GRASSROOTS INFORMATION PAGE
FOR PLAYERS BORN FROM 2011- 2021
GRASSROOTS IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, VOLUNTEER COACHES AND FIELD SUPERVISORS WILL BE NEEDED
Grassroots is the program that caters for the needs of the recreational player, the program where play is most important.
The current youth sports landscape has players pushed in to overly structured sessions, with loads of cones and line drills, stifling the individuals attempts to be creative in their thinking, limit their spontaneous problem solving ability, and turn youth sport in to a boring organized chore.
Grassroots focuses on the need for FREE PLAY, an opportunity for players to love the sport, be safe, and play.
“Play in all its forms is the right of every child. Activities that employ and teach safe and inclusive play and sport are tools to improve children’s lives”. UNICEF
In child development play is a huge component through the early stages of growth, so much so that is a right of every child to have free play –
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, General Assembly Resolution, 1989
At Fremont YSC we have the program, that provides the safety, and freedom for children to play through the medium of soccer.
Grassroots
Mini-Megs (U4 to U6)
- Volunteer and High School Players supervise sessions
- Environment for players to play freely
- Develops social skills, and physical well being
- Emphasis on fun, participation, social interaction, and self discovery with movements to assist in motor development
- Freedom to express themselves in a low pressure environment, resulting in creative problem solving
- Fun games played to a story line, from going on a pirate adventure, to taking soccer dog for a walk passed the sleeping giant!
Mini-Megs (Born 2019 and 2020, and 2021) – Click Here
Raw Dribblers (U8)
- Parent Volunteer and High School Players supervise sessions
- Environment for players to play freely
- Develops social skills, and physical well being
- Emphasis on fun, participation, learning through play
- Freedom to express themselves in a low pressure environment, resulting in creative problem solving
- A skill of the week will be taught to players before breaking off in to small sided games
Raw Dribblers (Born in the Years 2017 and 2018)- Click Here
District League (U9 to U14)
- Volunteer Coaches
- Age appropriate curriculum with free play session and weekend game
- Play for your district
- Develops social skills, and physical well being
- Emphasis on fun, participation, learning through play
- Freedom to express themselves in a low pressure environment, resulting in creative problem solving
U9 to U14 (Born 2016 to 2011) – Click Here
The Benefits of Small Sided Games – Manchester United 4v4 Program
Contacts
Grassroots – Lamiae Guessous at [email protected]