Little Lions - Soccer Program for 3 year old children
**Children must be 3 years old to be eligible**
The EADL Little Lions 1 program is a fun introductory program into the world of soccer specifically designed for younger children. Little Lions 1 is centered around introducing the child to the soccer ball as a toy, and allowing them to learn what they can and can not do with it. Children will have a positive environment where they can learn about soccer and their soccer ball through fun activities and basic training techniques.
The EADL Little Lions 2 program is a bridge between Little Lions 1 and our U6 soccer program. This program continues to show children what they can and can not do with their soccer ball. In this program, we also introduce children to the 1v1, creating a little competition through the soccer elements of dribbling, passing, shooting, defending, and tackling. With these activities, children start to see and understand group activities as they learn to play with others.
The Little Lions program does not have teams or games. The sessions are training session used to teach the basic fundamentals of soccer. We have found that trying to play actual soccer games at this age just does not work. The Little Lions program is the stepping stone towards the U6 soccer program where the teams practice once a week and actually play soccer games on the weekends. Assistance is needed from the parents. Parent participation is strongly encouraged in the Little Lions program in order to give our younger players a sense of comfort. There are no set teams in the Little Lions program, all of the players are a EADL team in the Little Lions program.
The cost per season is $100 which includes 8 training sessions, a EADL Little Lions t-shirt, and a participation award at the end of the season.
The following items will be needed for the Little Lions Program:
- Players will need to wear tennis shoes or turf shoes. We suggest to first time players to wear tennis shoes to make sure that your child enjoys soccer before making the investment in turf shoes or cleats.
- Every player will need to bring a size 3 soccer ball to every session. EADL does not provide soccer balls and each week players will need their soccer ball so please don’t forget this.
- Players must wear soccer shin guards. These are to be worn inside of the socks.
- Players will need soccer socks, these are not provided by EADL.
- Every player will receive a shirt by the 3rd session.
- Please make sure that your player wears comfortable sports shorts, no jeans, khaki shorts or skirts.
You can buy all of the items listed above at Academy Sports, Target, or Walmart.
