Brought to you by FLX SC · Training only · No club membership required
Your club. Your colors. Our coaches.
Pro-coached winter training at FLX Turf in Canandaigua, open to every player in the Finger Lakes. Train with the coaches who train our travel teams — then take it back to your own club in the spring.
The Academy is the same paid-coaching program our own Year-Round and Competitive players train in — run by ROC Soccer Club staff at FLX Turf, 2625 County Road 22, Canandaigua.
A weeknight session plus a Saturday session, every week — the months when most players stop touching the ball. Six training weeks, twelve hours.
One weeknight session carries through the deep winter, so players walk onto their spring field sharper than they left the fall. Eleven training weeks, eleven hours.
| Group | Born between | Nov – Dec · twice a week | Jan – Feb | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls U9–U12 | Aug 1, 2014 – Jul 31, 2018 | Mon 7–8 PM · Sat 9–10 AM | Mon 7–8 PM | Tue 7–8 PM |
| Girls U13–U16 | Aug 1, 2010 – Jul 31, 2014 | Mon 8–9 PM · Sat 10–11 AM | Mon 8–9 PM | Tue 8–9 PM |
| Boys U9–U11 | Aug 1, 2015 – Jul 31, 2018 | Wed 6–7 PM · Sat 11 AM–12 PM | Tue 6–7 PM | Thu 6–7 PM |
| Boys U12–U14 | Aug 1, 2012 – Jul 31, 2015 | Wed 7–8 PM · Sat 12–1 PM | Wed 6–7 PM | Thu 7–8 PM |
| Boys U15–U17 | Aug 1, 2009 – Jul 31, 2012 | Wed 8–9 PM · Sat 1–2 PM | Wed 7–8 PM | Thu 8–9 PM |
Thanksgiving week (Nov 23–29) · Holiday break (Dec 21 – Jan 3) · Mid-winter break (Feb 15–21). Sessions begin the week of November 2 and run through the week of March 22.
Every group trains 17 weeks and 23 total hours across the winter — 12 hours in November–December, 11 in January–March. Your age group is set by your birth date under the August 1 – July 31 windows above. Days and times are subject to change based on participation in each age group.
Academy players are not FLX SC club members and are never asked to become one. You play for your own club — we just train you all winter.
Wear your club's colors to every session. We mean it.
Academy sessions are led by the paid professional staff of ROC Soccer Club — the coaches who run winter training for FLX SC's Year-Round and Competitive tiers.
Meet the full staff at rocsoccerclub.com/staff.
Twenty-three hours of professional coaching across seventeen training weeks — just over $20 an hour, and no uniform to buy.
Any Academy family can add the full FLX SC club season — spring practices, a roster spot, and RDYSL league games May through July — for $450 more. We just need your commitment by our roster deadline.
Payment plans are available, and need-based scholarships can help cover the cost — send us a note below.
Your note goes to club leadership and our program staff together, so you always get an answer.
The players who separate in May are the ones who trained in January. Bring your game to FLX Turf this winter — and bring it back to your club in the spring.