Nike Vogelsinger Soccer Academy at Patchogue Medford Soccer Complex Medford, New York

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The Vogelsinger Soccer Academy returns to Long Island for one week of soccer education at its finest!

A camp designed for players all ages and abilities, those with a strong motivation to be their best! Our objective is to help you reach your highest potential. We start you on the right path, set your dream in motion, fire up your imagination, and leave you empowered to reach those goals.

Our professional staff consists of master teachers whose demonstrations include demanding instruction, step-by-step clarification, and playful joking to bring out the most sensitive technical points for you to grasp and imitate.

Highlights Include

• Our international, professional coaching staff is selected for their passion for the game and their ability to teach. The ratio of coaches to players is 1:10.
• All players receive a NIKE soccer ball and Vogelsinger Soccer Academy T-shirt.
• We have what we consider an important part of the learning experience: self-evaluation at the beginning of the program and oral and written evaluations at the conclusion.
• Special goalkeeping training is offered. The Vogelsinger Goalkeeper Academy provides specific and detailed instruction for the new generation of goalkeepers.

Located in Suffolk County, Long Island NY. This park has multiple natural grass soccer and athletic fields with surrounding trees and plant life hosting a variety of Long Island birds and mammals. The facility also includes a picnic area, rest room facilities, and vending machines. The complex provides a friendly, safe environment, totally fenced, with ample parking. Spend the week with our Vogelsinger coaching staff, learn from the best! Daily lunch is included in tuition.

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Learn more about Nike Vogelsinger Soccer Academy at Patchogue Medford Soccer Complex

THE VOGELSINGER METHOD

Our goal is to create an environment—a GAME-LIKE ATMOSPHERE—through dynamic teaching and coaching by explanation, demonstration and participation to assist each player in creating a METHOD TO SELF-TEACH.

It is a painstaking STEP-BY-STEP method. We must create for you a crystal-clear picture of what we are trying to teach through demonstration and explanation. You must understand clearly and be able to picture every little detail in your MIND’S EYE. Moreover, you then have to see yourself performing it successfully, and physically feel it and emotionally experience it.

The ultimate goal of self-teaching is INTERNALIZING MOTIVATION and knowing where you are, where you want to be, and how to get there step-by-step. We say you “FAIL YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS” because with this method, mistakes become your guidelines.

You will become a BETTER PLAYER. You will become a BETTER PERSON, as you will learn how to work toward the goals that you set for yourself.

How is the Vogelsinger Soccer program different?

It’s not a training camp, it’s a technical teaching camp
Students change bad habits and create new habits
Coaches give a step-by-step dissection of the mechanics of soccer – students are taught to have a full body experience - to feel, see, and do things the correct way so that they can continue to self-teach when camp is over
Students are pushed out of their comfort zone to try/experience techniques/skills they never have before
Practice in game like atmosphere to experience that same passion, pressure, and desire that is needed to improve and compete with the best
Unique and unmatched coaching method leaves students with a renewed motivation and passion for the game
Program has been compared to outward bound for soccer – students really need to want to improve to benefit

UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAMS

INDIVIDUAL SKILLS, TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS

This is a program you cannot afford to miss. Coach Vogelsinger has distinguished himself as THE soccer educator. His passionate unwavering philosophy over the years is that a good technical foundation is the best tactical preparation. We offer a modern teaching method, uniquely innovative and highly motivational. It is the main reason for the program’s incomparable success.

—SOCCER PHYSIQUE: We address your soccer physique through Soccerobics and our inventive warm-up sessions. Coach Vogelsinger’s unique method does not just focus on teaching individual skills but on your whole body as it relates to the ball—your “body language.” Such a comprehensive approach assures you a solid technical foundation and understanding, and it leads naturally into the advanced skills, techniques, and tactics.

—TECHNICAL SKILLS: The sessions are dynamic, taught in realistic technical skill sequences in ball control, passing, dribbling and striking with their correct tactical applications. Young professionals provide realistic game-like demonstrations. With uncanny perception and ability, Coach Vogelsinger has broken down the most sophisticated technical skills with clear step-by-step explanations. With on-going dialogue, the staff keeps you focused with reminders such as “happy feet,” “magic hop,” and “get out of your comfort zone.”

Beginners to Advanced. Coed.

Ages 9 and up. Players are grouped first by age and then by ability.

FIELD PLAYERS AND GOALKEEPERS- Day Only Program:

FIELD PLAYERS

All Star School  (July 18-22): Individual Skills, Techniques & Tactics

GOALKEEPERS

We offer more focused training so that individuals of the same skill level can learn and grow together. There are programs for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill level players.

Sample Daily Schedule

• 8:30am Arrival and sign in
• 8:45-11:00am On-field for instructional training (Goalkeepers separate)
• 11:00-11:30am Small-sided instructional games
• 12:00-12:45pm Lunch
• 1:00pm On-field for stretching and warm-up
• 1:30-3:00pm Instructional training (Goalkeepers separate)
• 3:00-4:00pm Games and cool down

Celebrating our 47th year of soccer education.

Daily Check in:  8:30am

Daily Check out: 4pm

Program ends on Friday at noon.

Lunch is provided each day.  Bring a large, insulated jug, filled with water each day.

Group Discounts: If 5 OR MORE players register together each player will receive $25 off each week's tuition. All applications MUST be mailed in together to qualify for the discount.

Players should bring their own soccer ball and snack each day. 

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