Indy Burn U9 Academy

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The Indy Burn Developmental Academy keeps a collection of players within the U9 age group together as a group as opposed to placing them on individual teams. Indy Burn Academy does NOT "cut" or "tryout" players and all children that want to play can. The Academy is an idea that is being used in many areas of the United States and around the world. There are no "A, B, and C" teams in the Indy Burn Academy as players stay in pools and may be moved back and forth, according to their progress and development throughout the year. Indy Burn Academy emphasis is on developing players and FUN! (Currently most travel clubs in Indiana have young U9 players attend a one or two day "tryout" and players are then placed on teams according to their abilities.)

The Indy Burn Academy approach accommodates and accepts young players still have a lot of learning and growing to do in the game. It recognizes that putting these young players in an environment where they will receive more training than matches is more developmentally appropriate. This approach will allow Indy Burn to keep players in a pool, foster development over winning, and allow these young players to freely play. Several times during each season, Indy Burn Developmental Academy will play non-result oriented competition against other Clubs who also have an U9 "Developmental Academy League."

The four major objectives for the Indy Burn Developmental Academy League are to create a better environment (FUN) for player development, coaching education, parent education, and referee development.

U9 Academy PowerPoint Presentation-a must read for parents

U9 Academy Program Plan

U9 Academy Direction