About Us
Our Mission
Please click the following link to view our updated Club Values & Vision document - Edmonton Drillers - Values & Vision
NEW (implementing Indoor 2023/24) - Technical-focused teaching curriculum for our coaches and technical staff (click HERE for more details on our staff) to follow, in creating fundamental building blocks of various skills through specific training and gameplay.
NEW (implementing Outdoor 2023) - Creating extensive coach development resources and training programs for our head and assistant coaches in helping mentor them while increasing their knowledge and experience to pass on to the respective Drillers players they work with.
Provide opportunities for youth soccer players to excel in individual and team soccer skills, in a challenging and competitive environment.
Ensure that each participant has an enjoyable soccer experience while moving towards his or her personal goals. While offering pathways to play in our “Drillers Family” from U4 to Adult!
Maintain a reputation of proper player and team development by offering Tier 1-Tier 3 Competitive programs that constantly strives for character and technical development, fair play and a higher level of progression and achievement. Our mandate is to provide players with the most appropriate level of play for their development! (Ex. Ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 3)
Develop the highest quality facilities, program and coaching staff in the Province of Alberta.
Our Vision
The Drillers provide comprehensive and technically enjoyable programs for the technical and personal development of competitive players and teams, with pathways to play in our “Drillers Family” from U4 to Adult!
As Drillers teams mature there is an increasing commitment to competitiveness and responsibility to self, team and organization.
To hire technically competent, experienced coaches and staff.
Our History and What We Offer
The Edmonton Drillers Youth Soccer Club has been operating a successful club soccer program out of Edmonton’s North/West zone since 2003.
The focus of the Drillers rests primarily on developing the physical and mental skills of youth players to successfully perform in the competitive soccer ranks. The Drillers have a player development program in place designed to build and hone player skills as well as an active coach management program designed to guide coaches and ensure they are supported to develop and reach their own personal best.
For more information on our Board of Directors and Club Staff, please click HERE.
The club financially supports and subsidizes ALL of our teams allocated technical training sessions (one per month approx.) coaches, equipment/new player apparel and training facilities.
Training session locations, 2 per week, include:
Indoor: Commonwealth Rec Centre Turf (each team will get one session every 2-3 weeks at this location), St. FX Sports Centre (Size AA Gymnasium), WECA Glastonbury Gymnasium (Callingwood Road/199 Street, size AA Gymnasium) and other City of Edmonton or School Gymnasium facilities (size A to C)
Outdoor: Grass field locations (North/West), Jasper Place Bowl Turf for pre-season training (April) and other turf training events, technical sessions.
NEW (July 2023 UPDATE): The Drillers are working with another Edmonton soccer club a couple partners in the creation of a new indoor turf soccer dome, with hopes to be operational by the Indoor 2024/25 season in Northwest Edmonton off the Anthony Henday highway.
For more information on what our registration fees cover, details on registration fee cost for Indoor season (higher) and Outdoor season (lower), including a pie chart breakdown of fee allocation for the upcoming Indoor 2022/23 season, please click here.
Drillers' Grassroots Program (click link for more info) open to all boys and girls ages 3-8, is based on providing any player regardless of ability or prior experience the opportunity to take part in a high quality environment. Our emphasis is on providing players the ability to be challenged by training with players at the similar stage of athletic / social development.
The program has been developed and delivered based on Canada Soccer’s Long Term Player Development Model, specifically focusing on “Active Start” and “Fundamentals” pathways. It provides players with age appropriate activities and games that give all players the best chance of success by adapting training competition and coaching to their needs.
In the Outdoor 2022 season, we started a rotational schedule in which our U15 to Adult (Men & Women) teams have player coaches assisting in our Monday evening and Saturday morning Grassroots sessions, including Jamborees. We believe this to be an important element of the program, tying together our club from youngest to oldest ages. This is demonstrated through our senior players getting the opportunity to give back to the club as positive mentors to our up and coming Grassroots players, while also giving them introductory coaching experiences, creating the culture that makes one proud to be a DRILLER!
Following the opportunities and experiences the player has received within the Grassroots Program the player then moves into the developmental program (see below).
Drillers’ Developmental Program (click link for more info) for boys and girls aged 9 - 11. At the Developmental stage, focus is primarily on basic technique and skill acquisition within a fun, cooperative environment. It is here where the players will also begin to develop an understanding of basic game concepts and hopefully find a passion for the game that will carry them through to the next stage.
Drillers’ Competitive Program (click link for more info) follows after into the U13 - U19 age groups. Players will continue to build on all the foundational knowledge and abilities they have developed while entering into more structured, competitive training and league environments. This stage also places more emphasis on advanced strategy and tactics.
As the players move through and graduate out of this stage there is potential for both Provincial and National Competition, University and College team selection, and finally continued play through the Adult leagues as a life long player of the game.
Drillers’ Adult Program (click link for more info) gives youth players the opportunity to continue playing with the Club after completing their youth career, while also preparing for post-secondary or professional soccer opportunities. Drillers has both women and men’s team competing in Premier and Major League divisions. Many of our adult players also help coach with Grassroots, Youth teams, or Club-Wide technical sessions during the season. The Drillers also have links to other women’s and men’s teams at recreational divisions, in an effort to provide a place for all of our players to play soccer for life!
In the Outdoor 2022 season, our club started a rotational schedule in which our U15 to Adult (Men & Women) teams have player coaches assisting in our Monday evening and Saturday morning Grassroots sessions, including Jamborees. We believe this to be an important element of the program, tying together our club from youngest to oldest ages. This is demonstrated through our senior players getting the opportunity to give back to the club as positive mentors to our up and coming Grassroots players, while also giving them introductory coaching experiences, creating the culture that makes one proud to be a DRILLER!
If you have questions about the Drillers, the club's program, etc., please contact one of the Club Board of Directors noted on our website.
Yours in Soccer,
Edmonton Drillers Youth Soccer Club