March 29, 2008 U5-U7
9:00 to 11:00 AM
Hooes Road Park
This 2 hour session is for parents, coaches and league directors of U5 to U7’s. This FREE course is for adults only, so please leave the players at home. This orientation is structured to be a hands-on overview of how to keep soccer fun for our youngest players. Please come dressed for play: shorts, shoes, ball and water. You will receive 2 hours of volunteer credit for attendance.
Our trainer, Bill Creswick, is a nationally-licensed soccer coach with nearly 30 years experience. He holds both United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) coaching accreditation. Bill is a former assistant coach for the Marymount University (Arlington, VA.) Women’s Varsity, and since 1996 has coached both boys and girls soccer at Robinson Secondary School (Fairfax, VA). He was a camp director and staff coach with World Class Soccer, Inc. (Fairfax, VA.), and has been a coach and trainer for many youth teams playing in Northern Virginia’s highly competitive soccer leagues. His teams have competed as finalists in Virginia State Cup play and his players have earned high school and Olympic Development Program (ODP) distinction with many advancing to the college game. Bill has worked extensively with amateur adult women’s teams. For three years he represented the American Professional Soccer League Washington Stars as their Youth Club Liaison. He was instrumental in helping establish Fairfax County Special Olympics Soccer, and remains a certified Special Olympics coach.
Bill has guided the Fairfax Sportsplex’s 3-6 year-old skill development program since 1996. He is widely regarded for his extraordinary success in working with preschoolers, combining sound soccer fundamentals with an ability to engage young enthusiasts. Hundreds of children have shared the excitement of learning soccer fundamentals in his Sportsplex classes with many going on to play in area youth leagues.
