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KSS SOCCER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

High performing youth players in the Upper Island, particularly at the Select, Provincial, and/or National programs face a tremendous time-management challenge in balancing their soccer and academic demands.  These students are generally high achieving students and many experience a high level of stress in accomplishing their various responsibilities.  The Soccer Academy at Kwalikum Secondary will address the academic and athletic needs of students who either play or desire to play soccer at an elite level.

 KSS SOCCER PROGRAM VISION

• Technical and Tactical ability is the main focus throughout the whole program. 
• Individual player development in a team concept is what every coach adapts in the training sessions.
• The individual ability of players is demonstrated in a game and team setting.
• The particular talent and creativity of each player will be encouraged!
• Every age group has a written curriculum that is specific to the development of the player. All teams will be trained by appropriately licensed, professional Club coaches to properly adapt the training program provided to them by the Canadian Soccer Association 
• The coach’s long term goal is to prepare the player to successfully recognize and solve the Challenges of the game on his or her own. The coach will approach soccer with this in mind.  

 

GOALS

• To provide student-athletes with outstanding instruction in an environment that is committed to long-term athlete development as to the ministry’s Goals of Education
• To provide professional technical soccer instruction to student athletes committed to high-level performance under the direction of BC certified teachers.
• To provide an excellent academic environment to achieve academic goals of the athletes and to enhance opportunities to pursue post-secondary athletic and/or academic scholarships. 
• To provide sport science instruction including fitness, nutrition, strength, training, sports physiology, and psychological instruction.
• To provide time management, goal setting and leadership skill development.
• To provide coaching, officiating, first aid, and sports training instruction and certification.
• To enhance the opportunities to play at the highest possible level as well as opportunities in other competitive sport, recreational, and fitness related careers. 
• To provide parents and families with a support network, and educational opportunities using the school and Soccer Development courses as a catalyst.

PROGRAM COST

The fee for the program is $1000.00 for ten months of soccer education in the Kondors Soccer Center for Excellence. All programs will be supervised and handled by trained professionals.Included in this fee will be the following:

• training package for each of the participants
• access to the Ravensong Community Pool 
• special guest coaches
• indoor soccer training during the winter months
• strength and conditioning programs
• learning how to perform video analysis on soccer games 
• first aid training
• community level coaching license 
• referee training 
• web-based scholarship profile
• sports psychology

 

FACILITIES

Through the school year a variety of facilities will be utilized based on the demands of the program and of course taking into consideration the weather.

• KSS School Soccer Field
• Ravensong Aquatic Center
• Qualicum Rec. Fields
• KSS Indoor Gymnasium
• KSS weight room   

SOCCER PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHEL BRODSGAARD

Shel Brodsgaard is the former Canadian National Soccer Association National Teams Goalkeeper Coach (2000-2006) and most recently worked with Toronto FC in the MLS as the Video Analyst (2011 season). He is currently the Director for Coaching and Player Development for the VIPL Riptide Franchise and has been working for the Oceanside Soccer Society as the Technical Director for the past four years. Shel is a recognized NCCP B-License Coach and plans to complete the NCCP A-License course in the next two years. He is also a graduate of the University of Victoria (1998) earning a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Shel comes from a long history of soccer enthused and teaching family, as his father is a former goalkeeper and both parents are retired school teachers. A former professional player with international coaching experience who grew up in Victoria, BC, Shel has made it his passion to provide opportunity and training for the next generation of youth soccer players and community level coaches.