JFC BOYS YOUTH ACADEMY

2025/2026 Season

Ongoing reminders and updates as we head into the fall season:

1. SafeSport, Team Meetings, and Team Managers: : MANDATORY

If you have not completed your SafeSport, held your team meeting, or finalized your team manager, please make it a priority and get it done as soon as possible.

2. JFC Coaches Symposium: MANDATORY

Dates: Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3
Time: Saturday 9am to 3pm, Sunday 9am to 12pm
Location: Saturday (Lionshare at 13475 Atlantic Blvd), Sunday (Patton Park)

We are working really hard on providing important valuable information and insight that all coaches can benefit from. Please do everything you can to attend both days!!!

3. Preseason Camp

Please keep promoting our JFC Preseason Camp to your teams. https://jfcsoccer.com/2025-preseason-camp.

It is a great way to get players off their screens and back into a training mindset before the season begins. We currently have 81 players registered. Four coaches have already committed to work the camp, which is perfect for now with current numbers. I am anticipating another 20 to 30 players to sign up so please let me know if you are interested in working.

Each session you work pays $50. There are 8 total sessions. Coaches will receive a $100 bonus for working 4 sessions and another $100 bonus for working all 8 sessions. $600 available if you work all 8 sessions.

4. Practice Start Dates

If your first event is FESA, OC Lake Nona, or Charlotte tournament you will start Monday, August 11
If your first event is LDSO you will start Monday, August 18

5. TeamSnap

Please load all of your practice times and FALL events in your team schedule. If you are using TeamSnap for the first time and have some questions, please let me know.

For all 3 timeslots you should list your practice times on TeamSnap in the following ways. We still want every team to get 15 minutes of work off the field before or after your sessions.

We have to move to a 3 timeslot 75 minute session setup but we can still get the full 90 minutes if we are organized and work together.

5pm = 5 to 630
615pm = 6 to 730
730pm = 715 to 845

6. League Schedules

Divisions have been formed and approved. We are waiting on game schedules to be created now.

7. Patton Park Clean Up

Pre MLS Academy and Elite Boys Youth Academy Coaches are responsible for cleaning up and preparing Fields 6, 7, and 4C. I will send out a couple of dates and options for when to get that done. It needs to be done by August 1. This includes picking up trash, organizing small and big goals, fixing nets, and moving benches. Each program is handling its own areas of the park this year instead of doing one big Patton Park Field Day.

8. Coach Headshots: MANDATORY

Coach headshots will be mandatory this season. We will have a professional photographer at Patton Park from Monday, August 4 to Thursday, August 7 from 430 to 730pm. Every coach needs to stop by during that time to have their headshot taken. Attire TBD.