WWPSA Technical Development Pathway for players 5-10 years - Spring 2012 Registration - Now Open
WWPSA has opened registration for its Spring 2012 Season for Travel Development Academy and Pre-TDA players from Kindergarten through to 4th grade. Our sessions are aimed at two different groups of players:
- PreTechnical Development Academy (Pre-TDA) aimed at players 5 and 6 years old (Tuesday/Friday practice, Saturday scrimmage) for more information on Pre-TDA http://www.wwpsa.org/TravelDevelopmentAcademy/591420.html
- Technical Development Academy (TDA) aimed at players 7-10 years (Monday/Wednesday practice, Saturday scrimmage) for more information on TDA http://www.wwpsa.org/TravelDevelopmentAcademy/546120.html
Our goal within the TDA program is to provide you with the best possible age appropriate technical soccer development program in the Region, to ultimately give you the pathway choice that upon completion of the program your child is fully prepared for either continuation into our Travel program or to be able to enjoy the Recreation playing environment at a higher level.
Training sessions will begin for both programs the week of March 19th and run for 10 weeks. All practices sessions will run between the time slots of 4:30pm-7:30pm (Pre-TDA finished by 7pm). Practice sessions will take place at West Windsor Community Park (tbc).
All training sessions are delivered by our professional training partners from ProActive Sport and Maestro Soccer.
Scrimmages will take place on Saturdays beginning March 24th and end May 26th. The girls will play at 2:00 PM and the boys will play at 3:30 PM. With the exception of our Festival Days (scrimmage days vs Princeton, Montgomerry and Yardley-Makefield), all scrimmages will take place at Sarnoff.
The 10 week program will focus on the following areas of individual technical and tactical play:
- Individual moves to beat a defender under game pressure.
- Develop players ability to keep the ball close comfortably using multiple surfaces of both feet.
- Refine players first touch from balls served on the ground and from the air.
- Continue to develop the technical components of passing and shooting
For questions regarding these programs please contact Program Director of both TDA and Pre-TDA Nick Harrison at WWPSA.TDA@gmail.com
To register for either of these programs please click the link below;
https://ssl.demosphere.com/scripts/runisa.dll?s7:gp::72225+regis/guidelines
Full detailed week by week curriculum (week 10 used for final skills testing)
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Pre TDA content
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TDA content
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1
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Dribbling - using multiple surfaces of the foot, initial skills testing
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Dribbling - Multi Directional, initial skills testing
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2
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Dribbling - to change direction, specific emphasis on the drag back turn and hook turns
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Dribbling - Moves to Beat a defender
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3
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Dribbling - At speed to get past a defender, use of dummy.
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Dribbling - Keeping possession
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4
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Dribbling - Identifying space to see whether to dribble and penetrate or turn.
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Dribbling - 1v1 Situations
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5
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Pass - Focus on use of instep to strike ball
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Passing - Sharing the ball
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6
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Pass - Passing on the move to both static and mobile targets
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Passing - For possession
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7
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Pass and Receive - Control the ball using i/s and o/s of foot into a direction other than forward
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Passing - Focus on first touch to maintain possession
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8
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Passing - to a targeted area (passing to shoot)
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Control - Use of Wedge and Cushion control using the foot only
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9
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Passing and dribbling to keep possession - identifying space
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Attacking play - Striking and Finishing
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