Thursday, June 26, 2008

Soccer in the Streets Success




JTAA Soccer
The coaches and trainers of the JTAA Jupiter Sting Soccer program have been spending some time in the streets. Not literally but they have been dedicating a few hours on Tuesday and Friday nights to giving the soccer kids in Jupiter a place to play over the summer that folks in the soccer community call a pick up game.

Various forms of soccer-style games have been around since the Romans. Colonists of Great Britain brought the game to North America. Banned for two centuries, the sport existed only in rural colonial America and wasn’t officially recorded event until the 1800’s. Ivy League games were popular until a rugby style ruling was adopted and the sport once again became popular only among the working class. During the immigration era the traditions of soccer came with this influx of people who quickly populated the Northeastern cities of the United States. Pick up games were a regular occurrence and they usually happened in the streets primarily due to a lack of facilities.

Soccer in the Streets takes in name from bygone days were friendly competition was just a few men and a street away. The Jupiter Sting Soccer Club believes that soccer is one of man’s best creations and should be shared with all. Supporting soccer in Jupiter and the surrounding areas has been a decades long adventure and happens through the hours of volunteering that’s done by our coaches, managers, committee members and families. You can’t help but get involved when you see what a tremendously positive impact youth sports generates in a community.

Good soccer has become a quest for the team at Jupiter Sting and their commitment to bringing an excellent program to the community starts with a strong partnership with the Recreational program, also a JTAA league. This alliance helps the kids in multiple ways but mostly we want to focus on the game being fun. Helping coaches understand this principle is part of the ongoing training and development planned for the next season.
Recreational soccer registration ends soon and the first practice is expected to commence in September. Academy soccer starts in August and runs concurrently with Recreational soccer, offering all soccer players a place to develop and train with professional trainers.
Travel Soccer regular season league games start in November and teams competing in Florida leagues will begin practicing next month. With nearly 1000 recreational players and 10 travel teams ranging in age from U9-U18, the soccer programs in Jupiter are gearing up for another successful year.

Join the soccer community of Jupiter on Tuesday and Friday nights for a look at the first American sport. Jupiter Community Park on Island Way on the north end of town near I-95. Weather permitting from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A dark and a light shirt plus shin guards to participate in the games. Ages of children range from U6-U17. Volunteer coaches interested in working with the soccer programs in Jupiter should contact either Roy Frankhauser with Recreational soccer at http://www.jtaa.org/soccer/index.shtml
or Stephen Schultz with the Jupiter Sting Soccer Club at http://www.jtaa.org/travelsoccer/index.htm


JTAAA : Jupiter Tequesta Athletic Association Accountability

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