Summer 2018 Blackbird Soccer Camp M. Randazzo – 917-605-5625 / [email protected] This summer Blackbirds Sports Camps begin a fifth season at Long Island University’s downtown Brooklyn campus. Boasting our borough’s best NCAA Division I athletics program and staffed by LIU coaches and NCAA DI athletes, Blackbird Sports Camps include one-weeK camps in baseball, basKetball, soccer, strength + conditioning and swimming that offer young athletes aged 7 to 14 the opportunity to excel in specific athletic pursuits. With drop-offs as early as 8:30am and picK up as late as 3:30pm—as well as an option for extended hours— Blackbird Sports Camps taKe place entirely on LIU’s DI athletic facilities. http://liu.edu/childrensacademy/sports Blackbirds Soccer Camp: (five days; July 16-20) $350 With multiple NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer tournament berths, and alumni including current Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese, LIU BrooKlyn’s soccer program is one of the country’s most illustrious. Run by Elmer Campos, LIU ’04 — who for the past decade has run Soccer Fun for Kids, a youth soccer program in Prospect ParK — our camp program gives your child the skills, fitness and confidence to succeed on any pitch. All drills and scrimmages held on LIU Field, the BlacKbirds home turf. Camp Program: • 8:45AM ChecK in • 9:00 - 9:30AM Warm up with the ball. • Water breaK • 9:30-10:30AM 1st Main Activity worKing with theme of the day. • 10:30 -11:00AM SnacK breaK • 11:00AM -12:00PM 2nd Main activity worKing with the theme of the day. • 12:00 - 1:00PM LUNCH • 1:00 - 2:00PM Penalty shootout • 2:00 - 2:45PM Copa Mundial Championship! o The best teacher is the game itself. Small sided games 3V3 / 4V4 / 5V5 • 3:00 – 3:30PM Open play / PicK up / Slip ‘n Slid Themes: Monday (Dribbling under control) Tuesday (Dribbling and turning) Wednesday (Passing and Moving) Thursday (Shooting and finishing) Friday (1V1 Moves) .