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Camps & Clinics

There are some great camps already scheduled this year - starting with a Spring Break Camp in April to a Goal Keeper Academy in late July. None of the camps overlap so you can choose any or all that fit the soccer player in your life.


Morehead City Parks and Recreation Soccer Camp - June 11- 14 - Rotary Park - 9:00am - 12noon

Philosophy: The camp will offer an exciting soccer experience with an emphasis on fun, skill development, tactics and competition. Concentration will be placed on establishing basic skills such as shooting, trapping, dribbling and building upon these skills through staff demonstration and instruction. The camp will emphasize technique tactics in an intense training environment. The camp will be divided to age and skill level, so the content of the camp as well as the intensity will be structured to meet the varying needs of the different participants.

  Camp Staff: Jerry Riggs - North Carolina Olympic Development State Coach and former Mount Olive College Men's Soccer Coach and local high school coaches and players and college players.

  Equipment: All participants should wear comfortable clothing for soccer and must wear shin guards and bring a soccer ball and a water bottle.

When: June 11 - June 14 Where: Rotary Park (2200 Mayberry Loop Road) Time: 9:00am - 12noon

  Ages: 4 - 15 Boys & Girls Registration Deadline: Friday, June 8 Cost: $65.00

For more information: Contact Jerry Riggs 726-5083 or jriggs@bizec.rr.com. Registration will be accepted at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Department office located at 1600 Fisher Street.


SEASHORE SOCCER LEAGUE is pleased to announce the details of their 2012 summer soccer camps with Challenger Sports, providers of the USA's most popular soccer camp. The week long British Soccer camps will be held during the week of June 11th - 15th at Western Park, Cape Carteret, NC 28584 and July 23rd - 27th at Rotary Park, Morehead City, NC 28557 .

The camp will run Monday through Friday and each child will be coached by a member of Challenger's British coaching staff flown to the USA exclusively to work on these programs. Challenger will hold over 4,000 British Soccer Camps this summer and will coach over 120,000 players between the ages of 3 and 18, as well as completing FREE coach education clinics for over 30,000 parents and coaches .

Challenger's British Soccer Camp is more than a week of drills and skills. In addition to taking part in a daily regimen of foot skill development (through the 1,000 touches curriculum), technical and tactical practices and daily 'World Cup' tournament style plays, each child will be treated to a rich cultural experience and lessons on respect, responsibility, integrity, leadership and sportsmanship.

Each camper will receive a FREE camp T-shirt, soccer ball, soccer poster, individual skills performance evaluation and free access to an educational soccer website. In addition, any child who signs up online at least 45 days prior to camp will receive a genuine British Soccer replica Jersey valued at $39. For further information please visit
www.challengersports.com .

Any Coaches interested in a specific Team Camp should contact Ben Cook:
bcook@challengersports.com 877-263-7909.

http://registration.challengersports.com/FindACamp/FindACamp.asp?Method=CampSession&Key=0|1|20374 - Rotary Park link

http://registration.challengersports.com/FindACamp/FindACamp.asp?Method=CampSession&Key=0|1|19839 - Western Park link



Goalkeeper Academy / Striker Academy - July 30 - August 1 - Rotary Park - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Camp Director: Sean Brennan, Assistant/ Goalkeeper Coach for University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Former Starting Goalkeeper for Methodist University

Assistant Director: Seth Lowther, Assistant/ Goalkeeper Coach Belmont Abbey College, Former Starting Goalkeeper for Belmont Abbey College

Camp Administrator: Jerry Riggs, Former Head Men's Soccer Coach at Mount Olive College

Other College Goalkeepers will be participating in the training.

Camp Types:

Beginner: The beginner camp is geared more toward our younger keepers who are just learning the game. We will focus on catching and body position as well as other simple techniques that are the first steps in being a keeper.

Developmental: The developmental camp is for players that have a few years of experience and are looking for more repetition and teaching to continue to build and develop there skills.

Elite: The elite camp focuses on goalkeepers looking to refine their technical understanding and skills in preparation for the next level. We will focus on shot-stopping, diving, winning balls in the air and reaction saves all in an intense and demanding environment.

Please direct any questions to Sean Brennan at 804-615-1218 or at sean.brennan@uncp.edu or Jerry Riggs at 252-726-5083 or at jriggs@bizec.rr.com