Training Sessions With
Professional Soccer Coaches
Glenview AYSO has arranged with AYSO Soccer Camps to make two licensed professional soccer coaches available to run training sessions for our teams. The professional coaches will be in Glenview from September 6th through October 19th. The response from the players, coaches and parents during the past five years to the sessions has been overwhelmingly positive. We encourage all teams to take advantage of this opportunity. The training sessions with the professional coaches can replace your team's practice during the week in which you signed up for training. Our goal is to offer every team one to two training sessions with the professional coaches. There is no cost to your team for these training sessions. Coaches and team parents of K through High School teams can sign up for training sessions by using the form provided on the Training Times link. The daylight session will be held at Gallery Park (meet at the K-1st grade fields in the northwest corner of the park). The evening sessions will be held at the lighted fields at Community Park West (these are the sessions in October starting at 6:30 and 7:30 pm. In order to give teams an equal chance to sign up for optimum times, the form will not go live until Friday morning August 29th. Sign up for training sessions by using the form provided on the Training Times page. Each trainer can manage two teams of the same sex and grade for the U-6 to U-10 team. Thus, we could have a total of four U-8 and U-10 teams training during a single time period. The K teams will have 4 teams training at once. This session will replace the practice time for the K teams. U12 through High School teams have more players on their rosters, and each trainer will run individual sessions for these teams. The older teams training session sign-ups will fill two adjacent slots. Initially, teams are limited to signing up for two training sessions. On September 24th, the sign up page will be re-opened, and teams can sign up for two additional training sessions. Evening Training Session Location Please be aware that for the evening training sessions starting at 6:30 and 7:30, parents should drive to the parking lot at the far southwest corner of the park, just past the skateboard area. The trainers will be in the outfield of Softball Field # 5. The 4:00 and 5:00 sessions are at Gallery Park. If you have questions about this program, please send an e-mail to coachtraining@glenviewayso.org. Opportunities to host the coaches are available. Hosting a coach is a great cultural experience for both coach and family. The coaches are mid 20's and have their own transport and are fairly self sufficient, all they need is a bed and food for the duration of the stay. Most families host one coach for a week, although a number of families have hosted both coaches. Interested in having a soccer coach stay at your home for a week? If so, please send an e-mail to coachtraining@glenviewayso.org.