FLX SC Union · Ages 5 & 6
CLASS OF 2029
Start together. Grow together. Play for FLX SC Union at U9. Saturday training at FLX Turf for 5- and 6-year-olds, November through March, in separate boys and girls groups that stay together all the way to travel soccer. Every session is fun, and every session is built to develop real players.
FLX Futures keeps the same kids training together every winter until they're old enough for travel. By U9 they already know each other, know the coach's language, and know how to play together.
Players born Aug 1, 2019 – Jul 31, 2020 reach U9 in 2029. Players born Aug 1, 2020 – Jul 31, 2021 join the same U9 team by playing up a year.
Five- and six-year-olds learn best when they're having fun, so sessions mix ball skills with small games. But this isn't just running around. Every activity teaches the habits we want our players to carry all the way to U9 and beyond.
Skill work and small-sided games keep every player on the ball as much as possible, with no long lines waiting for a turn.
Players trap with the foot the ball comes to and shoot with the foot the chance is on, instead of switching back to their favorite foot.
We teach passing to a teammate's feet and keeping it on the pitch, not the big kick. It's how good teams play, and it starts now.
Boys and girls train in separate groups limited to 20, so every player gets plenty of touches on the ball.
Same dates for the boys and girls groups. No sessions Thanksgiving weekend (Nov 28) or Dec 26.
No. Winter Rec runs session by session. FLX Futures keeps one group together from age 5 until they start U9 travel.
Yes. Most players this age are brand new. Sessions mix ball skills and small games, with lots of touches on the ball.
You can wait. Not every player stays all the way to U9, so spots open up, and new players can join in a later winter if there's room in their group.
No. Travel at U9 is where the program is headed, but you decide each year.
Yes, families register each winter.
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