Program Information - Indoor
Please review the following summary information.
Before registering a player for the indoor soccer season please read the following information to determine the appropriate league and associated commitment level which best suits the player's level of interest.
Player placement in our community or in house programs is based on a "first come/first served" basis.
U5 Junior Arsenal Programs
Click on the division (e.g.U5) for more detailed information.
All U5 sessions will be in Fort Saskatchewan at the Dow Centennial Centre (DCC) once a week. We are following Alberta Soccer and Canada Soccer in running the Grassroots Program. We are teaching age appropriate basic fundamental movement skills. The emphasis is on having fun while learning the 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.
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.
U7 Junior Arsenal Programs
Click on the division (e.g.U5) for more detailed information.
All U7 sessions will be in Fort Saskatchewan at the Dow Centennial Centre (DCC) once a week. We are following Alberta Soccer and Canada Soccer in running the Grassroots Program. We are teaching age appropriate basic fundamental movement skills. The emphasis is on having fun while learning the 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.
Arsenal (U9-19) Community Program
U9-19 Community Players play in the Edmonton Minor Soccer Association (EMSA) league. All games are played in Edmonton and all practices are in Fort Saskatchewan at the DCC. EMSA re-pools all teams twice during the season to ensure that competing teams are of a similar skill level. Community teams are then placed into tiers 4 through 6. The third round of games also includes the ability for all teams to compete for a place in the Edmonton City Finals around the end of February in whatever tier the team happens to end up playing in.
There will be player assessments for all Arsenal levels in order to equalize/balance teams' skill level at the beginning of the season. In situations where we receive sufficient registered players to create multiple teams in a program at age levels U9 and above, we will separate the players into teams.
Game schedules are determined by EMSA. League information is also subject to changes by EMSA.
- A 50 minute game (2 x 25 minute halves).
- Games will be played at one of the three Edmonton Indoor Soccer Centers and surrounding areas such as Beaumont, Leduc, St. Albert or Spruce Grove. There may be games in Fort Saskatchewan.
- Play first round, reseed the teams then then repeat the cycle (Pooling is based on team game results in the prior round).
Arsenal (U9-U10 Boys & U11 Girls) Club Program
We will be running our Club program this year at the U9 and U10 for boys. We are inviting all U9 and U11 girls out to tryouts to assess and put teams together based off the need.
- One Lonestar Academy session a week
- One Team session a week
- One Game each week
Working together with Lonestar Institute we hope to establish a sustainable pathway for families who are dedicated to performing at the highest level.
- Teams and coaches will utilize Lonestar Learn | Repeat | Apply methodology and training plan that is used to develop players into leaders on and off the field.
- Lonestar will run coach training and mentorship for premier coaches once a month to develop their ability to run the LRA training plan.
- Lonestar will run one session each week focused on the development of each players technique (dribbling, passing, shooting), character (Accountability to train, Bravery to implement things being learned, willingness to play in community with others), and leadership abilities (Using strengths to work for the collective group).
Club players will be automatically enrolled in the Sept training camps.
