About SoccerGemz
A Lifetime of Confidence from Soccer
SoccerGemz curriculum is perfect for both new and experienced children. Our coaches will introduce your lil GEM to soccer by using a variety of props. We incorporate brightly colored cones and games include to help them identify color recognition. In addition, counting and numbers are also an important part of lessons in our weekly sessions. Our coaches understand that having your child learn through play helps their development and improves the overall experience. Imagination and creativity are also an important aspect of how our coaches actively engage your child in class. For example, in a lot of our games, we have fun and silly terminology such as running fast like a cheetah or slow like a turtle to help them relate to concepts better.
History
SoccerGemz started in offering soccer programs in the Tampa Bay area in 2012 to offer a different and outrageously fun way to introduce your young athlete to the exciting game of soccer. Our classes use age-appropriate and tested games and drills to build their passion and love for soccer at an early age. Each coach brings passion, personality, and a unique approach to coaching that will help to develop your child and help them enjoy their experience. Just drop in any SoccerGemz class. As a result, you will see why the success of our program relies on the energy and passion of our dedicated coaches which makes it easy for players to have fun during each class.
You won’t see players standing around or doing boring drills. However, you will see coaches running around acting silly, like big kids themselves, positive encouragement from parent's, and players laughing, learning, and having fun.
Our class times and locations provide families options to accommodate multiple children and busy schedules. That means only one class a week. Class sizes are kept small, limited to 15 players. Therefore, each player receives more individual attention to help them develop their skills while also allowing for more social interaction opportunities to build friendships.
Soccer Programs
Rubyz
Our Rubyz group is help for players starting at 18 months and is a great place for parent-child bonding to begin. We require parents to get involved and participate in fun and creative games. Our lessons allow fundamental listening and movement skills. Our coaches use a variety of learning techniques to teach shapes, colors, numbers, and body parts to your GEM. SoccerGemz gives you the perfect weekend activity for families to get more involved in a fun and safe environment. As a result, parents began to recognize through patience and repetition of our classes, their GEM is steadily improving weekly. Moreover, there is also nothing that encourages children more than seeing their parents getting involved with the fun!
Pearlz
As your GEM progresses and gets older, they move into our Pearlz group. In this group, they will be independently participating on the field in our exciting games. Don't worry there are plenty of opportunities for parents to participate in games at our coaches request. Our curriculum helps players improve their development further. We start focusing on their development of agility and social development too. Above all, our main focus is for them to continue having fun with our curriculum creating a desire and crave to come back the following week.
Diamondz
Diamondz will continue to build and develop their previous skills or move of the days through fun and creative drills. They will also be introduced to more advanced skills and variations of games while continuing to encourage sportsmanship and friendly competition during scrimmages. As they continue to participate in this level, our coaches will reinforce the concept of competition in a friendly way. Most importantly, we focus on helping prepare them to become leaders and continuing to love the game once they age out of the program.
