Core Soccer Academy

World Cup 2010 - South Africa

jason — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:03:20 +0000

Now that the UEFA European Championships are over, we can concentrate on qualification for the World Cup. Whilst team USA have a relatively easy path to begin with, the likes of Barbados and Guatemala, the second round should be a bit harder, with Trinidad and Tobago and good old Mexico waiting to pounce. Over in Europe, it’s a different game altogether. England are top of their group, but face challenging games against the Ukraine, and Croatia (the team who put England out of the UEFA 2006 finals). Scotland and Ireland have a couple of tough games as they are grouped with Holland and Italy respectively, and Wales will no doubt just fail to qualify, as they always seem to do as they are up against ze Germans and a tough looking Russia.

We’ll keep on reporting as the qualification rounds carry on over the next year. We’ll update you on Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in the next update!

Winter Speed & Agility Program

jason — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:32:54 +0000

Core Soccer Winter Speed and Agility 2008-09

It’s getting cold outside and the goose is getting fat. We have a new winter speed and agility program that will keep your legs from turning cold-turkey - and it’s indoors at the FCISC - Fort Collins Indoor Soccer Club (OD’s) so you’ll stay warm as you train. This program was sold out last year - with a large waiting list, so register today and make sure you stay fresh for the Spring 2009 season!

Winter Speed & Agility Camp Working on fitness, agility, skills, shooting, control, first touch, small games. Every fourth week will be an over look from the past three weeks. This is a progressive camp.

Week 1: Receiving the ball (inside foot, laces,thigh,chest) basic passing, first touch to open space, scissor/double scissor/inside drag over scissor, Sharp Ladder foot work drills.

Week 2: Receiving the ball for quick passing & moving drills, receiving ball to open space for quick shooting using correct techniques, inside outside fake, inside/inside fake, inside drag over fake.

Week 3: Correct techniques of defending, 1v1 receiving offense to defense, small area under pressure control, fast dribbling and turns, touch shooting, intense fitness circuit training, core body workouts, ply metric training.

Week 4: Small sided passing and moving drills & shooting games, to incorporate week 1-3 topics. Pressure attack and defensive cover for 1v1, 2v2, 3v3. Evaluation of skill progress

Week 5: Defending high pressure attack, 2v2 / 3v3 small game, give and go’s, cover pressure defending, circuit training, ladder agility, vertical & lateral explosion training

Week 6: Checking to and from the ball, sharp turning in front of goal, holding off players, finishing arial balls, circuit training, core body workout, plyometric training

Week 7: Anticipation training to the ball and off the ball, anticipating the correct runs in front of goal for the finish, reading the run or the pass as a defender, reading the body language of player movement, body workouts, ladder and vertical training.

Week 8: Concluding week that over looks weeks 1-7 topics, small games, shooting competition, skill competition.

Eight week program of Fitness, Skill & FUN!

To register grab this registration form (PDF Format) and call, fax or email: (970) 207-1886
or (800)-939-CORE (outside the area) Fax (970) 207-1486 wendy@coresoccer.com.

Core Team Results 2008

jason — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:15:34 +0000

We had a great 3v3 season this year. Thanks to all the players, coaches and parents who worked hard and had fun at the local tournaments and leagues around Colorado. Here’s the full list of Core teams and rankings from the Regional tournament up in Vail. Several teams will be travelling to Florida to take part in the National 3v3 Tournament - we’ll update you with results and pictures in Jan

U8B Core Leones 1st Place
U9B Core Fury 3rd Place

U10B Core Hotshots 1st Place
U10B Core Fire 3rd Place
U10G Core Razy 4th Place

U11G Core-unch 3rd Place
U11G Core Blue 3rd Place

U11B Hard Core 2nd Place

U13G Core Lightning 1st Place
U13G Core United 1st Place
U13B Core Nuts 1st Place

New Fall & Winter Goalkeeper Academies

jason — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:37:48 +0000

We’re proud to present two new GK academy programs for the Fall and Winter - both with Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper Chris “Sharpie” Sharp. The Fall academy will be small groups (Max 8 Goalkeepers per group), training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We’ll have 2 coaches, with an emphasis on individual attention. The Fall academy will last for 6 weeks x 1 hour sessions. You pick the times and days to suit your schedule. To register, please click here for the FALL Goalkeeper Academy.

