Minnesota Soccer Camps, Clinics, and Training
FootHolde is Minnesota’s most elite soccer training company. We are dedicated to increasing the passion for the game and developing the elite soccer player. FootHolde serves players of all ages – working with committed individuals, teams, and clubs alike. Our programs are like no other in today’s emerging soccer world. FootHolde’s Minnesota soccer camps and winter training clinics combine comprehensive training in all aspects of the game by a staff of Minnesota’s finest coaches.
FootHolde's Inaugural Minnesota Winter Clinics a Huge Success
FootHolde ran two winter soccer clinics in Winter 07-08 - Excellence of Attack and Performance Plus. Excellence of Attack, held in Nov-Dec at the Bielenberg Dome in Woodbury, filled to capacity with 100+ players registering. Luckily, another time slot was opened up to accommodate for the demand. One time slot was allocated to training U13-U17 high-level premier and C1 level players; the other time slot catered to the younger age groups. Performance Plus, held Jan-March at the Augsburg Dome in Minneapolis, has been a big success with 85+ players attending on Friday nights.
Excellence of Attack focused on scoring and creating goals, while Performance Plus has focused on athlete training techniques (performance training), as well as teaching specific ball striking techniques to help players become more dangerous on the pitch. The creative attacking activities to goal in both clinics, as well as the technical teaching stations, and the small group coaching environment have been a real hit with the players! Lastly, at FootHolde we strongly believe that player development is accentuated by PLAYING THE GAME (we start every clinic with free-play "street soccer" games) with other high-level and committed soccer players, allowing for independent problem solving, creativity and an overall passion for the game.
FootHolde Director Jonathan Schaefer summarizes the philosophy behind FootHolde's various curriculums, stating...
"Player development is the #1 objective behind all of our training curriculums...and we feel strongly that ALL of our curriculums provide the perfect combination of fitness, ball mastery, competition, and free play - in an extremely challenging and high-quality training environment. Honestly, where else can a player get in top physical shape, learn to strike a 40-yard ball, and battle in small-sided games, all while competing and having fun with other great players...IN THE WINTER?"
FootHolde's Elite Training Program
FootHolde Minnesota soccer camps are based on 4 key components:
- Technical - This refers to a player's ability to perform specific mechanical movements such as dribbling, kicking, trapping or throwing the ball. An experienced player is clean and precise with the ball, moves efficiently, and is confident and composed with the ball at his/her feet.
- Tactical - Inidividual Decision Making with the Ball, Movement off the Ball, Attacking & Defending Principles, and other nuances of the game to help them gain an advantage.
- Physical - Focuses on building Speed, Strength, Agility, and Power.
- Psychological - Competitive, Challenging, Fun!
FootHolde Minnesota Soccer Camps Train The Top State Soccer Players
FootHolde Select has been training hundreds of Minnesota's top players each summer since it started in 2003. The Select camps trained almost 250 players during the summer of 2007, with the majority of these players playing at the highest level within their competitive age groups. The Select staff is comprised of a group of some of the best coaches in Minnesota, who aim to provide the best environment for player development at all ages. In 2008, FootHolde Select will add an "elite" division for premier (and the C1 at U12 and U13) level. These Minnesota soccer camps also provide a quality training environment for committed C1, C2, and C3 players looking to improve their skills, strength, and speed to play at the next level.
FootHolde's Competitive Edge
Rather than spending $500+ to train at a soccer camp outside the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, FootHolde athletes will receive a more intensive training curriculum, meet some of the best players in Minnesota and train with some of the most qualified and influential coaches in the Twin Cities. In addition, FootHolde focuses on quality soccer camps as opposed to quantity. Unlike other Minnesota soccer camps that run 50-100 camps each year, FootHolde focuses on a high-level training environment in a limited amount of camp weeks to reward each player with a positive experience (and feedback) and the tools to increase confidence and bring one's game to the next level.