The Pre-Travel Academy is a new program for 2024 and is geared towards intramural players born in 2017 & 2018 who love to play soccer and would like to have more opportunities to learn, develop and play.  This is a supplemental program to the Colonial SC Fall Intramural program.  

Players will be introduced to developmentally appropriate training that will be both fun and instructional.  This program is an introduction to what players and parents can expect from the Travel program. 

The focus is individual technical development including dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting as well as small group tactics including 1v1 and 2v1 while learning the 7v7 game.

There are no formal tryouts for this program.  Details for each season are below.

The Pre-Travel Academy is run by our Technical Director, Danielle Fagan and she is assisted by our professional training staff and parent volunteers.

ELIGIBILITY
Boys and Girls born in 2017 & 2018 ONLY - NO EXCEPTIONS.
This program is for intramural players only and is a supplement not a replacement for the Colonial SC Intramural Program.
Players may not be rostered travel players with Colonial SC or any other club to participate in Colonial SC intramural programs.  NO EXCEPTIONS.
SPACE IS LIMITED

2024 SCHEDULE

SPRING PROGRAM 
Training Only
Sundays 
9:00 am - 10:00 am
June 2, 9, 16, 23 (Rain Date 6/30)
Location: Colwell Park

COST: $129 per player includes 4 60-minute sessions with professional training

REGISTRATION  CLOSED

FALL PROGRAM
Training and Games
Sundays 
2017 Birthdays: 4:30-5:30 pm
2018 Birthdays: 5:45-6:45 pm
Training: September 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20 (Rain Date 10/27) 

Location: Greater Plymouth Community Center Upper Fields (Walton Rd Entrance & Parking Lot)

Friendlies & Tournaments: Weekends of 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 TBD

COST: $279 includes 5 60-minute training sessions with professional training, uniform jersey for practices and games, tournaments/friendlies, at-home technical training program that is structured and monitored.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

WINTER/SPRING PROGRAM 2024/25
Indoor Training & Games TBA
COST: TBD

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN FALL 2024

1.  What is the methodology of this program?  We follow the play-practice-play methodology so each training session will start with a small-sided game or Rondo followed by a ball mastery skill and main activity.  Each session will end with a 7v7 scrimmage with an emphasis on teaching positions and the laws of the game including the modifications for 7v7: the buildout line and offside ruling.
   
   
2.  What is the role of the staff?  The program is led by Technical Director, Danielle Fagan and she is assisted by professional trainers and parent volunteer coaches.  The staff will provide minimal guidance during the first "play" section of the training session to allow for free play, creativity and for players to try new things to solve the problems of the game.  Think of it as a pick-up game with coaches as observers.
   
   
3. How far is the travel?  We will keep travel to under an hour for the friendlies and tournaments.  Our goal is to set up home/away friendlies with local clubs and enter tournaments such as Langhorne/Neshaminy, MonU, Parkwood and Upper Dublin for example.
   
   
4. Can I play for a travel team? An intramural team? This program is open to players in intramural only.  This is a supplemental program and doesn't take the place of being on an intramural team.  No carded travel team players are permitted to be in this program.
   
   
5. What is the time commitment?  The 2024 Fall program is 1 hour of training per week for 5 weeks.  Plan on 2-3 friendlies/tournaments in November.  Friendlies will be on one weekend day and be completed within 3 hours.  Tournaments could be one or two days in a weekend and the schedule depends on the tournament.  The 2024/2025 Winter/Spring program is still being developed.  We will most likely have 4-5 training sessions and may or may not have a game component.  More information will be posted here when it is finalized.
   
   
6. Does my child have to tryout for the Colonial SC Travel Team program in order to participate in the Pre-Travel Academy?  No.  However, in the Spring of 2025, players born in 2017 will have the option to tryout for the Colonial SC 2025/2026 Season Travel U9 program and players born in 2018 will have the option to tryout for the newly created Travel U8 program for 2025/2026 Season.
   
   
7. Does my child have to participate in the Pre-Travel Academy in order to tryout for the Colonial SC 2025/2026 Travel program?  No; however, it is recommended if players would like extra development and have a passion for the game.
   
   
8. Is this the same as the Fall Intramural Select Program?  No.  The Colonial SC Fall Intramural Select Program is for Intramural players U9 (born in 2016) and older.  The club previously had a U8 Select program but it is no longer in existence due to the creation of the Pre-Travel Academy.
   
   
9. What is the professional staff's background? The staff is all professionally licensed by the United States Soccer Federation.  Click here for their bios.