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Street Soccer & Skill Days

PA West's "Street Soccer & Skill Days" offer any registered U9/U10 PA West player the opportunity to experience "sandlot" soccer. The "Street Soccer & Skill Days" program is offered in three locations around Pittsburgh: North, East and South. On most Saturdays in the spring (April to June) for 2 hours between 4 & 6 pm, players come to learn and play soccer in a "pick-up" gme environment.

Each week at each "Street Soccer & Skill Days" site, the first hour is spent teaching individual soccer techniques to the participating players. Children then participate in match-related or 1v1 activities to help perfect their techniques against opposition in more demanding situations. The second hour is spent playing "street soccer". Children are randomly assigned to teams and then play for 5 to 10 minutes. There is no adult coaching, adult feedback or adult refereeing. Rather, the children play in games supervised by PA West staff where they motivate themselves, figure out how to use the learnt techniques and play in a "fear-free" environment. After playing their first game, the children are randomly made into new teams and play again. The goal is for children to get a feel for "street soccer" where they are in control of the game, they largely supervise themselves and they can play free of the fear of making mistakes in front of adults.


PA West Soccer
111 Whitehead Lane, Suite 200, Monroeville, PA 15146
Tel: 412.856.8011 Fax: 412.856.8012
Email: stateoffice@pawest-soccer.org
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