Monterey Surf Soccer Club

We can never get all our coaches together for a group photo - they are too busy teaching our kids skills to apply on the field and in life! Focus on life long development instead of short term winning. Our coaches are licensed and affiliated with local high schools and colleges. Jump start your child’s development with our coaches. Register at https://montereysurf.elitesoccerclubs.com/tryouts/register/ #tryusout #surfnation #youthsoccer #bestofthebest #rolemodel

Monterey Surf offers a pathway for all our players from Jr. Academy to Travel Competetive To Elite, College and Pro. Ready to start your soccer journey?! Registration open: https://montereysurf.elitesoccerclubs.com/tryouts/register/ #tryusout #surfnation #bestofthebest #youthsoccer

Drills and skills! Building on the basics. #jracademy #surfnation #youthsoccer #recsoccer #tryusout

Pregame warm and prep - important start to the weekend! 07Boys #surfnation #bestofthebest #tryusout #montereysurfsc

Morning hustle on the 09Boys! #surfnation #montereysurfsc #bestofthebest #tryusout

Surf, we are thinking a club movie night for a great cause. Let's get the Surf families to all rally around our firefighters!

Today we were one of many organizations to co-write a letter to Governor Newsom asking for clarifications on when youth sports can continue playing in a safe ma...nner. Here is the letter. We’re asking that parents, clubs, and coaches do the same with their local governments so we can have a better understanding of when we can return to playing. Or join in on the conversation on social media by using #safereturntoplay See more

In many ways, soccer is just a laboratory to practice life. How are you approaching it? How are you being encouraged to approach it? Avoid Fear/Uncomfortableness and maintain the status quo Or Engage it, manage it and evolve?... In soccer, the Avoidance Mechanisms include: No accountability for players (attend/don't attend is overridden by "talent") No accountability for instructors (to adhere to a defined and measurable curriculum). No objective metrics. Evaluations are purely subjective so they can never be 3rd party verified. Lots of shadows to hide in for the coach. Play the same position repeatedly or "when it really matters". This is fear/discomfort avoidance. You come to learn this is the polar opposite of fear/ discomfort engagement and management. Focus on the easier skills (to learn & teach): Defense over Offense- always easier to destroy than create. Easier to win from pressuring others mistakes, especially early, than to build a complete player that will likely include losses while working through skills and concepts Passing over Dribbling- the final player can do both, but dribbling is the more rare skill and it takes much longer to learn and develop. Most coaches either skip it (too hard for them to teach or mistakenly put the harder, longer skills to learn at the end when there is not enough time to learn. The end result is a player who may be 90% probable to pass and 10% probable to dribble. This means you are also 90% predictable. Plus most teach passing poorly from a decision making standpoint. You know this if you've ever watched a soccer game that resembles a tennis match. Choose your schools or clubs that put into practice the values you want learned. Too often we see people that agree life lessons are some of the best attributes of youth sports, then choose organizations displaying and practicing the qualities above daily. For many parents they are still learning the sport. Our goal is to help you make educated decisions. You know what values you would like taught and emulated. Part of our job is to help you identify the soccer manifestations of those or opposite values.

If it were easy, everyone could do it.

Great example from a friend for kids wanting to do a little more at home.

Thank you Coaches for all the countless hours you put in to help our kids improve in the game they love.

Congratulations kids! Way to represent Monterey! 29 selections with 4 evaluations still pending on the 17th. What an impressive showing for our small community of Monterey.

Fantastic work this week from these star athletes!

Over the next few days we will share with you some of the reasons why Monterey Surf has established itself as the premier destination on the central coast for any athlete wanting to develop as a person and as a soccer player. Most Licensed Coaches Professional Director Full and Detailed Curriculum... Tracking and Regular Objective & Subjective Feedback Most Women Coaches and Most Women Coaches in Leadership Positions Only Competitive Boys & Girls Program on the Peninsula Largest Recreational Program on the Peninsula Access and Placement in Norcal (premier competition platform for Northern California) Only club representing the Peninsula in the National Premier League Most Comprehensive Covid-19 plan in the area High School, Junior College and NCAA coaches on staff Member of the Most Successful National Club Program in US History (SURF) Only club to have one of a kind jerseys from Nike in the country Players can earn access to Surf Select-a regional and national Talent ID program that puts them in the highest levels of national competition and exposure Over the next week, we will highlight all the players from Monterey that were selected to attend the SURF Select National ID Camp being held this week. It's quite a success story for these kids coming from a small town to work and earn opportunities like these. Come learn what SURF can do for you!

A little hope on the horizon for all these kids...

The courage to give everything you have both physically and emotionally makes you vulnerable and that kind of vulnerability is a good thing!!

21 goals scored today and here’s every single one of them Which was your favourite? #BarclaysFAWSL