Herndon Clinics


Herndon holds several clinics over the seasonal year, serving both travel players seeking additional skill specific training throughout the year and recreational players seeking development over the winter with Herndon professional technical staff.

For travel players, the club offers the following:

  • Striker Clinics: Builds the self confidence, technical skills and decision making needed to be a great goal scorer. Players in this program will be given opportunities to improve their composure in front of the goal as well as increase the speed and accuracy of their shot while being challenged in an intense environment. Players will be taught a variety of shooting and finishing techniques and how to think with an attacking mindset across the field.
     
  • Speed, Agility and Quickness Training: Stimulates and: builds progressively the player's physical capacities with methodology according to their age and physical development. Sessions involve the development of balance, strength, coordination, quickness, speed, agility, cardiorespiratory endurance and flexibility and include ball work. The training environment allows players to further their athletic potential and help improve their confidence and performance on the soccer field

For recreational players, the club offers:

  • Rec Goalkeeper ClinicDesigned to focus on improving each goalkeeper's technical and tactical skills while also building self confidence in the goal. These sessions are free for recreational players enrolled in the current rec league season.
     
  • Rec Clinics: Rec Clinics are offered on Friday evenings during the fall and spring recreational league season as a way to supplement player development with professional HYS staff coaches. They are also offered in the winter to allow recreational players touches on the ball when there is no league play. Players develop technical skills and tactical knowledge in a nurturing environment that is fun, yet challenging. Sessions are designed to give players hundreds of individual touches on the ball to gain greater confidence and proficiency, and the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of when/how to apply the skills in small-sided games. Clinics are led by HYS professional staff and offered according to age group. These sessions are offered at an additional cost to supplement player development.