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LEE COUNTY STRIKERS OFFERS RECREATIONAL, ACADEMY & COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.

KELLY ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX LOCATED IN SOUTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA

STRIKERS WINTER/SPRING & SUMMER 2010 PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED!

Lee Country Strikers has been offering great soccer programs since 1986 and every year we strive to improve our programs for our players. Our mission is to offer a range of soccer opportunities for every ability and ambition for our players.

We have a recreational program (3 to 18) which is about having fun and learning the fundamentals of the game. Our new academy program (7 to 10) which we have partnered up with GCSA who supply Division 1 College coaches to help develop our players. And then we offer our competitive program (9 to 18) which we want to help create a love and passion for the sport and give our players the technical and tactical skills they need to strive and move up to the soccer ladder to whatever their dream is; high school, college and some even to the professional game.

We invite you to look around our club to find out more information on the programs that we offer. Just check them out below and if you have any questions please contact Adie Holland - adie@leecountystrikers.com

Lee County Strikers - "Live The Passion...Live The Game".

Our programs include:
       
     
 
Recreational/
All Stars
FALL SEASON

The Lee County Strikers program provides recreational soccer for boys and girls from three to eighteen years of age. At the recreational level we provide our players with age appropriate training and teach them all the fundamentals of soccer. There are no tryouts at this level.

kids learning the beautiful game  
 

Our recreational program will accept all kids who'd like to play the game of soccer. Instead Players are drafted to a team. Our goal is to draft teams with the intent to establish a similar mixture of talent on each team. Our Fall Recreational program costs $95 and includes one training session a week and a in house game on the weekend which tends to run from September to Mid November.

A parent coach who shows willingness to learn and improve his/her coaching abilities will be assigned to each team. The club will supply both a coach’s manual and training tools. Please contact us at (239) 565 6652 to apply to be a coach.

Please note: Our recreational coaches are essential to the program!
Teams can be co-Coached by a few parents if needed in order to get the kids playing.

For More information please contact Adie Holland

ALL-STAR - Winter

After the recreational season for those players who wish to continue playing we hold tryouts for each age group which then trains and competes in several tournaments throughout December and January. The players will be selected by our professional trainers and the head coach of the team will be one of the coaches in that age group.

  
 

 

Registration Info:

Returning Players:

All recreational players who played last season need to simply login and sign up for the new season. All the information is still there, so there is no need to fillout forms again. If you cannot remember your user name and password contact the support hotline at 1-877-887-1042.

New Players:

Please go to www.gfmsc.com click register and complete the general registration process. Click on Register in the upper right corner and follow the instructions on the site. Upon completion of registration for both parent and child, simply click on the “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY“ and signup for a program such as "U12 Girls Recreational Fall Program". Please note that first year players must send in a copy of their birth certificate to the address listed below.

Greater Fort Myers Soccer Club
P.O. Box 07224
Fort Myers, FL 33908

FEES:

Our Recreational Lee County Strikers Academy fee is $95 and includes all of the following:

  1. Florida Youth Soccer Association Player Registration
  2. Supplemental Accident Insurance
  3. Wholesome Fun Environment
  4. Background Checks on all Coaches and Volunteers
  5. Referee Fees
  6. Professional Training for Coaches and Players
  7. Full Soccer Uniform: Jersey, shorts and socks
  
     
     
 
Academy
Fall/Winter Spring & Summer

The Lee County Strikers Soccer Club presents our Academy program for 7 to 10 year olds for both boys and girls. Our Academy program is to develop players in a more structutred and professional environment to give them the technical and tactical skills to get them ready for competitive tryouts for U11. There are no tryouts required to sign up for the Academy program and they recieve weekly profressional training.

 
 

FALL PROGRAM - Our Fall Academy program is just designed for the U9/U10 (7 to 10 year olds) age group to help players develop their individual skills to get ready for a competitive environment. They play agaisnt other Academy teams from local clubs. Academy soccer is all about developing these players into become better technical players with their ball mastery skills. So we place them in an environemnt which main goal is to improve the indivudals technical, tactical knowledge of the game to help them move onto the next level. We do not have an academy program for each age group In the fall as our players are playing in either our recreational program and Competitive Teams cannot start till U11 now due to FYSA rules. This means we can help the development of our U9/U10 age group, as many of these players will then make it onto our U11 Competitive program at tryouts every June. YOU DO NOT NEED TO TRYOUT FOR THE ACADEMY PROGRAM.
FEES:
Fall Fees:$295 from August till January
Our Lee County Strikers Academy Fall Program fee is $295 and includes all of the following:
1.    Florida Youth Soccer Association Player Registration
2.  Supplemental Accident Insurance
3.  Wholesome Fun Environment
4.  Background Checks on all Coaches and Volunteers
5.  Referee Fees
6.  Professional Training for Coaches and Players
7. Fall season only (Uniforms, socks, shorts and shirt).

SPRING ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM

The Lee County Strikers Spring Academy program is for anybody from the ages of 6 to 10 years old. They will recieve professional training every week and is designed to improve the players skills and tactical knowledge to get them ready for U11 competitive program when they are old enough. There are no games with other academies as this is an off season training program.

