelly at DC United, and has trained with pro teams in Portugal and England. He currently runs his own Goalkeeping School in Silver Spring, MD.
• Mickey Feeney: FAI ’A License coach Working full time at a center of Excellence, in Sligo Ireland

Whether you are looking to improve playing skills or enhance your coaching abilities, our Adult Camps are designed to meet your needs. Technical training focuses on improving individual ball skills through emphasis on proper footwork, creativity with the ball, advanced passing and shooting and 1v1 exercises. Tactical performance is improved through small-sided games and activities, which focus on the principles of attack and defense, positional play and combination plays.

Technical training sessions focus on improving ball skills with the emphasis on:

• Combination plays

• Development of positional play

• Importance of each individual role

• Psychology of performance

Tactical performance is improved by small sided games and activities, which focus on:

• Creativity in attacking play 

• Importance of transitional play

• Defending successfully

• Value of team play

• Enjoyment of playing the game

Goalkeeping is included at the Residential Camp and at selected sites for Adult Day Camps.

Excellent Facilities
 This year the camp will be at The University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA for a third year. The campus provides an excellent soccer camp environment that includes the following amenities:

• Air Conditioned Apartments
• Top Quality Bermuda Grass Fields
• Buffet Menus with Choices
• Evening Social Events 
 

Daily Schedule This is a good guide but may vary at the discretion of the Camp Director. 7.00am            Wake Up 7.15-7.45         Breakfast 8.30-11.30       Morning Training - This is usuall technical and individual work 12.00-12.30     Lunch 1.30-3.30         Afternoon Training - This session builds on the morning session into small sided and technical work     4.00-4.30         Swim 5.15-5.45         Dinner 6.30-8.30         Evening Scrimmage 8.30                 Evening Activity/Free Time

 

Players should aim to arrive at the facility after lunch on the first day and the camp will finish at noon on the last day. We can pick players up from Reagan National Airport or Dulles Airport. For those travelling by Train there is a station in Fredericksburg and we can collect you from there. Please check with the office before booking any travel.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact pellis@soccer-academy.com