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"Hard work always overcomes natural talent, when natural talent doesn't work hard" - Sir Alex Ferguson

SESSIONS - ELITE SOCCER DEVELOPMENT
 

WABA offers a wide variety of technical, tactical & physical sessions that can be mixed & matched. Choose the sessions that dovetail into your Annual Development Plan or that address specific goals & challenges. WABA's sessions are built around a weekly periodization schedule that match Chicago's top soccer academies & clubs. Sessions are 60, 90, 120 & 150 minutes long with most session starting with a dynamic or plyometric warm-up. They finish with a complementary 15-30 minute balance, strength & conditioning session or myofascial release work. Athletes are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes early for self directed Ball Calibration™.

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PHYSICALITY/ASSESS

Assess 60™

Xtreme Athleticism™

XA Summers™

Ballistic Balance™

Jump Start™

Kinga Ginga™
 

PASS/TOUCH/SHOOT

Super Rondo

Fireball™ 

B-Touch

Boom!™ Finishing 

 

 

SESSION - VIDEOS

PHILOSOPHIES

Experimentation, Creativity & Restraints

Player Development - 8 Sided Model Model

25/50/25 Matrix - Balancing Development Activities

Parents are The Hub

Homeostasis, OTL™, OOCZ™

Kit Promotion Levels

Sequences & Precision - Streatching Mind & Body

ADDITIONAL - VIDEOS

VISITORS

MLS Chief of Staff, Nelson Rodriguez

Author & Influencer, Tom Byer

Northwestern - Men's Head Coach, Russell Payne

NCAA D1 Coach of the Year, Marcus DiBernardo

USMNT - U19 Head Coach, Marco Mitrovic

Arsenal FC - Academy Coach, Josh Hinckson

Fulham FC - Academy Coach, Oliver Hinckson

WEEKLY INSPIRE

Monday - Back to Practice

Wednesday - Learn & Books

Friday - Game Ready

TOP-IT™

Top-It™ Skills

Top-It™ Records

Top-It™ Mastery Cards

HOLISTIC 

Big Goals™ Workshop

Big Goals™ Mentor

Tactical Talk™

"Readers are Leaders"™

Mind Matters™

Social Me™

Financial Literacy 

College Bound™

FASTTT Feet Session

FASTTT says it all, the ultimate goal, be the fastest! How fast can you think, react & move. In this breakthrough session foot skill mastery meets top speeds. The idea is to push your speed OTL™ (over the line) of what you can and can't do. If you can you do 11 rollover tap taps in 10 seconds can you push it to 12, 13, oe even 15... Getting OOCZ™ (out of comfort zones) is the key to advancement in all WABA sessions.

FASTTT™ Feet combines interval training for 30 second periods focusing on Form, Accuracy & Style followed by burst anaerobic interval training for 10 second periods, trying to push Tempo OTL™. The final step in FASTTT™ is to measure Time and Touches to track results. This session also combines speed passing and small sided possession games to move your newly acquired speed to game realistic situations.

FASTTT™ FEET

Speed Square™ 808

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5 to 10-Minutes

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 8

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Eyez-Up Session

Eyez-Up™ is a footskills mastery program designed to teach players how to attack and move on ball with their head and "Eyes-Up". The key to this is to become one with the ball, know where it is by touch, repetition & instinct. Our progressive training modules give players confidence and the tools to master Eyez-Up™ with the ultimate challenges of executing blindfolded footskills effortlessly for 60 seconds.

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & ConditioningIntensity: 4-6

Instruction: 10-15%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: Intermediate & Above

Membership Credits: 6

EYEZ-UP™ 

Eyez-Up™
Blindfolded, 11yo Cole Mrowka
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Krazy Kones Session

Some say "Let the game be the teacher", WABA focuses on this belief heavily in the WABA Games played during most sessions. WABA's development philosophy combines skill mastery exercises to quickly learn and master moves with daily games. Cones demand precision ball control movements emulating a defenders foot. By combining the game with high repetition skills work we believe development is supercharged & success in the game is achieved quicker vs. game play alone.

Krazy Kones™ session's combine foot skill work with varying repetitive cone sequences that progress to cone attacking exercises. Freestyle landmine exercises (seen in the video) are the next step taking static exercised to the decision making stage. Ultimately the acquired skills are then transfered to fully opposed decision making situations in attacking & small sided WABA Games.

KRAZY KONES™

Crazy Kones™ - Landmines

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 6-8

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 8

Recommended Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

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Fake & Escape Session

Fake & Escape™, sounds quite simple but it's not. Deception is one of the most valuable traits a footballer can possess and one of the most artful to execute. This session is filled with highly detailed demonstration & instruction focusing on each & every touch & movement of our 25 F&E attacking skills. Footballers learn to Fake & Escape to shoot, pass & possess the ball. Progressing from learning skills to attacking on a mannequins and culminating with Traffic™ & Fake & Escape™ small sided games. Players focus on being comfortable having personal possession & being creatively deceptive.

