Kick, Laugh, Play

Lil' Boots is the perfect introduction for children ages 3-4 to the wonderful game. It is a program specially designed to initiate a positive experience for young players while learning the basic fundamental skills of the game. The program focuses on teaching soccer fundamentals through fun activities and small sided games. Lil' Boots Juniors builds self-esteem, confidence, and promotes sportsmanship and fair play all while developing a child's coordination, physical, mental and social skills in a non-competitive environment.

Benefits

•    Introduction to the basic fundamentals skills of the game.
•    Builds confidence and self-esteem.
•    Improves physical abilities such as coordination and balance.
•    Develops social skills and learning how to interact with peers.
•    Develops cognitive skills such as multitasking and problem solving
•    Teaches sportsmanship and fair play
•    Excitement and fun playing the beautiful game

Details

•    Innovative curriculum consists of age-appropriate fun soccer-related activities
•    Low trainer-to-player ratio
•    Experienced, enthusiastic and patient staff

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018. 

Kick, Laugh, Play

Is your child ready to take Lil' Boots to the next level? Lil' Boots Advanced is designed for children ages 5-6 who are in need of an additional challenge beyond what is offered in our Lil' Boots Juniors camp. In this program we introduce more complex activities and games as well as the concept of team play.

Benefits

•     Introduction to the basic fundamentals skills of the game.
•     Builds confidence and self-esteem.
•     Improves physical abilities such as coordination and balance.
•     Develops social skills and learning how to interact with peers.
•     Develops cognitive skills such as multitasking and problem solving.
•     Teaches sportsmanship and fair play.
•     Excitement and fun playing the beautiful game.

Details

•     Innovative curriculum consists of age-appropriate fun soccer-related activities.
•     Low trainer-to-player ratio
•     Experienced, enthusiastic and patient staff.

*** Note: Lil' Boots Juniors is NOT a pre-requisite to Lil' Boots Advanced. Age determines the program best fit for your lil' one.

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

Soccer is a thinking sport, so it is crucial for the advanced player to develop their brain as well as their body. CognoSoccer is a cognitive coaching technique that adds "thinking skills" to the traditional emphasis on technical skills and physical fitness. By constantly presenting different complex activities and forcing players to multitask in ways that are new to them, we engage the brain and enable it to build new neural pathways, rather than allowing it to "rest" during physical training because it thinks it knows the answers already.

Constantly challenging the brain makes use of its plasticity. This allows players to develop technical skills & and agility while also developing high levels of perception, peripheral sight, and split vision to allow a player to continuously execute game time actions at very high speed.The result is in-game decision making can keep up with the pace of the game -- or even see options that are several moves ahead.

Benefits

• Improved multitasking capability
• Comfort in overload situations
• Increased field awareness
• Faster processing of visual cues
• Enhanced peripheral vision
• Improved "speed of thought"
• More intelligent decision making
• Faster internal clock
  

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

Combine with StreetSoccer at 7:00 and save $60!

Your child finished the fun introduction to the game of soccer in our Lil' Boots program and is ready to make the leap into the next level. However, getting to the next level is a gradual process. Exposing young players to activities and skills that are too advanced can be counter-productive to their development and may even result in them quitting the game.

Young players ages 7-8 must go through an intermediate program that focuses on basic individual skills such as ball mastery and 1v1 moves.

Our new Player Development Bridge program is designed to do just that. It is the missing 'Bridge' between our Lil' Boots program and the more advanced Positive Touch Footskills program, and consists of age-appropriate activities that ensure a smooth and confident transition to the next level.

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single dribble. And undeniably, the most important skill of soccer is touch.

Positive Touch help players master their "Touch" on the ball. This kind of touch quality means there is no soccer skill a player cannot learn. Positive Touch lays the foundation to every dribbling move, every pass, and every kind of shot. The camp is designed to give players thousands of touches on the ball as well as to teach creative moves and footwork. Players equipped with soft touch on the ball and quality dribbling skills undoubtedly improves player confidence and makes them better players.

Benefits

•     Helps to become a finesse, crafty and creative player.
•     Learn new moves, faints and tricks.
•     Develop great 1 vs. 1 skills.
•     Master individual dribbling skills in a group setting.
•     Improve first touch on the ball.
•     Enhance the ability to play with both feet.
•     Develop soccer-related cognitive skills.

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

Is your child thinking of joining a travel team this year? Help them gain an edge with our new Travel Tryout Prep program, run by current and former travel coaches who are experienced in running tryouts and evaluating players. This intensive class will help your player develop the skills, technique, and attitude they need to be confident competitors.

The program will help players to:

• Refine their technical skills
• Improve their tactical understanding of the game
• Develop their cognitive skills and learn to play under pressure
• Strategize sequence of play to build confidence 
• Show off their teamwork while standing out from the crowd
• Develop “soft skills” for communicating with coaches and players

 All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer shirt! It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

Combine with StreetSoccer at 7:00 and save $60!

Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Cherry Hill Park

Falls Church kids, come join us in Cherry Hill Park on Tuesday, April 17 for an evening of "organized pick-up" street-style soccer! This part of Screen-Free Week is sponsored by the FCEPTA and is open to ages 3-12. Jessie Thackrey, Mount Daniel, and TJ students and their siblings, friends, and neighbors are all invited. Grab some dinner downtown and then come out and play soccer in a fun setting that's open to ALL skill levels.

The event is completely free! There is no cost to participate, but we do ask that parents register their children in advance. Players should bring cleats and shin guards if you have them, plus a water bottle and a soccer ball (we will have a few extras on hand).

What Is Street Soccer?

Street soccer is different than traditional start-stop training or structured team matches -- but it's just as important. Embedded deep in the DNA of all the world's best players, street soccer is the best way of developing originality, imagination, creativity, craftiness, problem-solving, and your own unique style of play. Players will enjoy a variety of pick-up games using different size fields, teams, goals, and balls to keep it fun and exciting. Although the philosophy of street soccer is to "let the game be the teacher," professional Golden Boot Soccer trainers will act as in-game mentors, throwing out advice, challenges, and even some of their best moves! This session is best for ages 7-12. Please sign up below.

What About Younger Players?

For ages 3-6, we will offer a shortened version of our popular Lil' Boots curriculum. Designed especially for young children, our active, engaging Lil' Boots Juniors and Lil' Boots Advanced programs focus on teaching soccer fundamentals through fun activities and small-sided games. Please sign up below.

Need More Soccer in your Life?

Check out our lineup of scheduled spring classes and summer camps. Or contact us at info@goldenbootsoccer.com to learn how to put together your own custom group of friends, neighbors, or classmates at your preferred day and time, or to arrange professional training for your team.

Free Registration Required

To register, click on one of the buttons below. Follow the prompts to set up an account, then select "After-School Programs" from the first drop-down menu and "FCEPTA Screen-Free Soccer" from the second. Registration for all players is completely free.

All players will receive a Golden Boot Soccer t-shirt. It's our way of celebrating our 20th anniversary season in 2018.

• A variety of pickup-style games
• Different size teams: from 1v1 on up...
• Different size playing areas, goals, and balls
• Panna games
• Freestyle tricks and moves to improve footwork, touch, and creativity