LSTS FC Development and Training Methods:

The program applies a combination of the methodologies created by the USSF, NSCAA, leading youth soccer programs around the world as Ajax Amsterdam in Holland and AC Vittoria in Brazil, and the experiences collected by a board of advisers that includes some of the leading educators and soccer instructors in the United States of America.

The emphasis of "Life Skills Through Soccer" learning process is directed to the quality and speed of play, style of play, technical execution, tactical awareness and decision-making (brain of the game), creativity, improvisation, appropriate-competitive-mentality, mental toughness and enjoyment (defined as the kind of fun derived from the satisfaction of accomplishing a job with quality and responsibility, not the "goof around" kind of fun).

The standard methodology of soccer training is somewhat revised in the "Life Skills Through Soccer" approach. The training concepts transform the training session into a more mobile, participative and developmental experience for the players.

-The training program applies a methodology that uses a variety of small-sided games, where the players' interaction with the ball is maximized, and where each player is given the opportunity to participate in all areas of the field. Also, special variations are used to make the exercises more realistic such as: different dimensions and shapes of playing areas, number of players in the exercise, number of soccer balls in the game, number of times each player can touch the ball before passing it, and the number of goals utilized at the same time, etc.

-At Life Skills Through Soccer, every player should look forward to become part of a team in a program that aspires to play at the highest competitive level offered to us by local leagues, state and out-of-state tournaments and competitions, and in the future, to the international soccer standards.

-LSTS provides its participants with opportunities to improve other areas of their physical abilities, such as: speed, coordination, agility, balance, strength, time-space relations, flexibility, etc, through our new and innovative "motor basic skills" extra curricular program, designed specifically to help develop those areas of the athletes' individual performance.

-During the winter season, Life Skills Through Soccer provides its participants with training and playing opportunities based on the FIFA Official Indoor Game: FUTSAL.

Training takes place at a local Private School Gyms that provides plenty of playing areas where the players are challenged through this highly skill-developmental 5 a side game.

-Spring mini-camps are offered during spring break week for players to enhance their skill and keep busy.

-During the summer LSTS FC members are provided with the LSTS Academy Summer Camp Program, a weekly program offered from the end of June to mid-July.

-A Beach Soccer Training Program on Saturdays is offered during select weekend dates in August and is intended for players and their families to receive extra conditioning in the most enjoyable way, by playing in the sand and sun.

Through the LSTS Academy, summer "just for fun" pick-up games are offered on select evenings during the summer. This program represents the LSTS FC effort to integrate the whole community into a soccer affair that is free of coaching and instruction. Players of different ages and skill levels participate in the games, as watchful adults provide supervision and allow the creativity of the children to flow.

-All year around, LSTS FC provides a Goalkeeper training program designed and directed by one of the leading and most successful goalkeeper trainers in the State of New Jersey, and specifically created to improve the skill and understanding of the game of youth goalkeepers. The training sessions for goalkeepers runs independently from team practices but intrinsically related to the LSTS FC team style of play.

-Finally, understanding, honoring, and living a life based on moral and ethical values and principles is one of the cornerstones on which "Life Skills Through Soccer" bases the process of learning the game of soccer, and teaching broader lessons about life.

The core difference and what makes the Life Skills Through Soccer Program special is the philosophy of teaching and coaching applied by the trainers. It is the desire of the teacher to teach not just the skill, but also the life lesson.