Indoor Soccer Registration
2016/2017 Indoor Soccer Registration
There are two dates available for Strathcona players to register. For Indoor, all the Southeast Zone communities register together:
- Thursday, September 8, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Ottewell Hall, 9520-93A Ave
- Saturday, September 17, 10:00am – 2:00pm, Bonnie Doon Mall (near Tony Roma’s), 82nd Ave & 83rd Street
We are continuing using on-line registration and you can pay the registration fee on-line. If you have registered for indoor last year, or outdoor this year, the process will be faster (you still need to come to one of the dates). The home-page for the South East Soccer Association outlines all of the requirements http://www.southeastsoccer.ca
Community League memberships will be available (they expire in August so most people will need new ones).
Bring several cheques for deposits and the registration fee if you didn’t pay online (plus cash or extra cheques for the Community League membership if you don’t have one). For each additional child, you will need one additional cheque (uniform deposit).
STORM Tryouts
Tryouts for the Elite Premier Program U10-U18 Boys & Girls. They take place between Tuesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 8th. Players must attend both dates listed for their age group. Details and special instructions for Storm are near the bottom of the website: http://www.southeastsoccer.caAbout the Indoor Game
If you have not played Indoor Soccer before, it is different from the Outdoor game. Teams play in what is essentially a hockey rink will a felt surface. The boards are legal for use, adding a new dimension to passing and keeping the game fast and more free-flowing. You play 4 or 6 players out plus a goalie, and line changes are every few minutes for the younger ages or on the fly for older ones (just as they are done in hockey). For U6/U8 you only use half the rink, for U10 and above you use the entire rink.
There is only one game per week, but the season is longer, typically running from the third week of October (starts October 15th this year) until end of January for Indoor Games. Practices can continue into February while older teams that quality for City, Inter Cities or Provincials can have their season extended until March.
- U6/U8 games are typically played in the mornings/early afternoon on Saturday at the South Soccer Centre (Roper Road)
- U10/U12 community teams play any time on Saturday at any of Edmonton soccer centers and Spruce Grove with the possibility of some travel to Sherwood Park, St Albert and/or Fort Saskatchewan
- U14 and up community teams play on Sundays at all the same potential locations as U10/U12
- Competitive (Storm) teams can have their weekly games on weekdays (evening)
Practices are typically a weekday evening at a gym in the SE zone, with a one-hour time slot. We typically don’t know when/where our practice times are until the City confirms bookings for gyms, but they are usually fixed for the entire indoor season. This year we confirmed we have enough gyms space for weekly practices for all teams, and hopefully larger gyms for the older players.
For older ages groups there are also optional tournaments hosted by various zones in the city. Most older teams should get one tournament.
Because registration demands for Indoor is typically lower than outdoor, significant amalgamation occurs across communities. Most communities do not have enough players to form teams with only their players. Typically teams are assigned to communities based on having the most players and/or the coaches.
If you have any questions please contact the Strathcona co-Soccer Directors, Conrad Norbert and Simon Thomas (strathcona@southeastsoccer.ca).