Junior Arsenal U7 Indoor Program
Junior Arsenal U7 Indoor Program
U7 is a parent-involved program a parent must be close for the volunteer coach to contact if help is needed with the child
We are following Alberta Soccer and Canada Soccer in running the Grassroots Program.
We are teaching appropriate fundamental movement skills.
The emphasis is on having fun while learning basic physical literacy skills. Information on the ASA Grassroots program can be found at Festival Play (PTM) - Alberta Soccer
ASA believes that players at this age level benefit more from learning soccer basics by keeping all players engaged by more ball touches.
The ASA grassroots plan is to have no teams at these age levels.
Lonestar Institute works with our U7 coaches and players every 3 weeks.
They provide and teach drills aligned with the four groups of the grassroots program. The coaches will implement these drills until the next Lonestar session.
Each group will be rotating through four stations which are:
- General Movement
- Soccer Technique
- Coordination
- Small Sided Games
Each station is 12-15 min to ensure maximum ball touches for each player.
For U7, closer to the end of the season we will have only two stations and then a full game on the other side of the field for 1/2 of the session.
The importance of this age group is to have FUN and for the child to grow confidence with handling the Soccer Ball!
