Diversify and Maximize Program Offerings

With school restrictions lifting, the FST has prioritized helping franchises get back into as many schools as possible. This includes targeting schools on sales days with new owners, as well as supporting the system with actionable initiatives among Soccer Shots' strategic accounts. Additionally, the FST is committed to ongoing development of Mini, Classic and Premier curricula, as well as enhancing marketing assets and providing operational training and support for the fast-growing public programs.

School and
Strategic Accounts 

March 14, 2022

One component of our Strategic Priority to “Diversify and Maximize Program Offerings” is to help Soccer Shots Franchise Partners get into as many previous and new school accounts as possible. There are some active things we’re doing to support this initiative, and we’re aware of the challenges as well. 

Watch Justin’s video explaining FST’s initiatives for this priority.

Justin's Video: Episode 2

Curriculum Update

FST & the curriculum committee have spent 2022 reviewing feedback collected from the community as well as continuing to make changes that enhance and move our curriculum forward. The following outlines our current prioritized initiatives and our projected timeline: 

  • Please note that these changes should in no way delay you starting to use Summer 2022 curriculum that has already been released) 

    IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES: 

    Summer Curriculum Re-Review 

    • We have hired a professional proofreader who has completed a review of all Summer Mini, Summer Classic, and Summer Premier curriculum 

    • The curriculum committee has also completed a re-review of our Summer Mini curriculum and implemented the following changes/updates: 

    Weekly One-Page Curriculum Summaries: This asset will help coaches quickly learn how to summarize the main segments of our curriculum 

    Skill Repetition: We are making a slight adjustment to the way we show progression with the changing speeds skill 

    New Curriculum Feedback Portal: We are working on releasing a new curriculum feedback portal that will be made available to all members of our community by Friday, June 3rd. 

    Our curriculum committee will continue to meet weekly to discuss how best to enhance our curriculum. We will spend the next two weeks continuing to review Summer Classic and Summer Premier curriculum. We will re-release Summer curriculum as we complete the review. Our current goal for re-release is as follows: 

    Mini curriculum re-released by June 1st 

    Classic curriculum re-release by June 8th 

    Premier curriculum re-released by June 15th 

    Once we complete the summer curriculum rereview, we have prioritized some of our other initiatives below. 

    FUTURE PRIORITIES: 

    Curriculum Philosophy (Q3/2022) 

    • Evaluate focus on character development 

    • Evaluate soccer skill development 

    • Ensure balanced approach 

    Premier Programming (Q3/2022) 

    • Revamp premier and create a standardized league format 

    Adjust Timeline for Curriculum Creation (Q3/2022) 

    Reformatting Curriculum Layout (Q3/2022) 

    Fun Game Videos (Q4/2022) 

    • Evaluate the effectiveness and examine additional resource options. Can it be used as a training tool/better example for coaches? 

    Examine the Repetitiveness of Fun Games (Q4 2022) 

    Create a “Bank” of Fun Games in Advance (Q4/2022) 

    • Creating a Word “Bank” – Pictures or words that can be used in conjunction with a session to help drive creativity (Q4/2022) 

    Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback and suggestions on how we can better move our curriculum forward. We are dedicated to making the changes necessary to ensure we are providing the best-in-class experience for the children and families we serve. We will continue to provide updates to the community on the progress being made. 

  • 2022 Accomplishments:

    • We have hired a professional proofreader who reviews all curriculum content prior to publish on the Curriculum Portal.

    • Addition of One-Page Curriculum to be used as a resource for seasoned coaches.

    • Supporting documents including parent calendar, cheat sheets, one-pagers and videos developed for all 16 weeks of curriculum, each season rather than the first ten.

    • New curriculum portal release that allows new naming convention for seasons, additional resources to be added, and an easier to read template with easy printing capabilities.

    • Additional feedback portal made available to all members of the community through Launchpad.

    CURRENT PRIORITIES:

    Curriculum Philosophy (Q4/2022)

    • Ensure a balance approach

    • Redefine our “how” filling gaps that previously existed

    • Evolve to our ever-changing system.

    Adjust Timeline for Curriculum Creation (Q1/2023)

    • Finalize two seasons ahead of release in order to further integrate across teams and provide a piloting phase.

    Fun Game Videos (Q1/2023)

    • Evaluate the effectiveness and examine additional resource options. Can it be used as a training tool/better example for coaches?

    FUTURE PRIORITIES:

    Empower Programming (Q2/2023)

    • Revamp curriculum, support documents, marketing materials and enhance best practices.

    Alignment Project(Q3/2023)

    • Evaluate current State Standards and update alignment documents.

    Coaching Academy (Q4/2023)

    • Revamp Coaching Academy training, adding resources around Child Development, Challenging Behavior and more.

    Premier Programming (Q4/2023)

    • Revamp premier and create a standardized league format

    Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback and suggestions on how we can better move our curriculum forward. We are dedicated to making the changes necessary to ensure we are providing the best-in-class experience for the children and families we serve. We will continue to provide updates to the community on the progress being made.