IFC Nike College Prep Program:
Includes Pre Combine Academy Program
Introducing our Impact Futbol Club Official Nike College Prep program. Where Iredell County's top soccer talent's come together for a chance to play on our top level NIKE team and embark on a high level, high intensity and advanced soccer curriculum journey.
What's it all about?
The program is to give our areas top soccer talent the chance to develop their soccer career through advanced and high intensity training sessions, which includes in-depth classroom based soccer education, team theory and athletic understanding. Which overall, pushes our athletes both physically and as a student of the game in order to produce top level soccer players.
The majority of our students have a desire to further their soccer career and strive towards one day playing at a collegiate, semi pro or pro level. The program is designed to work with the players on building 'Player Profiles'; relationships between colleges and their coaches and overall exposing each individual to high level showcase opportunities, creating a healthy, realistic and focused soccer career path.
Pre Combine Academy Program
This program also includes our brand new 'Pre Combine Academy Program'. Combine Academy is a top International Boarding School and Professional Sports Performance Center located in Charlotte, NC. Offering High School and Post Graduate athletes an all-inclusive and comprehensive solution for obtaining a prestigious academic education. In addition, Student-Athletes take part in professional level sports training to take their athletic career to the next level.
The Combine Academy Rush 1st team play within the prestigious United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) During Fall and Spring. In the summer month, the team battles it out in the United Soccer League (USL Academy).
Our IFC Nike Showcase team, gives our local players a chance to prove themselves and have the opportunity to be called up to play with the Combine Academy Rush 1st team and compete within both UPSL and USL Academy leagues. The players who are shown to develop to this level will graduate from our IFC Nike Showcase team with a exclusive and personal scholarship of $27,000.00 towards the Combine Academy Program.
College Prep Night Seminar
Our College Prep Night gives both player and their families a direct insight on "How to get to college' from several different stand points. During the seminar, players and parents will hear from high school teaches (specific to college prep) on how to reach college goals from an academic stand point; from College coaches, on what they look for when recruiting players; from current college players, on what life is like as a college player. We also add in the chance to hear from coaches and player outside of college who are on a semi pro and pro pathway and what expectations and pathways are from their stand point.
Player Commitment & Expectations
For this program, players are held to a high, disciplined and mature character that demands a high level of drive, passion, focus, determination and commitment. All players will be required to complete individual tasks on and off the field such as player profile write ups, explore potential colleges and learn team game play tactics with individual roles and responsibility content. We expect each player to become a self-analyzer and take control of their own development, through the help and direction of their coaches.
Parent Commitment & Expectations
Although the program is aimed and focused on the players, parents are expected to help guide their player(s) through support and off the field task management (making sure players are hitting deadlines on talks). The players are also required to attend 1 to 1 interviews with their coaches. Parents are strongly suggested to attend these meetings to help with the overall understanding of their players college prep action plan (IPA). Parents are also required to attend our College prep night
Program Content Overview
Players who are lucky enough to get selected for this program receive:
3 - One and half hour training sessions per week.
3 - Scheduled showcase tournaments per season.
Participate in options of both State (NCYSA) and National leagues (including any cup qualifiers).
Fall & Spring 4 day pre season training camps.
Exclusive IFC Nike Game Uniform & Training Gear.
8 - One and a half hour off-season trainings sessions (off season training is scheduled around high school trainings & games so players can attend both and not be overloaded during high school commitments).
Full Player Profiles which are distributed to potential college coaches and recruitment staff.
Individual player Action Plans (IAP), designed to give players individual goal focus and development pathway.
Team & Player handbook which includes, team tactic and action plans, being an athlete education information, workout & nutrition information and much more. Parent and Player college prep night seminar
Tryouts Structure
For the opportunity to be apart of this particular program, Players are asked to attend regular Impact FC tryouts (dates on tryout tab of site). From here they can opt at registration to be considered for the College Pre Program. If considered by our IFC Nike College Prep staff, that player will be contacted and asked to attend an IFC Nike team training session.
Players are also welcome to email our director ([email protected]) to be considered for the college prep program. Email's should consist of basic personal details (Name, DOB etc..). Also information on playing history, position, years played etc... and if desired video upload or link to player game play footage.
IFC takes pride in all areas of its club and is very excited to provide everything from its Recreation & Academy Levels to Club and now its College Prep, covering all areas of a complete pathway for the players of Iredell County and beyond.
2020-21 IFC Team Nike Boys
IFC 2018 Team Nike Girls
2018 IFC Team Nike Boys
2017 IFC College Prep Team Boys