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 4-6

Instruction: 15-25%

Maximum Athletes: 8

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

FAKE & ESCAPE™

Mano a Mano™ 2v2
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Total Attack Session

Attacking, the most critical skill that is needed to score. But it is much more than a skill, that's why we call this session Total Attack™. Combine your foot skills, field awareness, decision making, creative problem solving, deception, confidence, athleticism, & finishing to triumph in 1v1, 2v1 & 1v2, 3, 4, 5 situations. With 100+ attacking sequences per session players get comfortable & confident on the attack in these intense, highly opposed exercises. 

Some experts say street soccer is a missing component in US soccer global success. In Total Attack™ we fabricate street soccer situations with numbers down (underload) attacking games & situation where players are free to experiment & compete. 

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 6 

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

TOTAL ATTACK™

Forward Attack™ Aerial
Mano a Mano™ 2v2
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Ball Calibration Session

WABA's Ball Calibration™ sessions are possibly the greatest activity a young footballer can do to move the needle on their technical skills. These sessions teach athletes 15, 30 & 45 minute ball calibration routines that activate the most critical surfaces & movements. Recommended to be done with a dynamic warm-up before every practice & game.

Ball calibration has 3 main goals:

1. Preparedness - be your best at the first whistle

2. Mastery - up to 1200 hours of quality touches

3. Identification - stand out at games, trials & showcases

Session Duration: 60-Minutes

Intensity: 3-4

Instruction: 15-25%

Maximum Athletes: 4

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

BALL CALIBRATION™

140 Up™ - Group
Speed Square™ 808
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Super Rondo Session

Sharpen up your passing & receiving while mastering lightning fast decision making. Learn Barca's famous Tiki-Taka style of possession that they practice 125 hours annually. Every Super Rondo™ session is intense and competitive with dozens of rondo games rotated weekly. Included in these sessions footballers learn WABA's 10 ways to receive and distribute a ball focusing on body shape, bad pass correction & deceptive problem solving.

Perfect your first touch and speed of play by combing Super Rondo™, Fireball™, B-Touch™ & Whip-It™ Aerial sessions. 

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 5-7

Instruction: 10-15%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

SUPER RONDO™

Rondo - 4v1, 1 Touch Preferred
AC Milan Warm Up
Rondo - 3v1, 1 Touch Only
Wall Pass - 1 Touch
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Fireball Session

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 5-7

Instruction: 10-15%

Maximum Athletes: 4

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

How do you handle a crazy hot ball? In most team practices the focus is on giving clean & smooth passes to your teammates. The problem is in games there are many crazy hot balls that come your way. This session focuses on passing & receiving with settling crazy hot balls. Fireball™ and Blaster™ small sided games are played in this session to increase the challenge and intensity of this small group session.

Perfect your first touch and speed of play by combing Fireball™, B-Touch™, Whip-It™ Aerial & Super Rondo™ sessions. 

FIREBALL™ 

Fireball™ - Basic 2v2
Wall Pass - 1 Touch
The Blade™
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B-Touch Session

B-Touch stands for Beautiful Touch. This session focusses on taking a great first touch from a ball chipped or slammed into a rebounder and then quickly finishing. In B-Touch reaction time is as critical as a good first touch. By using the specialized markings & targets in a WABA Pitch precision touches and finishing become second nature.

Perfect your first touch and speed of play by combing B-Touch™, Fireball™, Whip-It™ Aerial & Super Rondo™ sessions. 

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 4-6

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 6

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

B-TOUCH™ 

B-Touch™ - 2 Rebounders
The Blade™
Wall Pass - 1 Touch
Blaster™
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Boom Finishing Session

One word says it all...Boom! That's the Boom! of a well struck ball, the Boom! of your heart when the ball graces the back of the net to win the championship, the Boom! of your teammates, friends & family screaming victoriously.

This is the most advance finishing instruction in the marketplace. Precise biomechanics of proper finishing techniques are detailed in each session with slow motion video feedback. Sessions start with finishing specific, balance & foot placement exercises. Followed by exercises that breakdown the details of proper technique. Then practice, practice, practice...ending with competitive finishing games.

WABA teaches power laces, impact knuckleball, inside placement, toe poke, outside foot, plus inside dipping & curling shots. Advanced players can move their game to the highest level with sidewinder, scissors & bicycle kick private sessions. Included in Boom!™ Finishing WABA teaches chips, lifts & flicks. As a bonus, a day never goes by at WABA without seeing a rainbow. 

