The Frederick Gunn School Boys Soccer Program takes a comprehensive, year-round approach to developing young athletes into competitive, varsity-level players. A competitive fall season, structured conditioning through the winter, and a spring club-level experience with a local ECNL club are all built around the technical, tactical, and physical demands of the game. Introducing players to those demands early prepares them to compete at a higher level by the time they reach varsity.
All practice sessions are built to improve foot skills, with particular emphasis on the quality of a player's first touch. At the varsity level, the physical and technical demands rise: players learn to perform under pressure and at game speed, and are introduced to a variety of team formations to build a detailed understanding of tactics.
A required preseason training program is also central to player development, with conditioning and technical work designed to improve core strength, agility, and both aerobic and anaerobic fitness.
The coaching staff's goal is to help hardworking student-athletes become high-quality soccer players — and the physical fitness and coordination they develop along the way also prepares them to compete in other sports at Gunn.
JV and Thirds levels are also offered.
