10. Tactics last for a Game, Technique will last for a Lifetime
Charlie Cooke, Franz Beckenbauer, Sir Stanley Matthews, Cruyff, Rivelino….some of the greats in the game. They possessed exquisite skill and your player will be lucky to emulate their moves. The Coerver camp experience is second to none! Your player will come for the camp world cup tournament and stay for the individual technical skills and 1v1 moves that move the needle toward their mastery of the ball. Our Pyramid of Player Development® curriculum is a perfect mixture of learning with no pressure, graduated pressure and full pressure situations. Technical proficiency will allow your player to easier adapt to tactics when the time comes. This is the Coerver Method, in a nutshell. Players will be able to absorb each skill and move so they can develop the comfort and control needed to perform under full pressure. Mastery will take tens of thousands of repetitions to handle the ball at game speed. If your player is up for the challenge, this is exactly how they will improve their game….and have more fun!
9. Experienced Coaching Staff
Our highly experienced, vetted and trained staff is full of expertise and game nuance knowledge. Yes, your player will receive technical work in 1v1 scenarios. They will also be immersed in group play scenarios as they process their decisions to play with game sense. Our staff will share valuable insight to help players see the forest for the trees. Players will have “light bulb” moments after guided-discovery questions. Your players’ coach won’t always tell them what to decide but can guide them to a solution. Your players’ will also be direct and check for understanding with pointed questions. These coaching methods are key to maximizing your players’ learning retention to improve individual and group dynamics.
8. Compete with Skillful Players
Attending our camp will let your player train and play with more creatively skilled players. Iron sharpens iron! Players can emulate each other and learn from their peers. They will be challenged to compete with and against stronger and quicker players which improves reaction speed to adapt sooner. This will help your player push their limits to reach their potential.
7. Develop Teamwork and Communication Skills
Soccer is a team sport, and Coerver Coaching summer camps are no different. Teamwork and communication skills are encouraged daily, with verbal and non verbal cues to coordinate efforts to achieve a common goal. They’ll learn how to work effectively with others, and work on using their voice to demand more from their teammates and their self. Individuals who are savvy to work together will become stronger. Strength in numbers.
6. Build Confidence
The camp demands are high. Staff will bring positive words to build trust and rapport, as your players’ confidence grows while they commit to their development. Your player will be encouraged to take risks beyond 1v1 moments. They will be exposed to uncomfortable situations. Frustrations and mistakes will be made, which is on the path to improvement. By the end of the camp week, they’ll be proud of their accomplishment. Pushing past physical and mental obstacles, dealing with the elements, new players, new coaches and a new way of thinking requires growth. Players become resilient over the 4-5 days and it’s a beautiful thing to witness.
5. Aggression, Endurance and Grit
Soccer is a demanding sport in more ways than one. Attending a Coerver camp can feel like boot camp! The physical and mental hurdles will be challenging. But, players do leave stronger and more fit after enduring demanding training sessions and competing all day. Luckily, our curriculum is all soccer all day long. Players don’t even realize how much work they are putting in because it’s so much fun. Your Coerver Kid will be a grinder and develop their “grit” muscles to move mountains as they move closer to excellence!
4. Handle the Heat & High Pressure
At Coerver camps, we are always moving towards high-pressure situations. Our teaching method allows for no pressure moments so players can learn at their own pace. As we “turn up the heat” in progressive activities, players will be encouraged to move faster, perform quicker and compete at a higher level. Once we get into 1v1’s and group play, not to mention the camp favorite, World Cup, players are in full pressure situations most of the week. This is when players have the most fun and enjoy trying to use their technical skills at full speed in game like situations. All players leave camp knowing deep down, they got better and it’s because they learned to handle the pressure.
3. Experience a Positive Growth Mindset Environment
We will encourage and support all players, regardless of your position, competitive level or current club. We have been the world’s #1 soccer skills teaching method, for individuals players’, like your player, since 1984. We will demand and encourage a 100% work ethic while also appreciating the beauty and nuance of the game. We will always commend effort and praise the intention behind the action. Mistakes will, and should happen, when growth is occurring. This is the way! We realize we are working with youth players who are actively learning a sport, learning themselves and how the world works. Patience while trusting the process is important to us as we encourage positive healthy habits along the way.
2. Learn to Love the Game
Attending our Coerver camps will allow your players’ love and appreciation for the game to blossom. The training and guidance is only part of the long term process. There are several conditioned and free play moments that your player will undoubtedly enjoy because they’ll be immersed in competition, as if they were playing with neighborhood friends. Your player will have moments where they will be free to make choices. They will naturally learn from their choices and deal with the consequences, some good, others less good, and in between. But they will live and learn on their terms, at their pace, on their own watch. They are in control of their destiny, their desire to be their best. It is up to them to improve their game. They will improve once they learn to love the game.
1.Opportunities for Personal Growth
Coerver camps will give your player self-discipline, perseverance and goal-setting skills. They’ll learn the Coerver 5 ‘S’ values: Skill, Speed, Strength, Sense and Spirit. They’ll learn more skills than ever before. It truly is up to your player to decide how to incorporate each ball mastery skill and 1v1 moves as part of their arsenal of soccer weapons. Your player is the captain of their ship. They will need to learn to apply game effective skills from practice to the match. Home practice will be required if they truly want to take their game to the next level. Soccer is a wonderful vehicle. It can teach intangible lessons in life that will surpass their playing days and allow them to understand the power they possess in their body, mind and heart.
Ronaldinho said it best… “I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.”
