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Junior Phantoms Program Details
The Junior Phantoms Program focuses on the complete development of each player. The main goal is to promote players’ development over team development in a child-centered environment.
The Junior Phantoms Program participates in the ASA D-League. You can read more about the format of this league at https://www.alsoccer.org/d-league/.
The Hoover Soccer Club Junior Phantoms Program ASA D-League format seeks individual player development, satisfaction and retention, and is designed to build less pressured youth soccer retention for coaches, adult spectators, and referees.
All Junior Phantoms staff are licensed coaches and specialize in working with the U8 – U12 ages.
Training
- Players participate in multiple training sessions per week – 2 times for U8 and U9 ages and 3 times for U9-U12 ages. Each session is 90 minutes in length and is with their team and/or with their age group
- Our Coach to player ratio will be one certified Coach for every 10-16 players, depending on the format (7v7 or 9v9)
- Developmentally appropriate curriculum for U8 – U12 ages
- Cooperation and collaboration between coaches and teams within each age/gender group
- Specific attention to agility and technical development along with team concepts
Games & Tournaments
- The Junior Phantoms Program does NOT require travel out of town! Everything from games to tournaments is kept local to the Birmingham area!
- A minimum of 6 games will be scheduled for each team with Birmingham area clubs participating in the D-League format.
- Most games will be Saturday mornings/Sunday afternoons – schedule to be released before the season starts.
- U8 teams will participate in one tournament, while U9-U12 teams will participate in 2 tournaments per fall and spring seasons.
Pricing
Please click the link below for the fees for the 2024/2025 season. Note that these fees cover BOTH the fall and spring seasons together!!!
http://www.hooversoccerclub.com/competitive/fees
What Does This Include?
- Two times per week practice for U8-U9 and three times per week for U10-U12 ages
- Professional staff coaching – all HSC coaches are licensed with US Soccer in some form
- HSC Team Camp at the start of the Fall Season
- ASA team Registration
- ASA player registration
- Trainer services
- Field maintenance (lights, paint, mowing, etc.)
- All other club overhead expenses
What does this not include?
- Referee Fees
- Uniforms
