Northern Piedmont Sports Clubs Next Gen Academy Program looks to elevate the training of children in the under 8,9, and 10 divisions that have a great interest in playing the beautiful game of soccer. Training is done by our own Professional Travel Coaches twice a week with matches played on the weekends. The focus of this program is development, understanding, and most importantly building a love for the game of soccer in a fun practice environment.
NPSC's Pre-Next Gen academy teams will play in the following during the season;
- 3-4 Festivals (2-3 games a day)
- 3-4 scrimmages
- U10 NPSC In-house end of season festival (3 games on October 29)
The Next Gen Academy teams will not play regular season games with the recreational Soccer teams as we have in the past, except for during the end of season festival.
Events will be played at our home fields at Athey and also on outside fields at other locations within an hour of Warrenton. Home games will be played Saturday afternoon/evenings.
Training dates are Tuesday and Thursday's from 5:00-6:00 PM at Athey's Sports Complex.
NPSC's Pre-Next Gen academy program will have a max of 30 players per gender. Players will be assessed within their age groups and split into two groups.
Teams will play with the 7v7 format and use a size 4 ball.