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Why is soccer the best enrichment program option?
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Soccer has become a sport played by much of suburban America. A good majority of the kids at your school will play recreational soccer at some point in their youth. With soccer becoming a staple of the suburban family’s diet, why not add it to your schools list of program options for parents? Parents will appreciate the specialty soccer class that encourages kids to enjoy the sport in a friendly atmosphere!
Participants ages 6-11
Basketball 11,014
Soccer 8,646
Baseball 4,400
Softball 4,243
Volleyball 3,767
Football (Tackle) 2,740
Ice Hockey 508
(Soccer Industry of America)
Youth Soccer Keeps On Growing and Growing...
According to soccernova.com:
At the non-professional level, soccer is doing as well as ever, with fields flooded on Saturday mornings with minivans, orange slices and 5-year-olds chasing balls like swarms of honey-hungry bees. The US is already a significant soccer country. According to the Soccer Industry Council of America, more than 17 million Americans play soccer and the number is growing strongly (compared to over 2.9 million active players in England). Soccer is the # 1 youth participation sport in the US with over 3.6 million under 19s registered to play, a number which has been expanding at over 8% per annum since 1990. According to the Soccer Industry Council of America, 18.2 million Americans played organized soccer in 1999, with 13.8 million under 18. Among children aged 12-17, soccer participation rose 20% to 6 million (from 5 million). While other team sports like softball (-12%); baseball (-7%); volleyball (-3%) and basketball (-2%) experienced losses.
www.soccernova.com
Balance, control, and coordination are the three key elements for physcial development. Soccer is the best vehicle for achieving significant improvement in all these three areas. Soccer demands that kids develop the ability to move both their body and a ball with their feet, which requires a supreme amount of eye-foot coordination.
Eye-foot coordination, as a skill, also increases peripheral vision. Peripheral vision is necessary in all sports, thus working to develop this essential ability is beneficial for all potential athletes. These well known 'non-soccer' athletes spent portions of their youth playing the sport: Steve Nash NBA, Tim Duncan NBA, Patrick Ewing NBA, Christian Okoye NFL, Morten Anderson NFL, and Bjorn Borg Tennis star.
Soccer also has a unique ability to improve foot dexterity, as most traditional sports do not. The increase in foot dexterity will help children move along in time to their preferred sport. Additionally, all kids as young as two have the ability to kick and ball and find it particularly enjoyable. As you look at options for enrichment programs to be offered to kids, a soccer based program undoubtedly is one that should be offered alongside the other enrichment programs.
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