Lyons Township Soccer Club

Our main goal is to provide an opportunity for players to grow their individual soccer skills in a professional environment as an introduction to competitive soccer. The emphasis for the Academy Elite is individual skill development through working with professional coaches.

The Academy Elite program is for players who want to get better at soccer, have FUN, keep fit and make new friends. The Academy Elite program (Fall and Spring) consists of 2 sessions per week. This will include:

• One practice day where the players will be coached the basic fundamental soccer skills in a professional environment.
• One game day where they will take what they have learned at practice and perform in our small sided games.

Our Winter Academy Elite program is a 9 week program which consists of one session per week at the LT High School North Campus.

Both of the sessions are run by professional coaches who have achieved a State, National or International coaching license. They are all very passionate about the sport and they want to pass their experience and knowledge on to help develop every single player.

The Academy Elite Program is open to all types of soccer players. We provide an opportunity for all levels of recreational soccer players to develop through a format similar to our current travel program. The main objectives of our Academy Elite program are to provide:

• A structured curriculum that promotes skill development across all levels of players in the program.
• Repetition of technical skills that are essential in the development of players
• Professional training by coaches that will follow the defined Academy Elite curriculum
• Small sided (4v4) games so that players have a chance to use the skills that they learned during the week
• An enjoyable and exciting experience in every single session so that each player continues to love the game of soccer .

Fall 2011/2012 season begins week of August 15th 2011 and ends Oct 7th.

Training session dates and times are based on sign ups and coaching availability; we typically try and maintain Monday/Tuesday training and Friday Games, see below.  All sessions to take place at Spring Rock Park, 47th St. and Central Ave, in Western Springs. All schedules are subject to change,dependent on group numbers.

Once registered, please continue to check your emails and the club website for updated schedule, as season and session dates are subject to change.

All players should bring a ball, shin guards under socks, soccer or athletic shoes, weather appropriate clothing and water bottle.

If a session is to be cancelled due to weather or facility conditions it will be posted on the homepage of www.ltsc.us the day of the session no later than 3pm and a mass email will be sent to all participants. All sessions will be made-up.

Once you have registered (AEP) there are no refunds other than for injury or out of state moves (documentation required).

For any questions regarding the program please contact the Director of Recreation Gavin McCrindle.