Looking for Summer Camps? Be sure to visit our Summer Camps page on the CBAA Website. 

New this year is a Spring 5-7 year old soccer program by UK Elite. Plumstead Park and Rec has partnered with CBAA and UK Elite to bring this fun week-day afternoon program to you. 

It's an deal program for the morning kindergartner, Pre-K and home schooled! No Saturday games to conflict with the older siblings!

Program Begins April 21st and runs through May 26th. Every Wednesday, 2 sessions are available from 1-2pm and 2-3pm at the CBAA Herbst Sports Complex.

 

Help us Spread the word about this fantastic program! We are please to announce TOPSoccer, The Outreach Program for Soccer, will begin its 5th season on April 10, 2010.

TOPSoccer is a program for children. ages 5-14 with special needs. The upcoming season will be 8 one-hour Saturday sessions from 10-11 a.m. at Holicong Park in Buckingham. Players will experience a team sport in a non-competitive environment with games and skill building activities.

TOPSoccer will be run by CB East Junior Caryn Polanski as her graduation project. She is really excited to start another fun session. Registration is free thanks to West Pharmaceutical Services and open now until Thursday, April 15, 2010 for both players and volunteer buddies at TOPSoccer Website. Please contact her at cpolanski@verizon.net with any questions.

 

Buckingham United Soccer Club has just finished their winter indoor season and is now in full swing with EPYSA State Cups and various leagues. Spring is also a Tournament time!

The March into Cups Tournament had to be postponed due to the incredible amount of rain and snow that we encountered. This year's tournament is being run by the U13 Hurricanes who are fund-raising to go to Germany this August. The rescheduled tournament will now be held June 5th and 6th.

Each year the Coaches vote on an away club-wide tournament for the teams to attend overnight. The BUSC Coaches chose the Adidas Potomac in Maryland. The Tournament fee is paid by BUSC in exchange for the fundraising the teams accomplised for our BUSC tournament. 

Fall Tryouts for BUSCwill be in April and May. If you'd like information or would like to see the scheduled dates, click on our Tryout FAQ page. For any other questions, please email BUSC.

BUSC has partnered with the Phila Union Soccer team this year. As part of our partnership program we have 8 season tickets and we can have 1 of our players be a ball lines person for the game. They receive a Union Shirt and have fun as Ball lines person for game. Kids must be 14 yrs or older. For the younger kid u9 and younger we can have one of our kids be a starting line up player escort. They will be fully outfitted with Union gear and escort one of the players on to the field as part of the pre-game starting ceremony.

If interested in future tickets and field game participation opportunities contact Ed Beedle at ebeedle@spirax.com or 610. 659.1586.  We can get additional tickets as well... so if you wanted to go as a team or just a larger group just let Ed know and he will help arrange.

CBAA IM Program: Spring Season Kick- Off Events

The CBAA IM (recreational) program plans to shake off the winter blues and kick off the spring season with some winter clinics during the month of March.

At the time of going to press the Senior Division clinics had begun firstly with a coaches get together which included a goalkeeper clinic, several team based drills and a fun and very lively pick-up game! It was great to see coaches' actively participating in a game situation and it certainly helps to gain an understanding of how hard the kids work out there on the field.

The coaches' clinic was followed by three senior division player clinics where the older players worked on skills and game related activities with some of their coaches in attendance observing the action and helping with the activities. These sessions were not team related they were age group based where players from different teams helped each other in the area of skill development. Players are never too old to learn new skills and the clinics were lively and productive - nice job everyone!

We hope to see even more Senior Divisioncoaches and players at any future clinics that might be scheduled.

The Junior Divisionplayers are scheduled to participate in fun soccer festivals prior to the start of the season - weather and field conditions permitting. These festivals are also age group (not team) based and will combine skill development activities with the small sided games that teams will play during the season. This will also be an opportunity for all team coaches to get involved in the activities, work with the Smart Soccer staff and help make the festivals a big success.

As always we would like to offer a BIG thank-you to all the volunteer parent coaches who give their time to help the children learn skills and enjoy the game of soccer. Your efforts are always appreciated.

Neil Smart
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Small Sided Games (SSG's)
A greater focus is being placed on SSG's as a player development tool particularly at the four youngest divisions but coaches of older teams are also urged to include SSG's in their practice plans. They are fun, the players are more involved in the game have more touches on the ball and full participation is encouraged as opposed to players restricted in movement due to rigid positional responsibilities. It is possible to write a book on the benefits of SSG's (some people have!) and we encourage coaches to fully support this philosophy as an essential approach to developing more skilled players.

Byte Size Coaching 
The club website has an amazing resource for coaches who need practice ideas simply log on to the Byte Size Coaching link and print age appropriate activities for your team practices. There is also some great information on coaching philosophy and a monthly newsletter. Password details will be e-mailed to coaches.

2010 CBAA Smart Soccer Camp
The 20 year soccer camp partnership between CBAA and Smart Soccer continues this summer with a professionally run soccer camp during the weeks of June 28-July 2 and July 19-23. Campers may attend one or both weeks. Please visit the CBAA club website or www.SmartSoccer.com for a camp application. Contact Neil Smartat smartsoccer@msn.com if you have any questions on the camp.