• OTA Indoor Soccer Teams practice Monday and Wednesday after school. Practice is free for team members. Games are on Saturday at Balboa Park Gymnasium. First practice is Monday, Sept 10 at 3:30 on our campus.
• Already playing Outdoor Soccer on the weekends? OTA students can still join the Monday-Wednesday Soccer Club (3:30-5:00) to improve their soccer skills with professional player-coaches and the “futsal advantage.” Sign-up Links for After-School coming soon.
• We have enough players for the Kinder-2nd Grade and 2nd-5th Grade Teams. Still waiting for players for the 5th-8th Grade team!  Please sign up this weekend if you intend to play.

 PRACTICE STARTS MONDAY.

Click to Print: Registration Form-Fall Youth Futsal

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OTA Students fielded three successful teams in the Soccer Kids America Indoor Soccer League at Balboa Park last year. Indoor soccer (Futsal, in Brazil) is the best place for kids to develop world-class soccer skills (trapping, passing, dribbling, shooting) and we hope even more OTA families will take advantage of this great league this Fall. Why is Futsal so effective? Here’s an except from The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle:

One reason lies in the math. Futsal players touch the ball far more often than [field] soccer players—six times more often per minute, according to a Liverpool University study. The smaller, heavier ball demands and rewards more precise handling—as coaches point out, you can’t get out of a tight spot simply by booting the ball downfield. Full Excerpt

To sign up for Fall OTA Soccer Teams with the great Soccer Kids America Coaches  contact Karleen at 619-977-0474 or email soccerkidsamerica@yahoo.com. Or REGISTER TODAY AT BALBOA PARK. Registration Forms below the break.

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• OTA students can sign up during the first two weeks of school.
• Under “Coach or School Name:”fill in “OTA”

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From The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle

One reason lies in the math. Futebol de Salao players touch the ball far more often than soccer players—six times more often per minute, according to a Liverpool University study. The smaller, heavier ball demands and rewards more precise handling—as coaches point out, you can’t get out of a tight spot simply by booting the ball downfield. Sharp passing is paramount: the game is all about looking for angles and spaces and working quick combinations with other players. Ball control and vision are crucial, so that when Futebol de Salao players play the full-size game, they feel as if they have acres of free space in which to operate. When I watched professional outdoor games in São Paulo sitting with Prof. Miranda, he would point out players who had played Futebol de Salao: he could tell by the way they held the ball.  They didn’t care how close their opponent came. As Prof. Miranda summed up:

“No time plus no space equals better skills. Futebol de Salao is our national laboratory of improvisation.”

Click here to sign up for OTA Fall Indoor Soccer (Futsal) League in the Balboa Park gym.

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