SCAA Challenge  and Classic Soccer are the BEST value for Select Soccer in the area-Charlotte, Steele Creek, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Lake Wylie, Clover!  The emphasis of our programs are the training and development of each player to reach their maximum potential as soccer players and to increase their love of the beautiful game.  The SCAA soccer programs includes the following:

     7 months of Creative Player training (program outlined below) by Coach Ralph Wager and staff- Coach Wager works with most teams/players - USSF A Licensce NSCAA Advanced National

     Local practices at Steele Creek and Winget Park. Home games at SCAA or Winget

     Full Top level uniform-home/away jersey, shorts, socks, soccer bag- $ 135.00 value!

      4 day team camp at the start of the Fall season included

     Velocity Performance Speed and Agility training subsidized

     USSF Licensced and/or NSCAA Advanced Regional\Regional Diploma or above game coaches

     One tournaments included-Charlotte City Cup ( Challenge) - Classic (tounament allotment)

     Challenge teams -Play in Charlotte Challenge league- CAYSL- no distant travel to play inferior competition. Play locally and play the best in Charlotte and surrounding areas! Classic teams- some travel

     League fees, referee fees, NCYSA included

     SCAA owned Lighted Bermuda practice and playing fields

***Note- most clubs charge extra team fees to cover referee fees, all tournaments, team camps etc.  These fees can add hundreds of dollars to the cost of Challenge and Classic soccer.  SCAA is one of the only clubs in the Charlotte area to own their own fields.

Ralph Wager

Title: Creative Player Technical Director-SCAA

Phone: (704) 531-1994

Email:

RALPH WAGER is a highly respected Creative Player technical trainer and facilitator of youth soccer programs in the Charlotte, NC area. Previously, he served as head coach of Catawba College in Salisbury, NC for seven years after serving as a high school coach for 16 years in Webster, NY. In New York, Wager served as State ODP Head Coach. Wager’s Catawba teams won nine conference or district championships. Over twenty of Ralph’s former high school or college players earned All-American honors. Fourteen players went on to play professionally. Coach Wager holds both USSF “A” and NSCAA Advanced National Coaching Certificates.

 The Creative Player Coaching Vision is based on the philosophy that soccer is more than a game it is an "ART!". Soccer, unlike many sports, allows for a high degree of spontaneous movement and technical creativity. Therefore, the goal of the Creative Player Coaching Vision is to teach young aspiring players the technical skills and insight needed to play the world's most popular sport in exciting attractive fashion. To do so is to ensure each player's future enjoyment and success in making their own creative contribution to the sport which is commonly called the "beautiful game!"

The goal of the Creative Player Coaching Vision is to teach young aspiring soccer players the technical skills and insight needed to play the world’s most popular sport in an exciting attractive fashion.

The Creative Player SKILLS curriculum accelerates each players development within the game.
 

SKILLS Curriculum

The Creative Player “SKILLS” curriculum contains six essentials areas for the development of young players.

SKILLFUL FOOTWORK: Exercises that create a feel for the ball using every part of the foot in all directions. These exercises are foundational to ball control and must be mastered in order to gain the right mechanical advantage.

KILLER MOVES: Exercises that instill creative dribbling technique over a distance and the development of 1 v 1 moves. These foundational moves provide the basis for beating opponents and creating scoring chances.

INSTINCTIVE PASSING & RECEIVING: Exercises that foster passing and receiving instincts through mastering basic and complex combinations. These exercises are trained in small groups and motivate players to move off the ball.

LETHAL SHOOTING: Exercises that create the thrill of scoring goals with speed and deadly accuracy from different angles and directions. Players are challenged to develop the instep drive with both the right and left foot.

LIGHTNING SPEED: Exercises that foster an explosive first step, soccer speed, and acceleration.  Emphasis is placed on developing sound running mechanics in relationship to arm action, leg action, and body posture.

STRATEGIC GAMES: Exercises that introduce players to the basic forms of the game, moving from the simple to more complex. Emphasis is placed on applying technical skills to game situations and acquiring tactical insight.