Sundays - January 11 - February 22
Registration Opens: November 10 at 8:00am
Clinic Overview
This camp is open to boys and girls ages 5-14. Join the Michigan Tech Soccer team for six sessions throughout January and February to help learn and develop soccer skills. Players will be divided into appropriate age groups and get the chance to work on various soccer skills alongside the current MTU players and coaching staff. Each session will have a specific topic with a variety of different drills each day! Some of the topics that will be worked on include dribbling, passing, shooting, defending, and 1v1!
What to Expect
Each day will have a different topic and the campers will be put through a variety of drills to help them develop. Training sessions will be held in the SDC Multipurpose Room. So please bring the proper footwear to play on a gym floor.
Days/Times
Group 1 - Ages 5-9
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Sunday, January 11 - 12:00-1:00pm
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Sunday, January 18 - 12:00-1:00pm
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Sunday, January 25 - 12:00-1:00pm
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Sunday, February 1 - 12:00-1:00pm
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Sunday, February 15 - 12:00-1:00pm
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Sunday, February 22 - 12:00-1:00pm
Group 2 - Ages 10-14
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Sunday, January 11 - 1:15-2:15pm
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Sunday, January 18 - 1:15-2:15pm
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Sunday, January 25- 1:15-2:15pm
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Sunday, February 1 - 1:15-2:15pm
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Sunday, February 15 - 1:15-2:15pm
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Sunday, February 22 - 1:15-2:15pm
Location
SDC Multipurpose Room
Special Requirements
Participants need to bring shin guards, a ball, and a water bottle as well as non-marking shoes (no black soles) to play on the gym floor.
Cost
$100/participant
Payment in full is due at the time of registration.
Registration Information
Registration is available online, or in person at the SDC Ticket Office. Payment in full is due at the time of registration. A parent/guardian must complete and sign for each participant liability waiver, health history, and concussion awareness forms with the participant's printed name/signature as well in order to be able to participate. Forms will be emailed to participants after they register and are also available at the link below.
CONFIRMATION PACKET FORMS
Registration closes Monday, January 5, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
Cancellation Policy
For all MTU Recreation programs and events, a 100% refund will be issues if the program or event, in its entirety, is canceled by MTU Recreation. If an individual session of a program is canceled by MTU Recreation, a partial refund may be granted.
Refunds requested before a program's registration deadline will be granted less any convenience fees.
No full or partial refunds will be granted for programs, activities, or sessions within a program past the registration deadline.
Extenuating circumstance refunds may be granted after the registration deadline due to illness, injury, or other special circumstances. All requests for an extenuating circumstance refund need to be requested in writing and will be granted on a case-by-case basis by MTU Recreation. Documentation (i.e. doctor's note) may be required.
Parking Information
Visitors may use Lots 22 or 24, located outside the main entrance of the SDC, for parking during camps. There is no overnight parking. Please do not park in the UP Health System and Rehab Services lot (north end of the SDC).
Questions?
Michigan Tech Recreation: 906-487-2975, sportscamps@mtu.edu
Camp Coordinator: Coach Kuhar, 906-487-2887, makuhar@mtu.edu
Meet the Coaches
Melissa Kuhar is the third soccer head coach in the program's history. Kuhar has served as an assistant coach under head coach Justin Olson, spending the last four seasons at Division II Institution Drury, an affiliate of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. She helped the Panthers to an overall record of 39-18-15 in four seasons, which included a GLVC Championship in 2021 and the program's first NCAA Tournament bid since 2007. That year Olson and Kuhar were honored as NCAA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
She was also the head girls' soccer coach at Greenwood High School in Springfield, where she guided the Blue Jays to the Missouri state semifinals, a third-place finish in Class 1 and a 16-4 record in her first season at Greenwood.
Prior to her four seasons as the assistant coach for Drury, Kuhar served three years as an assistant coach at Bethany College under Coach Olson where the Swedes went 27-24-4 during the duos three years at Bethany. She also worked as a sports information assistant and an adjunct professor teaching classes in the Exercise Science department.
Kuhar also coached at the high school level with stints at Salina and Saint Joseph High School, where she helped Saint Joseph reach the Indiana 3A State semifinals.
Kuhar played collegiate soccer at St. Joseph's, Ind., a former NCAA Division II GLVC affiliate institution from 2014-16 and graduated with a degree in Sport Management. She also owns a master's degree in Sports Administration from the American Public University System.
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