Students at Anderdon Child Care got a chance to improve their soccer skills last week.
The Amherstburg Soccer Club (ASC) teamed with the child care facility to present the camp last Wednesday in the gymnasium at Anderdon Public School. Josh Leeman, the technical director with the ASC, led young players through drills and game-like environments as part of the sessions.
“We’re doing soccer training and skill development with three different age groups,” explained Leeman.
The groups included kindergarten aged players as well as junior and senior level players.
“It’s an annual event. We’ve done it for the last several years,” said Leeman. “We’re excited to come back.”
The camps are growing, he added, noting there were 12-14 players per group in the past with last Wednesday’s having 16-20 players in each age group.
Leeman added the Amherstburg Soccer Club sees many of the players later in the spring as they join the house league program, and he added they expect the same thing in 2025.
“The numbers have been growing each year since COVID,” said Leeman.
The ASC is holding another registration March 23 at the Libro Centre.
Skills being taught to the young players included dribbling, passing and game skills. Leeman said he “absolutely” sees improvement in the players as they work through the drills.
Leeman gave credit to Kevin Francis for getting the partnership with Anderdon Child Care off the ground. He said Francis was an ASC board member who had a child at the day care and it developed into a partnership the ASC looks forward to.
The partnership is a great opportunity to work with the children and let them develop their soccer skills, he added.
By Ron Giofu
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