Winter Goalkeeper Academy Details - Two Camps - 14% discount if you register for both ball and fitness camps both held Indoor at the Edge Sports Center, Fort Collins

Camp 1: 1.5 Hour sessions per week: Goalkeeper related ball work, split into age appropriate and ability level groups.
Camp 2: All New 1 hour a week Goalkeeper related fitness and nutrition. All new parachutes, weight sleds, keeper med balls and much more

Both camps give you everything you need to take you to the next level over the winter break - don’t wait until the spring comes to catch-up!

To register, please click here for the Winter Goalkeeper Academy.

2 New Fall Camps: Registration Open

jason — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:36:12 +0000

We have a new Shooting Camp and a Technical Skills & Shooting Academy program for the Fall. Both of these programs begin in early September and have limited availability. For the Shooting camp, we’ll be offering a detailed explosive shooting camp that will cover many areas that will help a player to be more consistent, confident and successful in front of the goal. The Technical Skills & Shooting Academy is a recreational academy that is designed to tune and develop the players ability to progress to the next level of play. This academy will work on the fundamentals of dribbling, passing and receiving, turns, skill moves and shooting; at an intense level to get the best out of each player.

Fall Shooting Camp

jason — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:12:40 +0000

We’re really excited to be offering a well needed camp that wil focus on a players technical and mechanical concepts of shooting. Correct technique and power when shooting is very important and can be the difference for the player and a teams success. This Fall we’ll be offering a detailed explosive shooting camp that will cover many areas that will help a player to be more consistent, confident and successful in front of the goal. For 8 weeks, players will develop a better feel and understanding of placement, angles and shot selection depending on what shooting opportunity arises.

What: Shooting Camp, 8 Weeks, Sundays
When: Sept 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 - Oct 5 / 12 / 19 / 26
One Hour Sessions:
U5-U9: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
U10-U13 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
U14-U18 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Landings Park, Fort Collins
Cost: $120 per player (all session) or $15 per day

Click here to download the Fall Shooting Camp Registration PDF

Fall Technical Skills & Shooting Academy

jason — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:20 +0000

This is a recreational academy that is designed to tune and develop the players ability to progress to the next level of play. This academy will work on the fundamentals of dribbling, passing and receiving, turns, skill moves and shooting; at an intense level to get the best out of each player. This academy will be eligible for U5/U6, U7/U8, U9/U10 players with a maximum of 10 players per group. The academy will last for eight weeks -

September 5th - October 24th

- One session per week for an hour.

Click here for the Fall Technical Skills & Shooting Academy Registration Form

UEFA 2008

jason — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:14:59 +0000

Of the four teams remaining in this years UEFA 2008 tournament, I would never have thought Turkey and Russia would be in with a shout. Turkey have played some tough, but not really inspiring football and have eased their way through to the Semifinals, whereas Russia have been simply amazing. They’ve played some great attacking football and took apart Holland in the quarterfinals.

The other 2 teams, Germany and Spain are no real suprise. When it comes to tournies, you can never discount Germany, they are always solid and play high quality football, particularly the midfield. As for Spain, who knows. Personally I want them to go all the way and watch Torres light up the final….

Core Summer Shooting Camp

jason — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:25:53 +0000

NEW this Summer is our 2008 Summer Shooting Camp (PDF). This will run for 6 weeks beginning July 11th – August 15th on Friday mornings. Also new this summer we are offering our Small Group Training (PDF) for those that would like to participate in some ongoing, small group sessions. You can either register individually for this or come with a group already formed. We will either design the training ourselves or work with a topic that you would like covered.

UEFA 2008 Tournament

jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:58:43 +0000

The UEFA 2008 European Championships begin this week and we’re looking forward to seeing some amazing action for the next month as the best teams in Europe battle to become champions. Unlike the Champions League, the UEFA tournament pits nation v nation, so we’ll be seeing some great matchups including Italy v France, Spain v Sweden and hopefully Portugal v anyone! For more details click here to see the official site and schedule. ESPN Classic will be showing all the games live for the next month. Sadly, England failed to qualify for the tournament….

Who do you think will win? The favorites are France, Germany (always), Italy and maybe Spain…

Click on the image for the full size schedule.