Welcome to the Palm Harbor Nighthawks Soccer Club - Recreational Soccer Programs!
Our fall season has come to a close and we want to thank Achieva Credit Union for being a great sponsor.
Spring registration will be online Tuesday January 26th. Please sign up as soon as possble so we can start building teams.
This page contains information about the PHNSC Recreational Soccer Programs for recreational players ages 4 to 19 years.
In-house Program - Our in-house recreational program support 7 divisions with players ranging from ages 4 to 11. This program is open registration, therefore players do not require experience or tryouts to participate. The selected division for players is determined by gender and the age of the player prior to August 1 of the seasonal year (i.e. Fall 09 and Spring 10 is considered one seasonal year), which runs from August 1 to July 31.
Please refer to the documents below for more details.
Academy Select Program – The academy select program is a recreational program that complements the Spring season each year, by allowing select players to participate in expanded training with our club trainers and coaches.
For any questions regarding Academy Select at PHNSC, please contact:
Documents are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Please visit the Adobe Web Siteif you need the free software to read these documents.
2009/2010 Fall and Spring Recreation General Information
Welcome to the Palm Harbor Recreational Soccer Web Site!
Spring Registration will be online in January 26, 2010. Start making plans now for Palm Harbor Nighthawks Spring Soccer!!!
This site contains information about the Palm Harbor Recreational Soccer Programs and Leagues for recreational players ages 4 to 11 years.
Seasons - We host two recreational Soccer Seasons during the year, one in the Fall and the other in the Spring. The specific dates for these seasons do shift, but generally the seasons are as follows:
Fall Season – Open Registration is held June and Aug with practices and games from September through late December or early January.
Spring Season – Open Registration is held January and February with practices and games from March through May
Leagues – Our in-house recreational programs support 5 leagues ranging from ages 4 to 11. These leagues are open registration leagues and do not require experience or tryouts to participate. The selected league for players is determined by the age of the player prior to August 1 of the seasonal year (Fall 09 and Spring 10 is one seasonal year), which runs from August 1 to July 31. The leagues and age limitations are as follows:
Our goal is to serve as many community youth as possible and we certainly want the children of our surrounding community to have the opportunity to play fall soccer.
Registration - Spring Soccer registration runs from late January through the first week of March. Registration fees are listed below.
U8 Co-ed -U12: $80.00 for our Spring Season
Rascals and Kickers: $60.00 for our Spring Season
Walk-up registration - We will have walk-up registration on selected dates to be set at a later.
Coaches Meeting - We are always looking for coaches with positive and nurturing personalities. We normally have coaching and assistant coaching slots available (see volunteer section below). At this meeting we structure our teams and establish practice nights for the older age groups.
Player Notification - Following this meeting, the coaches will notify the players (families) of the team assignment and practice night/time which they have selected.
Practices - Practices will be one night (Monday-Wednesday per week with one of two time slots (6-7:00 or 7:00-8:00) available. The practice location is the same field on which you play your games.
Rascals and Kickers will use Carwise (No Set Practice - see new training feature below)
U8 and U10 will use Palm Field
U12 will use Sunderman
New Training Feature – During this past season we established a training night on Tuesday to support the entire age group for Rascals and Kickers. We will have parent coaches assigned to this session, but the technical training will be supplied by our senior Palm Harbor Nighthawks competitive players.
Games - Games are scheduled to begin in March. All games are played on Friday evening or Saturday mornings (just Sat morning for Rascals and Kickers). The detailed schedule will be structured and distributed after the coaches meeting.
Equipment Requirements - You will need to ensure your players have soccer cleats, shin guards, an appropriate size* ball and plenty of water (also shorts and soccer socks for the Rascals and Kickers). We provide the shorts and socks for the older age groups.
(*Size 4 ball for ages 10 and 12 years old and a size 3 ball for players U8 years old and under)
Volunteers – The palm Harbor Nighthawks is a non-profit organization which is run entirely by community volunteers. Our programs are only as good as the support and participation we receive from our members. We have a number of volunteer opportunities available if you feel that you may be able to provide some level of support.
We need support in the following areas:
Coaches and assistant coaches
Team Managers
Uniform Coordinator
Age Group coordinator
Trophy Coordinator
Kick-off Party Coordinator and Representatives
Picture Day coordinator
Volunteer Coordinator
New Spring Season Schedule - Will be updated in the next several weeks!!!
January - February
Registration begins
March
Practice and games
May
Season Ends
If you are looking for information about our Palm Harbor Nighthawks Club Competitive program or the GYSA Recreation Soccer program, please go to:http://www.palmharbornighthawks.com
For any question you may have about Palm Harbor Recreational Soccer, please contact Charlie Creech at ccreech@palmharbornighthawks.com
