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SOCCER ACADEMY

REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL

Rising Stars Academy is excited to share our series of soccer clinics, workshops and support services aimed at developing players and teams, within urban, rural, and Indigenous communities. Our progressive Training & Development Programs are designed to deliver a challenging workout that is organized, educational, and customized to assist players, coaches, & organizations in reaching athletic and soccer specific goals, while preparing players with the soccer knowledge and skills to be the best that they can be.

What

We Do

CAMPS &
CLINICS

Be The Best You Can Be

PRIVATE & GROUP LESSONS

Be a Better Player

TEAM
TRAINING

Be a Better Team

CAMPS & CLINICS

Rising Stars Soccer camps and clinics are the ultimate high performance experience. With programs & training at both the FUNdamental and ADVanced levels, our unique and age-appropriate approach to skills development, along with fun and innovative drills, skills, and challenges, are guaranteed to help participants develop a love for the sport and improve all aspects of their game!

PRIVATE & GROUP LESSONS

Rising Stars unique approach to individual player development allows athletes to refine soccer specific mechanics while ingraining fundamental skills of speed, agility, and power. Our individualized attention and instruction optimizes realized gains at a much faster rate! 

PRIVATE

Private training sessions consist of 1-3 athletes and are one hour in length unless otherwise determined. Private training sessions are by appointment only and include an initial athlete assessment, progress reports, and an exit evaluation and report.

SMALL GROUP

Small Group training sessions consist of 4-7 athletes are one hour in length and are part of our preset schedule based on birth year. Small group sessions are Monday – Thursday from 4:00pm – 6:00pm and are capped at 7 athletes per group per session. You can set up your schedule in your locker in our convenient registration system!

TEAM TRAINING

One of the major advantages of Rising Stars Team Training & Development Programs is that they are inclusive, progressive, and individualized, while allowing for the support of organizational systems, and the full integration of team strategy.

SMALL TEAM

Small Team training sessions consist of 8-11 athletes and are one hour in length. In order to schedule “team” training sessions, a consultation between the team coach/manager and the Program Director is needed. At that time, a set schedule will be given and those dates and times will be allocated to that team.

LARGE TEAM

Large Team training sessions consist of 12+ athletes and are one hour in length. In order to schedule “team” training sessions, a consultation between the team coach/manager and the RS Training Director is needed. At that time, a set schedule will be given and those dates and times will be allocated to that team.

Our ultimate objective is to prepare youth for success in sport and life!

Six Nations BASKETBALL ACADEMY

Rising Stars Basketball Academy-Six Nations now competes within the Ontario Basketball Association.
EXPERIENCED
COACHES
COMMITTED
ATHLETES
ADVANCED
TRAINING

TEAM INFORMATION

TEAMS: We have established teams (U10 – U19), and will work with local players and teams as they prepare to excel and achieve in the OBA and beyond. 

TRYOUTS: Tryouts will be held prior to the season to determine spots on the team.

COACHING STAFF: Director Matt King

AGE REQUIREMENT: U10 – U19 (currently grade 3-12)

GAMES SCHEDULE: Winter/Spring 2021

REGISTRATION FEES: Registration fees will cover the OBA fees, refereeing, facilities, uniforms, equipment, and other associated costs.

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COMPLETE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

To be the best, you have to practice like the best! Rising Stars’ elite “CPDP” program raises the bar above all others when it comes to sport specific training. Our uniquely designed Complete Player Development Program, promotes a focus on the whole athlete, while providing coaching, guidance, experience and focus in all vital aspects of athletic, sport specific, mental, and physical development. 

OUR COMMITMENT

We provide athletes with the best possible environment and tools for training and development. As part of this commitment, we have partnered with regional experts, and other leading organizations in offering a Complete Player Development Program.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Our philosophy is that a focus on sport fundamentals combined with athletic skills training, strength and conditioning, proper nutrition, overall health and wellness, and mental prep, allows for the complete development of elite athletes. Instruction and guidance focuses on repeated application of learned skills and sport specific knowledge, to produce the Total Athlete.

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MORRIS PARRAS

RS Technical Director

Brock University, NCCP Level III

SPECIALTIES

*Soccer Development
*Sport Promotion

VAL SEARGEANT

RS Technical Director

Humber College, Dip.
NCCP – Physical Literacy, Master Trainer
Athletics Ontario – RJTW, Master Trainer

SPECIALTIES

*Track & Field  
*Athletic Development

As a Technical Director at Rising Stars, Val coordinates both recreation and competitive track and field programs in support of youth, students-athletes and athletes of all abilities.

As a former elite athlete, Val competed and set records in both track and field events.  He is a two-time member of the Canadian National Track and Field Team, and a former Barbados 110mH National Champion.  Val is a Run Jump Throw Wheel Facilitator for Athletics Ontario, the recognized provincial sport organization for Track & Field, Cross Country, and Road Racing in Ontario.  Val is the founder and head coach of Stoney Creek Athletics and the Track & Field Coordinator for the International CANUSA Games.  He also currently serves as the Head Para Athletics Coach for the Hamilton Olympic Club.

