Program Concept

The future success of Ballistic United lies with our younger players and quality coaching. Therefore, we have decided to use our most technically gifted coaches with the group of players that need it most! This fusion should create a technical skill base that will allow for success at older age groups when things really matter for a budding soccer player. BUSC will emphasize the development of technical skills such as shooting, dribbling, receiving, shielding, passing, heading, tackling, crossing, etc. under this program. 

Every training session for our U-9 player is about skill development – we will focus on at least two skill topics and occasionally three! We will keep the attention of this group by using 3 (15-20 minute) skill stations and by keeping things fun and competitive. Each trainer will run a skill station with 9-12 players for 15 -20 minutes and then stations rotate until all players have experience each station. All of our “Catalyst” trainers have Professional and National team experience so our players are able to visually see the correct technique after topics are verbally explained!

Dribbling is always a skill station! We teach over 35 soccer specific moves, and explain how and why they work. Where they work on the field would be considered tactical and that is not what we are teaching! A quick recap…Anything Technical is simply the proper technique…how you do something! Anything tactical requires thought.

The games for our U-9 players are solely for developing their soccer personalities, training sessions are where they learn the skills that will carry them through their soccer careers!

Rationale

• Provide every child with the best soccer educational experience within this age group.
• Provide a social arena for future soccer stars to learn form each other
• Provide an environment conducive to learning
• Remove the pressure/anxiety of winning
• Have players fall in Love with the ball!
• Eliminate the need to create distinctive teams therefore eliminating the anxiety over team placement 
• Allow our professional trainers the ability to work individually with our youngest players and identify and evaluate throughout this year of development
• Pick and choose who and when we play…based on our players’ development

• Provide an environment where players believe the more “skillful” they become…the more success they will have…thereby building confidence with the ball and confidence on the field

Playing Season

• Training:  July through November.  A brief break for the holidays, and training will commence again in January through February.
• Games / Scrimmages:   Scrimmage games will he played throughout the year -  mostly on Friday’s and Sunday’s.  Most games will be in the Tri-Valley area.  Players will be selected and rostered for games and scrimmages throughout the season.  A group of 12 players will be rostered to play in Al Caffodio, and the remaining players will be rostered on rotating teams to play in our Division 4 under 10 league. 
• Select Jamborees (tournaments): We anticipate playing in a minimum of 2 jamborees (one in Sonoma and our own Jamboree held in October).  All players in the U9 Catalyst program will play in the Jamboree games.