February 1st 2010/March 30th 2010

Winter Fees: $95

•    6 to 10 years old BOYS AND GIRLS
•    6 to 10 years old BOYS AND GIRLS


SUMMER ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM
April/May 2010
Spring Fees: $95

•    6 to 10 years old - BOYS AND GIRLS
•    6 to 10 years old - BOYS AND GIRLS

The Lee County Strikers Summer Academy program is for anybody from the ages of 6 to 10 years old. They will recieve professional training every week and is designed to improve the players skills and tactical knowledge to get them ready for U11 competitive program when they are old enough. There are no games with other academies as this is an off season training program. For those players who are 9 and 10 years old it is critical for them to recieve some good training to help them before tryouts in late may/early june.		  
 

kids learning the beautiful game

  
     
     
 
Competitive
Program

The Lee County Strikers program provides competitive soccer for boys and girls from nine to eighteen years of age.

At the competitive level we train with the intent of developing our players to their greatest potential. Our competitive teams play in

    
 

The local Southwest Florida Competitive League. Teams are trained once a week by a professional trainer. The other session is lead by a licensed parent coach.

On the premier level, teams compete either in the local Southwest Florida Competitive league or they may choose to participate in various other leagues in Florida, if a higher level of competition is desired/required (U 13's and up only). Boys will compete in the SFU League (Miami League) and the girls will compete in the FLUGSA League. Teams are trained by a professional trainer twice a week.

At any level, homefield will be Kelly Road !!!

Please remember that you'll be only able to register for tryouts for the age group that you are actually in. Playing “up” may be granted on a case to case basis and only after approval by the Director of Coaching. Please contact Adie at adie@leecountystrikers.com with the request to "play up“.

Important (If you are not in town for the tryouts:

Make sure to send Adie an email at adie@leecountystrikers.com to express your interest in joining a specific age group. Only then we will hold a spot open and you'll be given the opportunity to tryout for that team upon your return.

 

Registration Procedures.

COMPEITITVE SOCCER PROGRAM: $595 AUGUST 4th 2009/APRIL 30th 2010

Registration for tryouts will be held at Kelly Road. You'll be asked to complete a registration form prior to your childs tryout. You may also download the registration form here to save time on tryout day.

FEES:

Our Lee County Strikers' Competitive Soccer Program is an "All Inclusive" soccer season where you know up front what your fees will be. No longer will parents be asked for additional money throughout the season unless the team chooses to participate in additional tournaments.** We are proud to offer an affordable player's registration fee which is geared toward each team's individual priorities.

These Fees include the following:

  1. Florida Youth Soccer Association Player Registration
  2. Supplemental Accident Insurance Coverage
  3. League Registration Fees
  4. SWFL Winter Tournament Fee
  5. Florida Youth Soccer Association Region C or State Cup Tournament Fee
  6. Background Checks on all Coaches and Volunteers
  7. Referee Fees
  8. Professional Training
  9. Full Uniform Kit (Adidas) including 2 jerseys, 2 shorts, 2 socks, and 1 practice T-Shirt.

** It will be decided between the DOC, coach and the parents whether a team shall elect to participate and pay for any additional tournaments within the state.

***It is the responsibility of each team to pay for their coach's expenses to travel to tournaments. This includes, hotel expense, gas and $25 per day for food.

  
     

COMPETITIVE TRYOUTS 2010

COMPEITITVE TRYOUTS 2010 - JUNE 1st - 4th 2010! HELD AT KELLY ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX

U11 to U18 LEE COUNTY STRIKERS COMPETITIVE TRYOUTS!

Date:                                  Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm            Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
June 1st Tuesday                 U 11/U12 Boys FIELD 1            U 13/U14 Girls FIELD 1
                                                                                         U 15/U18 Boys FIELD 3
  June 2nd Wednesday         U 11/U12 Girls FIELD 1         U 13/U14 Boys FIELD 1
                                                                                            U 15/U18 Girls FIELD 3
  June 3rd Thursday               U 11/U12 Boys FIELD 1              U 13/U14 Girls FIELD 1
                                                                                          U 15/U18 Boys FIELD 3
June 4th Friday                  U 11/U12 Girls FIELD 1          U 13/U14 Boys FIELD 1
                                                                                             U 15/U18 Girls FIELD 3

 WHO CAN TRYOUT?

ANYONE - If you son or daughter is playing recreational or competitive then they can turn up to tryouts to fit their age group. If you are not already a player at the club and you are interested in playing for Strikers Competitive teams then of course we would love you to turn up to our hosted tryouts.

If you are interested please contact Adie Holland and the coach in your age group and see if any spots have become available. (See tab labeled Coaching Staff)
 
Please remember that you'll be only able to register for tryouts for the age group that you are actually in.  Playing “up” may be granted on a case to case basis and only after approval by the Director of Coaching. Please contact Adie Holland with the request to play “up“.
 
 
Important (If you are not in town for the tryouts):
 
Make sure to send Adie an email adie@coachfantactic.com to express your interest in joining a specific age group. Only then we will hold a spot open and you'll be given the opportunity to tryout for that team upon your return.

WHAT DO YOU DO THERE?

The professional trainers and the coaches of each team will be running the tryouts. It will be designed to show every skill aspect of the game starting off with technical drills to show us basic ball mastery.

After technical, physical and tactical drills we will give you all plenty of time to play in small sided games. We may rotate positions so we can give you a chance to shine in different areas and this will give you a great opportunity to improve on different aspects of the game.

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