Upward Soccer
Registration Information:
Registration is now closed!
Form and registration fee may be dropped off at First Baptist Church anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday. You may also mail the form to the address below:
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 97, Forney, TX 75126
Drop Off Address: 1003 College Avenue, Forney, TX 75126
Cost/Deadline:
Registration cost per child for soccer is $65.
Deadline for registration is March 22.
Evaluations:
Everyone must attend one soccer evaluation and uniform sizing.
Location: First Baptist Church Forney fields at 1003 College Street (main campus).
Kindergarten - 6th grade boys/girls
- Friday March 5 between 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, March 6 between 10:00 -11:30 a.m.
- Monday, March 22 between 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Last Day! Evaluations will take place as scheduled!
Players not attending an evaluation will be placed on a waiting list.
League Schedule:
Practices begin the week of Monday, April 5, 2010.
First Game is Saturday, April 24, 2010.
Awards: TBA
UPWARD Soccer
- Since 1989, soccer participation in America has increased by more than 72%.
- More than 7 million 6 to 11 year olds participate in soccer in America (the largest participating group).
*source: 2004 Sports Participation in America Report, Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Why Upward Soccer?
Upward Soccer provides a chance for our church to use the fastest growing sport in the US to evangelize our community. By keeping in mind that Every Child is a Winner, Upward is able to help us build a league that promotes salvation, character, and self-esteem in all who participate through:
- Sportsmanship and competitiveness in proper perspective by not maintaining league standings in any division.
- Maximizing the family schedule by having only one hour of practice and one game each week.
- Equipping coaches and referees to minister by providing extensive teaching tools and simplified rules format.
- Providing opportunities to promote other church ministries to all participants and their families.
- Allowing the coach to focus on ministering to children and their families, instead of game strategy, by having a set substitution system where all players are allowed equal playing time and equal opportunity for improvement.
- Maximizing ministry opportunities by exposing players to Scripture-based devotions during each practice and spectators to halftime testimonies each game day.
- Encouraging each player with a game day award following every game.
- Providing opportunities to see changed hearts and lives among children, family members, and volunteers who experience an Upward ministry.
- Building toward a harvest time at the Upward Awards Celebration where participants and parents are given an opportunity to respond to the gospel
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