HYR Parent Player Academy for 4 year-old players
Updated 9/3/2024
HYR’s program for 4 year-old players is called the Parent Player Academy. In this program, a 4 year-old player is given exposure to soccer in an age-appropriate manner through the use of exercises, drill, and game simulation led by instructors who have experience working with young children. The parents participate in the exercises and drills with the players allowing the players to experience sports and physical activity in a safe and family friendly atmosphere. The first half of each hour is dedicated to the parent and child working on drills together on the field, and the second half of the hour is dedicated to a scrimmage where the kids play and the parents cheer from the sidelines.
If you have read the email, you are aware that we have a form where you can select the 10 AM or the 11 AM session this fall. That form is directly below:
Parent Player Academy Session Selection Form
The season runs from September 14th through October 26th, 2024, AND we will also have an optional orientation this Saturday, September 7th at 11 AM if any of the kiddos want to join in. (It helps some children with the adjustment of a new activity.) The Location for the PPA Orientation on September 7th is at Highlands Community Ministries at 1228 East Breckinridge Street. See map below:
All regular Meetings will be at Atherton High School.
Please see the linked map below for where to park.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
If you would like to see what it looks like, watch a 90 second video if the Parent Player Academy below:
HYR Parent Player Academy Video
Children participating in the Parent Player Academy do NOT have a weeknight practice. (Bedtimes and overscheduling, etc.) Instead, they have a weekly practice/game on Saturday mornings during the soccer season at either the 10 AM or 11 AM session. There are approximately 30 players per session with adult instructors and high school referees leading each session. Our adult instructors for the fall of 2024 are PPA Leader Jess Prestigiacomo and assistants Sara Montoya Obando and Laura Obando-Alzate.
Since this season's team theme is monsters, the shirts all contain monsters drawn by HYR players. The 10 AM session is named "Creatures" and the 11 AM session is named "Critters". The Adults who participate have shirts names "Colossus". All the kids and adult shirts are a tie dye shirt with the logos on the front.
Below is a link to HYR's Equipment List (What WE provide and what YOU provide)
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
Below is a link to a set of drills done at the Parent Player Academy
hyr parent player drills 2021.pdf
Below this line is from previous seasons
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If you would like to select your session (10 AM or 11 AM), click the form below. Anyone who does not select a session will be assigned to a session so that the numbers come out approximately even for each session. If you ever want to attend a different session on a particular day, you do not need to make any advance notice. Just show up to the different session.
Spring 2024 HYR Parent Player Academy Session Selection
Also, this Sunday, March 10th, there will be an optional orientation for the Parent Player Academy at 4:00PM at Highlands Community Ministeries. (See map link below). While the meeting is not mandatory, many kids find it helpful to have a sneak preview of WHAT they will be doing the week before they actually start doing it. At the orientation, the kids can meet the instructors, get introduced to the whistle, run a few drills, and we will hand out shirts for the players and the parents. We also will have a few sets of gently used cleats available that were donated by families that have outgrown theirs. (There will not be any other HYR teams there that day, so it may be less overwhelming for a first-timer).
If you would like to select your session (10 AM or 11 AM), click the form below. Anyone who does not select a session will be assigned to a session so that the numbers come out approximately even for each session. If you ever want to attend a different session on a particular day, you do not need to make any advance notice. Just show up to the different session.
HYR Parent Player Academy Session SelectionAlso, this Saturday, September 9th, 2023 there will be an orientation for the Parent Player Academy at 11:30 AM at Atherton High School. (See map link below). While the meeting is not mandatory, many kids find it helpful to have a sneak preview of WHAT they will be doing the week before they actually start doing it. At the orientation, the kids can meet the instructors, introduce the whistle, run a few drills, and we will hand out shirts for the players and the parents. We also will have a few sets of gently used cleats available that were donated by families that have outgrown theirs. (There will not be any other HYR teams there that day, so it may be less overwhelming for a first-timer).