The program runs 10 weeks in the spring and fall and accepts children from 3 to 13 years of age. Our age matrix is as follows, for Spring soccer your age is considered, as of Jan. 1st, and Fall soccer is, as of June 1st. ACYP is a member of Alamo Area Youth Soccer Assoc. and South Texas Youth Soccer Assoc. Our intramural program practices and plays on Saturdays at the Helton Nature Park Sports Fields on County Road 128 in Wilson County, Texas. The first 4 weeks consist of 1-hour practices and the next 6 weeks are a combination of practice and game. Pre-game practice will run anywhere from 30 minutes to 15 minutes depending on the age group. This program depends on Volunteer Parent Coaches and we do give a $25 refund per family to those coaches. Soccer equipment needed are shin guards, a soccer ball (3-7 yrs old, size 3) (8-10 yrs old, size 4) (11-13 yrs old, size 5), and a pair of black shorts for games. ACYP provides the shirt, socks, and a lot of learning fun. The registration fee is $95 for the first child with discounts for siblings. Limited scholarships are available for children who qualify and you can call us to see if your child is eligible.

(This program will be held in the Winter and Summer see calendar for more info.) I wanted to tell you about our new Hoops Program. It is called Basketball Hoops Skill Development and Team Play, ages are 4-14. We have been doing recreational basketball for 14 years and find that most of our players are new to the game, or need skill building or, a better understanding of the rules, and most importantly need to learn team strategy. With this being said, we found that our basketball program was not allowing the individual development each player might need at their level of play. Because of time restrictions in serving our community through our partnership with the City’s popular event center, we find that 4 weeks of practice and a 30 minute pre-game practice, one day a week, was not preparing our players for a successful future in basketball. We want to do more to meet the needs of these players. We have transformed our Hoops program into a twelve week program that specializes in training basic and advanced skills, knowledge of rules, and strategic team play. Our trainers will be certified referees. The trainers have called many games in their careers and can easily spot what a player needs to help them be successful at basketball.
Every week for six weeks, your child’s hour and a half with us will include:
● Learning the correct way to warm up (10 min.)
● They will learn basic or advance skills (depending on their level – beginner, intermediate, advanced) in defense & offense, basic stance, footwork, dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, fast break, screening, offensive plays, stance and slide, guard the dribbler, help-side defense, team defense, defense rebounding, post defense, defending screen and more. Skills will be broken up per week during the six weeks. (60 mins)
● End of skill development scrimmage to test what skills they are grasping. (20 min.)

The cost of this will be $125.00 with sibling discounts and 10 scholarships available. This price is under the amount that other programs like ours offer. Don’t forget we will still offer a payment plan. Your child will receive a Hoops basketball team shirt. Once your child is placed on a team, that team and coach will attend the training sessions for six weeks. The coaches will be involved helping the Trainers with their players. The teams will be assigned a day and time and might be different to the day their games will be set. But everything will be on a Monday or Wednesday for Freshman, Intermediate and
Youth leagues. Kinder League training and games will be on Friday evenings starting at 6:30 pm.