Volunteers

Academy requires the following volunteers
 

• Assistant Coach or Team manager: a volunteer who manages the operations of the team. This person will communicate with parents to ensure they know what is going on with the team's schedules and activities. Manages teamsnap schedules, team roster, and team cheers.
   
• Team cheers: a volunteer that is assigned a task on the team (from bringing snacks to assisting the team manager with communication or distribution of uniforms), the team cheer is the parent or group of parents that ensure that the team has what it needs to better the children experience. Team managers assign tasks to all parents' team cheers weekly.

Collins Hill Soccer Club is run by volunteer parents. We understand that everyone is busy, however, every family who joins collins hill soccer is required to volunteer at least 5 hours per season.

We do select our coaches carefully and coaches and team managers are required to go through an extensive background check however, every parent will need to contribute towards the improvement of Collins Hill Soccer organization in one aspect or another.

We do provide great benefits to our coaches. If you are looking to volunteer as a Head Coach or Assistant Coach, register here

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Players

At Collins Hill Soccer, we provide an academy program for players ages 7 to 11 yrs old. Academy players are considered players who have acquired some level of discipline and independence to not need their parents to tell them to do the basic request. These are players who have developed enough passion that they ask their parents to attend soccer events. Players with advanced skills may be asked to play up in age group depending on the coach and director's assessment.

• 7 yrs old (U8): Boys and girls are separated and the team is coached by a dedicated professionally trained coach who teaches the foundation of soccer.  The goal of this team is to develop each player through repetitive movement and fun games.
   
• 8 - 9 yrs old (U10): Boys and girls are separated and the team is coached by a dedicated professionally trained coach who teaches the foundational to intermediate soccer skills and team forming strategies in soccer. The goal of this team is to develop each player and the team through repetitive drills, competitive games, and team bonding.
   
• 10 - 11 yrs old (U12): Boys and girls are separated and the team is coached by a dedicated professionally trained coach who teaches the foundational to intermediate soccer skills and game strategies in soccer. The goal of this team is to develop each player and the team through repetitive drills, competitive games, and team bonding.

Registration

We encourage every participant to register using our online registration system and on time during the open season. Late registration will only be allowed after approval.

The registration open period is as follows:

• Fall 2022 season
  • Registration opens: May 10th, 2022 - July 10th, 2022 
• Spring 2023
  • Registration opens: November 1st, 2022 - January 7th, 2023 
• Fall 2023
  • Registration opens: May 8th, 2023 - July 5th, 2023 
• Spring 2024
  • Registration opens: November 4th, 2023 - January 4th, 2024 

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How do I register?

Visit the following link: https://bit.ly/collinshillacademy

Execution of the Program

Fall 2022 Season

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Spring 2023 Season

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Schedule

Training

Training is the time dedicated for our players to learn a skill. Training for the academy happens on the following day:

Every Tuesdays and Thursday at 6:00 pm 

• U8 - U12: Trains on Field 2

Training attire: Green and yellow, black shorts, and black socks.

Makeup days

Whether we have to make up a game or a missed training session due to weather inclement or cancelation, the following day will be reserved for makeup:

Friday starting at 6:00 pm

Schedule updates

Our season schedule is posted on your teamsnap. In the event of any change to games or training time/date, the team manager and coach will update the teamsnap for the team and communicate via chat or email with the team using teamsnap.

Academy Games

The schedule will be posted on teamsnap based on other teams' availability

Game attire:

• Home: Red shirt, collins hill logo black shorts, and black socks.
• Away: Black shirt, collins hill logo black shorts, and black socks

Collins Hill Soccer club trains and plays at Rock Springs Park - Soccer Complex

Address: 310 Old Peachtree Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Training Days field area (subject to change based on field condition and weather inclement)

• U8: lower area of field 1 (towards the building)
• U10: lower area of field 2 (towards the building)
• U12 and up: mid to upper area of Field 2 (towards the main street)

Game days (subject to change based on field condition and weather inclement)

• TBD

Program cost

Collins Hill re-evaluates its cost every 2 years. The current cost of our academy program is $900 per year (our program runs during the Spring and Fall seasons) regardless of age group. Program fees do not include uniforms.

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Uniform

Collins Hill evaluates its uniform design every 3 years. The current design was implemented in 2021. By Fall 2024, everyone should be expecting to purchase a newer uniform set regardless of when they joined our program.

Academy uniforms are purchased as a set (game and training uniform) from our third-party vendor. Any additional piece desired can be purchased through the online website.

The cost of the uniform set is not included in the program fee. The uniform set is $300 and includes the practice gear and game uniforms (practice gear comes with 1 training shirt, 1 short and 1 pair of socks and the game gear comes with two game shirt, 1 short, and 1 pair of socks)

Other equipment and apparel

Every player must bring his/her ball to practice and games every single time. Players must also own a pair of soccer cleats to be worn on grass fields and a pair of regular running shows.

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Payment plan

Academy has a $150 commitment deposit due by June 15th.

You can choose to pay all the fees in full or follow a payment plan.

For the payment plan, you will be charged $75 per month for 10 months until one month before the end of the season in April.

We do not encourage academy players to register after the season has started, however, we understand that some players may be moving from their current club during a season.

You can still register and pay the commitment, then email us so we adjust the payment to prorate your fees.

Refund policy

Gwinnett county's refund policy for all programs is NO REFUNDS. We are happy to work with you on a case-by-case basis to apply credit for future seasons.