ADVANCED YEAR ROUND PROGRAM

ISC Advanced Year-Round Team Program (Ages 8U-19U)

• Practices for Advanced Year-Round Players begin practice in the beginning of August and complete practices in the middle of June.  We do not hold weekly team practices during Thanksgiving break week, during the 2 week winter break, or during spring break.  Players have options to attend camps for an extra fee during July but no team practices are held during the month of July.
• Training sessions run by highly qualified, expert level, USSF Licensed Coaches.  All coaches are hired by the ISC Director of Coaching who is responsible to make sure all coaches meet the standards expected of ISC Coaches.  
• Required participation in Indoor Competitions (Number of games depends on Age Group).
• Required attendance at League games and Travel Tournaments (Number of league games and tournaments depends on age group.)
• Required minimum training session attendances (requirements depend on age group).
• Required attendance at clinics/tryouts held in June.
• 2023-2024 ISC Club Fees for 8U-12U players= $1,650.00 per year. ($150 per month for 11 months)
• 2023-2024 ISC Club Fees for 13U-14U players= $1,749 per year. ($159 per month for 11 months)
• 2023-2024 ISC Club Fees for 15U-19U players= $1,744 per year. ($218 per month for 8 months)
• All players in the Advanced Year Round Program must also purchase a uniform.
• All players in the Advanced Year-Round Program must play in at least one session of indoor.  The indoor league fee is not inclued in the fees listed above.  The fee ranges from $100-$150.
•  A complete fee document can be found on this page.
• If you agree to join an ISC Year Round team next year, the commitment is an 11 month financial commitment for 9U-14U and a 8 month financial commitment for 15U-19U players.  
• (Please note that players enrolled in the Advanced Year Round Program are not allowed to switch to “POP” or “POPPI” during the seasonal year from August-May.  The formal time to make the switch from the Advanced Year Round Program to the “POP” or “POPPI” program is the clinic/tryout month of June.)
• We hold clinics and tryouts in the month of June.  If you want to join the Advanced Year-Round Program and you were unable to attend clinics and tryouts, there may be openings but we cannot guarantee that all teams have openings as some team rosters are filled during the clincis and tryouts.  

Player Development Oriented Professional Coaching

The goal of the ISC is to foster the growth and development of each player through age-appropriate coaching and expert level coaching and mentoring.

ISC offers advanced year-round programming to boys and girls teams ranging in age from 8U to 19U. ISC teams have been successful in Iowa and across the Midwest. Ten ISC teams have won state championships since the club’s inception in 1997. Our focus on player development has produced many alumni that have played or are currently playing at all college levels and at the professional level.

The ISC Advanced year- round competitive teams train from August through June.  The 9U-12U teams play most of their games in Eastern Iowa with a few games each year in the Des Moines area.  The 13U-19U teams also have many games in Eastern Iowa, but they play more games in the Des Moines area than the 9U-12U teams.  In addition, some of our 13U-19U teams travel out of state for tournaments. Teams practice at three different locations in the Iowa City area.  Those locations are the Iowa City Kicker’s Soccer Complex, the Hawkeye Recreation Fields, and the Coralville Youth Soccer Complex.  Indoor training is conducted at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center (HTRC).

In addition to team training sessions, we also offer a Super Skills program to improve individual technical skill especially as related to dribbling, turning with the ball, and overall confidence with the ball.  The club also offers Incentive Plan practices during the winter months to help players with ball striking skills.  These extra programs are provided at no additional cost to the player.

Commitment Expectations

Our 8U through 19U have programs have stringent practice and game commitment expectations and all Advanced Year-Round players must attend a clinic or tryout before potentially being offered a team placement.

Questions?

• Please contact Diana Arpey at registrar@iowasoccerclub.com