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Registration is now OPEN for those players desiring to participate on a CSA Metro Development Team!
In order to register for grading or clinics, please click on Division 1, scroll down the page and click the D1 tryout / Metro clinic button! |
Scholarships and payment plans may be requested.
Metro Development Program Overview
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The Metro Development Program is designed for players in the U8, U9 and U10 age groups who are interested in preparing for Premier or Division 1 teams when they reach U11. To prepare for premier teams, recreational programs need to be supplemented by professional instruction and participation in practices and games with/against similarly focused players. These professional training sessions further develop the individual skills necessary to advance. Very few players have the athletic ability to overcome the absence of skill training at a young age.
Metro teams provide a level of competition that is more advanced than Intramural teams. Even though the Metro Development Program’s aim is to develop players for future competitive play, the program is a recreational program, structured to be a low-pressured and fun environment for the players. We require that each child play at least half (usually 75%) of each game and that no child will play more than half the game as goalkeeper.
Games begin in late August, playing a competitive schedule against other clubs and in local tournaments, usually within a 50 mile radius from New Orleans.
Each Metro team has a weekly training session conducted by a CSA professional coach. An additional practice and all games are conducted by the volunteer parent coaches. Parent volunteers are heavily relied upon in this program.
The cost for the 2009/2010 season is $610 and includes the following:
- Professional Coaching for Training Sessions (1 per week) and Parent Coach for Additional Training Session and Games
- Metro Team Camp
- LSA Player Registration Fee (which includes a secondary insurance policy)
- Field Maintenance
Uniforms are required (at additional cost) and include CSA Nike Metro Uniform Kit (kit includes 2 jerseys, 1 pair of shorts, 1 pair of socks. Players who have a Metro Uniform Kit from the 07/08 season may use the same uniform for 08/09.
The referee and tournament fees are typically an additional $120.
For more information, email Mark Roberts, Metro Boys Coordinator or Henry Crocker, Metro Girls Coordinator.
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