With the winter soccer season fast approaching its time to get your player signed up for MSC winter programs. Below is a detailed list of all our winter programs for teams and individual technical development programs for MSC and non-MSC players.
**Note – Due to limited indoor space all sessions are on a first come basis**
// INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS
1) Ball Mastery (Saturday’s)
Our Ball Mastery program will improve the players overall technical ability with the ball. Each player will have a ball at their feet for the majority of the session. They will work with real opposing pressure. Players will improve on dribbling, turning, skill usage and timing, change of speed and direction.
Program Details:
- U8-U10 Boys & Girls: 11-12noon
- U11-U15 Boys & Girls: 12-1pm
- 10 Saturday Sessions – Beginning Jan 7th
- Location: The Superdome, 134 Hopper Ave, Waldwick NJ
- Cost: $250
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
2) Samba Soccer (Sunday’s)
Samba Sunday is designed to teach the game of Futsal. Players will have a ball at their feet for the majority of the session to increase repetition. Players will improve their speed of play, dribbling technique, skills and turning speeds, pass and ball striking technique.
Why Futsal? Here are a few reasons to consider Futsal:
- Improves players decision making skills
- Provides players with more touches on the ball
- The heavier ball increases the power of players
- It develops the confidence in players to go 1v1 against their opponent
- Due to the quick pace and small area, players will improve their speed of play
- Around 600% more involvement in a Futsal Match per player
Program Details:
- U8 – 12:30-1:30pm
- U9 – 1:30-2:30pm
- U10 – 2:30-3:30pm
- U11-U12 – 3:30-4:30pm
- U13/U14 – 4:30-5:30pm
- HIGH SCHOOL – 5:30-6:30
- 10 Sunday Sessions – Beginning Jan 16th
- Location: St Nicks Greek Church, Wyckoff
- Cost: $300 *Includes Training Top
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
3) U8 (Pre Travel) Academy (Tuesday’s)
Our U8 Pre Travel Academy program is designed to get players ready for our Maroons U9 travel program. The curriculum is designed by the club’s director of coaching alongside the foundation phase director. We will teach the players all the fundamentals with a focus on individual player development. Players will have the ball at their feet for the majority of the session.
Program Details:
- Boys – Tuesday, 4-5pm @ Superdome
- Girls – Tuesday, 5-6pm @ Superdome
- 10 Week program starting 1/10
- Cost: $250
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
4) Mini Maroons (Saturday’s)
Our Mini Maroons Program will follow the same curriculum as our U8 Travel Academy program. The program is designed for 5 and 6 year olds looking to get a more structured approach to learning the game. We will teach the players all the fundamentals. Our aim is on individual player development so our players will be highly interactive with a ball for the majority of the session.
Program Details:
- Boys and Girls Born 2016
- Schedule: 10am – 11am
- 10 Saturday Sessions – Beginning Jan 7th
- Location: The Superdome, 134 Hopper Ave, Waldwick NJ
- Cost: $250
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
5) Mini Messi (Saturday’s)
Our Mini Messi program is an introduction to soccer. We have designed a fun and interactive curriculum with games to teach the players all the fundamentals of soccer. While having a lot of fun players will work on all the basics of soccer through fun, interactive and discovery learning games.
Program Details:
- Boys and Girls Born, 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Schedule: 9am – 10am
- 10 Saturday Sessions – Beginning Jan 7th
- Location: The Superdome, 134 Hopper Ave, Waldwick NJ
- Cost: $250
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
6) Clinic with Girls Varsity High School Coach – Pete Kay (Monday’s)
Want players to experience what it’s like when they get to high school? Come train with the current Ridgewood High School Coach, Pete Kay. The High School Girls had a record breaking 20-1 season… League Champions, County Champions, Sectional Champions and were the first team in program history to make it to the State Final.
This training program will give your players a feel of what it takes on the training field to reach those heights come gameday. It will hopefully inspire the next generation of high school players to match the incredible accolades of the current high school team.
Program Details:
- Schedule: 4pm – 5pm
- 10 Monday Sessions – Beginning Jan 9th
- Location: The Superdome, 134 Hopper Ave, Waldwick NJ
- Cost: $250
**Limited Space** Register via CPass
// TEAM PROGRAMS
1) Team Futsal in School Gym
Teams will also have the opportunity to train in school gyms during the winter, starting January. Ridgewood BOE is working on the space Maroons will be allocated and schedules should be released in the next couple of weeks. Keep an eye out for team managers posting updates via TeamSnap.
2) Team Training @ SuperDome
MSC travel teams that opted into additional training will be training once a week at the SuperDome beginning in January. Team Managers will receive the schedule the week of 11/28 and will update TeamSnap accordingly.
3) Maroons High School U16/U19 Winter/Spring Soccer
Maroons provide professional trainers that specialize in the performance phase of soccer development. Players are provided a platform to stay active and continue their soccer development in the High School off-season.
Program Details:
- College Showcase Opportunities.
- A Player/Parent College Guidance In Person Presentation.
- Strength and Conditioning Supplemental Classes.
- Injury Prevention Class.
- Veo Analysis of Games.
- Player Evaluations.
- Competitive League Play.
- Great Learning Environment.
- Dual Carding – Ok
November 17th, Thursday, 7:30-9pm @ Maple
November 22th, Tuesday, 4-5:30pm @ Maple
Optional Winter and Spring Tournaments
Any questions, please reach out to the club by emailing Carolyn@maroonssoccer.com.
Rick Breheny
Foundation Phase Director
Maroons Soccer Club