Pre-Academy Program

 

 

Important Announcement: Pre-Academy Program Update (Spring 2025)

As we work on revamping and improving our Pre-Academy program, we will not be offering the program this spring season. The updated Pre-Academy program will launch in Fall 2025, with registration opening in the summer of 2025. We are excited about the enhancements we’re making and the benefits this program will bring to each player’s development.

For families interested in extra competitive training opportunities this spring, please reach out to Edgar for more information on how your child can get involved in our competitive training program. Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we work to make this program the best it can be!

 

YMCA Rome Arsenal is happy to offer a pre-academy program for boys and girls in our U8 (born 2016-2018) recreational program! With recreational soccer as the base level, pre-academy is the next step in our developmental pathway and it is offered to all U8 players who are interested in trying out for our competitive academy team. Our goal for pre-academy is to boost the players' development by focusing on technical work, tactical work, skills, attacking and defending abilities and more. This program gives the players an opportunity to train at a higher level, led by certified and experienced academy coaches. The program will introduce the players to Academy concepts to ease the transition from Recreational soccer into Academy soccer. 

 

 The Pathway:

This image to the right shows the developmental pathway throughout our club. Our recreational soccer program give players a good starting point for their soccer journey, but the Pre-Academy program takes the level up a notch. It gives players a glimpse at what our Academy program looks and feels like and prepares them for tryouts for Academy teams. 

 

 

Fall 2024

The first practice date of our pre-academy program will be Sept 9, 2024. We will practice every Monday for 6 weeks ending on Oct 21, 2024 with a break on October 7 for fall break.

Practice times are 5:30-6:30pm for girls and 6:30-7:30pm for boys.

Cost is FREE

For boys and girls born in 2016-2018. 

Pre-Academy Form