SABR to Team Boca and Beyond: Players Follow Their Dreams
Your Child’s Journey If your child is ready for the next step beyond recreational soccer, SABR-Team Boca offers a pathway through a tryout and selection process. Tryouts for the 2025–2026 Season are May 1–15. Visit teamboca.com to view detailed tryout schedules for boys and girls age groups. If you have any questions about the tryout […]
Generations of Growth: A Lifetime of Soccer Memories with SABR
By Gary Curreri Where the Journey Begins At the Soccer Association of Boca Raton (SABR), every player’s story starts the same way: a ball at their feet, a dream in their heart, and a journey of growth ahead. Kristy Whelchel Hartofilis’ path began on SABR fields, leading her through the Team Boca competitive program, Duke […]
SABR After School and Summer Training Deliver Individualized Soccer Skills for Recreational Players
By Gary Curreri Editor’s Note: SABR’s Soccer After School and Summer Soccer Training programs provide a development pathway for more than 1,200 players annually. The final April/May session of the school year and the June summer training sessions are now open for registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more at: sabrsoccer.net/training-programs/#soccer-after-school Flexible and Focused: […]
Player development is key in SABR
Not only do Carrie Barker and Art Turpel have experience in soccer, but they also have expertise from their many years of working with children and programming. Barker, the SABR Director of Coaching carries a USSF National A License and has been an Olympic Development Program coach. Turpel, the SABR Director of Player Development, holds a […]
SABR: Player Development is the ticket to success
Youth soccer players will go through all types of things while learning the game. The one underlying factor is learning the four pillars of the game – technical, tactical, physical, and psychological – and the best way to accomplish that is through player development. SABR has made that a priority for its youth recreational players. […]
‘Coaching Development’ helps shape the players in the long run
Like anything else, when you are building something, you need tools and a foundation. The same holds true for SABR and its volunteer parent coaches, who are provided with the necessary information regarding coaching instruction in the form of annual clinics and observations made throughout the year by SABR Director of Coaching Carrie Barker. “With coaching […]