FAQs
FAQs
Specific Questions
Thompson Okanagan Soccer Academy’s Head Office and training base is situated outdoors at Marshall Fields in Vernon, British Columbia, and indoors at the Vernon Toyota Sports Centre, located at 6601 Okanagan Landing Road.
Yes! Thompson Okanagan Soccer Academy is set up to provide SUPPLEMENTARY SOCCER TRAINING that COMPLIMENTS players’ team training and games. Players DO NOT have to choose Academy or Team/Club.
Thompson Okanagan Soccer Academy caters to ALL levels of player, from beginners to High Performance.
Players traditionally come to Thompson Okanagan Soccer Academy in order to improve their skills, get extra touches on the ball, train with like-minded players of similar ability, and get professional, detailed instruction.
One of our guiding principles is to group like-abled players together in appropriate and safe age groupings. We tier our training groups in all age brackets from 5-18. This is simply to ensure that all players are adequately challenged. We usually take the first session(s) to determine where players fit. There are times when we move players between training groups as the program progresses but we try to keep things as consistent as possible.
Players develop technical skills like ball control, passing, dribbling, and shooting, alongside tactical understanding through decision-making, spatial awareness, and game intelligence. Crucially, they also learn essential life skills such as teamwork, communication, discipline, time management, problem-solving, and perseverance, which transfer directly to their academic and personal lives. There is a major emphasis on FUN and on developing a love for the game.