MELISSA FAMME

RS Regional Director – Athletics & Education

Waterloo University, BA
Lakehead University B.Ed, M. Ed

NCAA: Referee/Official
High Five: Principles of Healthy Child Development
Sport for Life: Physical Literacy for Early Childhood

SPECIALTIES

Sport Development 
Youth Development

LYNN CAMPANELLA

RS Technical Director – Play & Recess

NCCP: Coaches Physical Literacy Training

SPECIALTIES

Play & Recreation
Recess Programming

High Five: Principles of Healthy Child Development
Sport for Life: Physical Literacy Instructor Program
Sport for Life: Physical Literacy for Early Childhood
Member of the US Play Coalition (Since 2011)
Founder of the Canadian Play Network
Creator of the PlanetPlay Stencil line

MATT KING

Regional Director

Lakehead University, B.A.
University of Newcastle – Australia, B.Ed
Specialist PE & Health

SPECIALTIES

*Indigenous Education
*Youth & Sport Development

As a Regional Director with Rising Stars, Matt coordinates and facilitates various programs across both our athletics and education divisions. He currently serves as the Director of Rising Stars Basketball Academy Six Nations.

Matt King grew up as an all star athlete. He played NAIG for Team Ontario, and represented Ontario at National Aboriginal basketball camp, where he was selected MVP. Matt competed as a varsity athlete for the Mens Basketball Team at Laurier and Lakehead Universities, and went on to coach U Sport at both Lakehead and Guelph. Matt continued his education and began a professional career as a certified teacher. After ten years of dedicated service as a teacher, coach and Athletic Director (Chair) with the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, Matt embarked on a new professional adventure, while continuing to compete in triathlons and Iron-Man races. As a Regional Director with Rising Stars, Matt coordinates and facilitates various programs across both our athletics and education divisions. Matt specializes in facilitating programs and instruction for youth, students, and athletes, both on and off reserve. He currently serves as the Director of Rising Stars Basketball Academy – Six Nations.

DEE CHANNER

RS Associate Director

Laurier University, B.A.
Queensland University of Technology – Australia, B.Ed,

SPECIALTIES

*Basketball Development
*Indigenous Education

As an Associate Director at Rising Stars, Dee coordinates programs both in the athletics and education divisions in support of youth, students, and athletes, both on and off reserves.

Delicia Channer competed as a varsity athlete for Laurier University Women’s Basketball Team, where she was the team captain and a division all star. Dee continued her education and began a professional career as a certified teacher. Dee now serves as an Associate Director with Rising Stars. She is a LEAD Facilitator for Indigenous projects, programs, and services. In this role, Dee facilities creative programs and workshops that promote Indigenous awareness and empowerment. As Rising Stars most Senior Programs Instructor & Facilitator, Dee coordinates programs in both the athletics and education divisions. Dee specializes in facilitating programs and instruction for youth, students, and athletes, both on and off reserve. She currently serves as the Head Coach for the Conestoga College Women’s Basketball team.

ERIN FORMAN

Senior Vice President, Director of Programs

Spring Arbor University, BSc Concurrent Education
Specialist Sport Science

SPECIALTIES

* Female Empowerment
* Sport Development

As the Senior Vice President at Rising Stars Athletics & Education, Erin serves as the General Manager of the Education Division. Erin facilitates Advanced Programs and Instruction for administrators, coaches, and teachers. Erin develops and designs programs and curriculum for student engagement and athlete development.

Erin Forman is former member of both Softball Canada’s National team program and Baseball Canada’s National Team. She played in the 2004 Women’s World Series in Japan, and the 2006 World Cup in Taipei. Erin was named All American, All Conference, and Player of the Year, while playing on a U.S. Softball Scholarship. She was recently  inducted into the hall of fame for her achievements in sport. Though Erin’s sport specific bio clearly demonstrates an extensive combination of all around athleticism and personal achievement in softball that very few athletes can claim, equally impressive is her continued commitment to helping others achieve their goals through sport and education in her professional endeavours. Erin serves as role model in her trade and community. She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to making positive differences in the lives of others.

Erin continues to use sport as a vehicle to empower others in the work she does in coaching, and also in her professional endeavours. As a founding partner and Director of Softball Development at Rising Stars, Erin has become one of the most highly sought teachers and coaches of the game. Erin is on the cutting edge of instructional techniques, tools, and theories for optimal development. She has worked with countless local and regional athletes, supporting aspiring student-athletes as they continue in their positive development and successfully pursue opportunities to play college or university ball in Canada, and/or secure U.S. softball scholarships, with many advancing to become provincial and national calibre softball players.

DR. ANDREW PETERS

Founding Partner, President & Chair

McMaster University, B.A., M.A
University of Western Ontario – Ph.D

SPECIALTIES

*Leadership & Empowerment
*Youth & Community Development

As the original Founding Partner of what would eventually become the Rising Stars Group of companies, Dr Peters has been instrumental in the continued expansion and reach of positive sport, youth, and community development programs and special projects.

From early beginnings as a competitive student athlete in the Hamilton region, and many local achievements and recognitions at the secondary level, Dr Peters went on to compete as a varsity athlete for McMaster University, winning numerous regional, provincial and national medals as a member of the Men’s Basketball Team. Dr Peters earned both a B.A., and M.A. at McMaster University, and went on to acquire a teaching certificate from D’Youville College, and a Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario. These formative years laid the foundation for what would eventually become Rising Stars Athletics and Education.

He continues to serve as the conglomerate’s most senior executive, with 25 years of success in youth and community development through athletics and education. He continues to leverage his passion and extensive experience to engage youth and community in a positive and healthy development.

Dr. Peters devotes his time and energy to creating and partnering with stakeholders in the facilitation of innovative student and athlete development programs. Through strategic partnerships with national, professional, and elite athletes, coaches, sport science professionals, and educators, Dr Peters continues to collaborate with local organizations and expand through offering a variety of programs designed specifically for the benefit of athletes, students, schools, and communities.