U5-U19 – Youth Recreational Soccer
Our Recreational Program is available for whoever wants to play; there are no tryouts or prerequisites. Registration will continue as long as there is space available on a team for your child and coaches can be secured. You are encouraged to register as early as possible. At the younger ages we try to place children from the same school together on teams so that they will know their teammates and see them on a regular basis. We try to keep players together on the same team each year. In the upper age groups, as our number of players starts to decline, we try to keep the number of players balanced across teams to make them all competitive. As the children get older, the number of players on a team increases as they begin playing on larger fields and play longer games.
Competitive Program
Little Surfers Program for U7 (2018)
- Assigned Friday trainings with Competitive Program Coach
- Flexible Enrollment options
Little Surfers is a supplemental training program and serves as an entry point to our competitive program. Players may attend training sessions to get extra touches or attend for the purpose of being seen by our competitive staff. Training is fast, fun and includes a lot of touches! Focus is placed on ball control, running with the ball, turns, dribbling, shooting, passing and receiving and an intro to basic concepts of team possession play.
U8-U10 (2017-2015) Surf Academy (7v7)
- Training two days a week
- Fall and Spring League
- State Cup
- 3 tournaments/play dates
- U10 (2015) intro to Surf Select program – National Team and NorCal
During these important development years, we focus primarily on refining technical skills needed to play the game effectively in the context of team play. As players progress through this phase, we add 1v1 attacking and defending and introduce concepts of adapting technical skills to positions players are playing within a system of play.
U11-U12 (2014-2013) Competitive Phase I (9v9)
- Training three days a week
- Fall and Spring League
- State Cup
- 3-5 tournaments
- U12 (2013) top teams play Pre-National Premier League (NPL)
- Surf Select Program for nominated players – National Team and NorCal with domestic travel and events
We continue with a strong focus on technical skills while introducing concepts related to whole team offense and defense and transition from and to offense and defense. Coaches start paying attention to social and psychological aspects of the game associated with being on a competitive sports team. Fitness and specific “soccer conditioning” are introduced at practices and camps and clinics. In the U12 year, concepts related to the transition to 11v11 play are introduced and teams and players will experience “playing up” in 11v11 events and scrimmages.
U13-U14 (2012-2011) Competitive Phase II (11v11)
- Training three days a week
- Fall and Spring League
- State Cup
- 5-7 tournaments
- Top teams play in NPL with qualification placement into the Elite Club National League’s (ECNL) Regional League
- Surf Select Program for nominated players – National Team and NorCal with domestic and international travel and events
At this phase, players and teams learn to adapt team playing principles and individual technical skills to the larger field. Coaches balance technical training with the social, physical and psychological aspect of playing a competitive sport at an intermediate to advanced level. There is a strong emphasis on “moments of the game” ie: when WE have the ball, when THEY have the ball along with team and individual behaviors when WE lose the ball and when We gain the ball. By focusing on the whole player, we prepare them for advanced stages of play.
U15-U19 (2010-2006) “Train to Compete, Compete to Win”
- Training three days a week
- Fall and Spring League
- State Cup
- 5-7 tournaments
- Top teams play in NPL – NPL College Showcase Participation (U16+) Potential qualification placement into the Elite Club National League’s (ECNL) Regional League
- Surf Select Program for nominated players – National Team and NorCal with domestic and international travel and events
- College Preparation/Placement Program
This final phase of development focuses on every aspect of preparing players and teams for game performance and competition. Club resources support players wishing to be recruited to play college, seeking to look for unique playing opportunities domestically or abroad, or for players looking to further their interest in the sport by refereeing or even coaching.
USL Expansion Summer of 2024
Folsom Lake Surf has been selected to participate in the USL Youth Leagues inaugural season as part of its expansion into Northern California. It is our intent to enter U14, U16, U19 (2-year combined age groups) boys and girls teams. This inaugural season involves a select number of clubs across Northern California, and the season will run over the summer. This is supplemental to our year-long programming of ECNL RL, NPL and NorCal Premier.
