Grade 3/4 (Formerly U10)
Grouping: Boys and girls in 3rd and 4th grade who generally are 8 to 9 years old as of August 31st of the fall season.
Duration:
  • 8 weeks per season
  • Fall programs run from September to November and Spring programs run from April to June
League: This is a travel program in the Nashoba Valley Youth Soccer League (NVYSL) including many surrounding cities and towns where HYSA places players on teams based on individual skill level and HYSA and NVYSL place teams in NVYSL divisions based on overall team skill level.
Schedule:
  • One Revolution group practice/skills clinics per week on assigned age group-specific weekday.
  • One team practice per week on a volunteer parent coach selected day.
  • Weekly home or away games on Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM (girls) and 10:15 AM (boys).
  • See graphic below
Timing:
  • Group practices/skills clinics run on a weekday. See graphic below
  • Weekly games run for about 1 hour on Saturday mornings (two 25 minute halves plus halftime).
Games: Format is 7v7 with 6 ft. x 12 ft. goals, size 4 ball, regulation field, and regulation game rules
Practices:
  • The first half of group weekly practices/skills clinics focus on training and the second half on small-sided games
  • Revolution Academy coaches lead the group practices/skills clinics with the support of volunteer parent assistant coaches
  • Revolution Academy coaches build upon Revolution Academy weekly themes at weekly scrimmages
Locations: See the graphic below for the location of group practices/skills clinics and home games. See NVYSL website for the location of away games.
Equipment:
  • All players must purchase a Hudson Youth Soccer uniform including shirt, shorts, and socks (Visit our Uniform page for instructions).
  • All players must wear their Hudson Youth Soccer uniform to games on Saturday.
  • All players must bring a size 4 ball to games and practices.
  • All players must wear cleats or sneakers (cleats are not required but are recommended).
  • All players must wear shin guards and soccer socks to practices and games (socks must be worn over shin guards).
  • All players should bring a water bottle to practices and games.
  • Players cannot wear earrings, hats, hooded sweatshirts, jewelry, or other metal on their person.

Here are all the practices, skills training and games for each program. Right click the image to open in a new tab or save.

HYSA Programs, Spring 2021