BOOM!™  FINISHING

Impact Shooting
Sidewinder - Tee Practice
Step™ Knock-Out Final
Blaster™

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 3-5

Instruction: 15-30%

Maximum Athletes: 4

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 9

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Whip-It Aerial

Whip-It™ Description Coming Soon

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 5-7

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 6

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

WHIP-IT!™ AERIAL

90 Degree, Wall Juggle/Thigh
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Airborne Session

Airborne™ Description Coming Soon

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 5-7

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

AIRBORNE™

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Juggling Roadmap Session

Juggling Roadmap™, the Secret to a Precise Touch & Perfect Control! Juggling Roadmap’s™ main principle is for the ball to always be in absolute control, in contrast to a player just responding to where the ball is going. Players focus on the weight of the touch, 5 different heights & direction control. Learning to juggle with all surfaces of the foot & body. At WABA players juggle 20 different types of balls on 5 different surfaces. They sometimes juggle 1, 2 and even 3 balls at a time with their boots on or barefoot. The goal is to raise the “Struggle Level” for mastery & high level success. Join a WABA juggling session & travel the road to absolute ball control success.

Duration: 60/75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 3-5

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

JUGGLING ROADMAP™

Headers Challenge
Juggle - Golf Ball
Lofty Headers
Juggling Roadmap™ Finale
Wall Juggle with Finale
2 Ball Juggle Stairs
12 & Turn™ Juggle
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Formato Freestyle Session

Formato™ Freestyle Description Coming Soon

Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 3-5

Instruction: 15-25%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All (must be able to juggle 25 times)

Membership Credits: 8

FORMATO™ FREESTYLE

Formato™ Pick-Up
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Xtreme Athleticism Session

Xtreme Athleticism™ Description Coming Soon

Duration: 60 & 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 10

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6 & 8

XTREME ATHLETICISM™

Side Jump Race 2ft
8 Station Athleticism
Deceleration
Chase™ with Ball/Obstacles
3 Weight Push Ups
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Pil Soccer Sessiontes

Pilates For Soccer Description Coming Soon

PILATES FOR SOCCER™

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Duration: 45-Minutes 

Intensity: 6-9

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 8

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

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TRX Session

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TRX

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Duration: 45-Minutes

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 8

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

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Kinga Ginga Session

Kinga Ginga™ Description Coming Soon

KINGA GINGA™

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Duration: 75-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 4-6

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

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Skills Assess Session

Skills Assess™ Description Coming Soon

Duration: 60-Minutes

Intensity: 4-6

Instruction: 15-25%

Maximum Athletes: 6 

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

SKILLS ASSESS™

Assess™ - 9 Skills
Speed Square™ 808
140 Up™ - Group
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WABA Games Session

WABA™ Games Description Coming Soon

Duration: 90-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

WABA™ GAMES

Options™ - 1v2
Chase™ with Ball/Obstacles
Mano a Mano™ 2v2
Inside-Out™ 1v1
Forward Attack™ Aerial
Step™ Knock-Out Final
Rondo - 4v1, 1 Touch Preferred
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WABA Leagues Session

WABA™ Leagues Description Coming Soon

Duration: 90-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 9

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 6

WABA™ LEAGUES

Inside-Out™ 1v1
Mano a Mano™ 2v2
Forward Attack™ Aerial
Options™ - 1v2
Step™ Knock-Out Final
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Private Lessons Session

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PRIVATE LESSONS

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Session Duration: 60/90-Minutes

Intensity: 4-8

Instruction: 10-20%

Maximum Athletes: 1

Levels: All (great for beginners-elite)

Membership Credits: 12/18 Studio & 15/22 Main Pitch

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Immersion Camps - Mini Session

Immersion Camps™ fulfill a footballers desire to consume a full or half day of complete soccer. These amazing sessions are filled with warm-ups, skills, athletics, cognitive exercises, nutritional and recovery training. WABA camps are made complete with intense contests, competitive game & serious soccer fun.

Session Duration: 150 & 360-Minutes

Intensity: 4-8

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 8

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 14 & 24

IMMERSION CAMPS™ - MINI & FULL

140 Up™ - Group
Crazy Kones™ - Landmines
8 Station Athleticism
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Team Training Sessions

WABA provides unique team training experiences focusing on heightened technical skills, quicker decision making, Xtreme Athleticism™ & team building exercises. Personalized programs from one-time visits to a complete curriculum are available for U6-U19 Club, MLS Next Academy, US Club Soccer, ECNL, High School, College, Adult & Pro teams. Take your game to the next level with WABA Development - WABAON!

Session Duration: 60 to 180-Minutes

Intensity: 4-9

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 12

Recommended Levels: All

Membership Credits: Call

TEAM TRAINING

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WABstAcles™ Session

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WABstAcles™

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Session Duration: 90-Minutes

Intensity: 5-8

Instruction: 5-15%

Maximum Athletes: 6

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 8

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Brazilian Beach Session
Brazilian Beach Soccer

Brazilian Beach Soccer Session

Duration: 75/90-Minutes plus Warm-Up & Conditioning

Intensity: 7-9

Instruction: 5-10%

Maximum Athletes: 15

Levels: All

Membership Credits: 8

BRAZILIAN BEACH SOCCER™

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