About the USYF Academy
About
USYF Academy program finalized its first year at the 2019 National Showcase in June; the first year delivered great results to all registrants. The first year included these milestones and more:
- Hosting National Academy showcase
- Coaches symposium with a World Champion Coach
- Multiple academies receiving academy benefits
Benefits
Benefits to players are immediate and impactful. Education is a continuous process and requires consistency. An Academy environment provides repetition and formal evaluation to effectively help evolve youth players.
An Academy environment challenges players to perform, yet provides real-time opportunities to learn from mistakes, which is a natural and necessary part of development. Players are afforded the unique opportunity of training and competing with similarly-skilled players from other soccer clubs. The Academy focuses on year-round development, cutting-edge training curriculums, and provides players multiple opportunities for exposure on a regional, national and even international level.
Goals
The Academy is a flagship program for USYF and the goals in the next 3 years are:
- To make the program the real pinnacle of the USYF system
- To ensure high level competition in every region by growing all regions
- To support the Academies’ development on all fronts
- To attain a sustainable model for all Academies, existing and new
How do we achieve these goals?
- A planned Regional and National schedule:
- Season calendar released by August 1 every season
- Schedule will adapt to reality of each region
- Allow for voluntary cross-regional competition
- Communication
- NEW website – launched August 2019
- A sustainable model:
- Involve Academies in the decision-making process
- Reasonable travel & competition expenses
- A two-way growth plan per region – requirements and commitments
- Share resources
- Consulting
- Business templates
- Shared curriculums
