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Anderson Soccer Camps offers a Residential/Day soccer camp and the Anderson Little Kickers program that include professional coaching, drills, practice games, and evening game sessions with a variety of games being played. Campers take part in goalkeeping instruction and training sessions, swimming and pool opportunities, videos, and games, with rain plans that include playing inside a 133,000 sq. ft. Wellness Center.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: ASC Residential/Day Soccer Camp 2026 runs July 5–9, 2026 (5 days), and Anderson Little Kickers runs July 6–9, 2026 (4 days); overnight camp check-in is Sunday 4:30–5:30 p.m. with check-out Thursday at 4:30 p.m. after the awards ceremony, and day campers check in Sunday 4:30–5:30 p.m., attend daily 9 a.m.–8:30 p.m., and are picked up Thursday at 4:30 p.m.; Anderson Little Kickers meets Monday–Thursday 9:30–11:30 a.m. with an awards ceremony Thursday at 11:15 a.m.
• Price: Anderson Little Kickers tuition is $89 and includes a t-shirt, ball, camp picture, and awards/certificate; overnight camp tuition is $479 until January 1, 2026, and $499 on and after January 2, 2026, and includes room, meals, t-shirt, ball, swimming, camp picture, counseling awards, and an individual evaluation; day camp tuition is $395 and includes meals, t-shirt, ball, swimming, camp picture, counseling awards, and an individual evaluation; there is a $50 non-refundable registration fee for any requested refunds, no refunds are given after May 15, and all camp tuition is due June 15.
For more than 32 years, Anderson Soccer Camps has operated at Anderson University and is described as one of the longest-running Residential/Day soccer camps in the Midwest, with a record of training more than 15,000 campers. The camp separates training groups by gender and skill at different sessions, has a full keeper staff with daily instruction and training sessions, and has licensed athletic trainers on site for the entire camp. Day campers may stay in the dorm lobby for free time or spend time in rooms of residential campers, and pool opportunities are available each day.
Camp director Scott Fridley is the founder and director of Anderson Soccer Camps and is starting his 35th year coaching the men’s soccer team at Anderson University, where he also coached the women’s team for 10 years; he holds national licenses from the NSCAA and USSF, his men’s team has won two conference championships and two post-season tournament championships with over 250 wins, and his teams have been named NSCAA All-Academic Team 22 times and NSCAA Ethics Team 7 times. He has served four terms on the NCAA tournament selection committee for men’s and women’s soccer, served 12 years on the NSCAA National Ethics committee, and has coached youth travel soccer for 30 years with more than 350 wins. Goalkeeping director Bobby Holden has been the goalkeeping coach at Anderson University for nine seasons, was a four-year Letterman as a goalkeeper there, is in his fifth year as Greenfield High School men’s soccer coach, is DOC for Impact Soccer Club, runs his own keeper training programs, and holds the NSCAA Premier coach’s license, and he has become known as one of the top keeper trainers in the Midwest. Staff member Drew Zellers holds the NSCAA Advanced National license and the USSF C license and serves as an assistant coach at Thomas Worthington High School in Columbus, Ohio, and additional camp staff include Derrick Spires and Jackson Schlemmer.
The camp’s stated mission is, “We believe that building values in our campers through soccer helps the integrity of the total game. We believe in the total player.” Anderson University, which hosts the camps, is a regionally accredited university that has been consistently ranked among America’s top colleges and has announced a tuition freeze for traditional and transfer undergraduate students effective for the 2026–27 academic year. Anderson University’s roots go back to 1917, when the Anderson Bible Training School (now Anderson University) was established, and the university reports more than 130 ways for students to get involved on campus, participation in 20 NCAA Division III sports, and study, service, and sharing in 102 countries and 27 states through the Tri-S Program.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: ASC Residential/Day Soccer Camp 2026 runs July 5–9, 2026 (5 days), and Anderson Little Kickers runs July 6–9, 2026 (4 days); overnight camp check-in is Sunday 4:30–5:30 p.m. with check-out Thursday at 4:30 p.m. after the awards ceremony, and day campers check in Sunday 4:30–5:30 p.m., attend daily 9 a.m.–8:30 p.m., and are picked up Thursday at 4:30 p.m.; Anderson Little Kickers meets Monday–Thursday 9:30–11:30 a.m. with an awards ceremony Thursday at 11:15 a.m.
• Price: Anderson Little Kickers tuition is $89 and includes a t-shirt, ball, camp picture, and awards/certificate; overnight camp tuition is $479 until January 1, 2026, and $499 on and after January 2, 2026, and includes room, meals, t-shirt, ball, swimming, camp picture, counseling awards, and an individual evaluation; day camp tuition is $395 and includes meals, t-shirt, ball, swimming, camp picture, counseling awards, and an individual evaluation; there is a $50 non-refundable registration fee for any requested refunds, no refunds are given after May 15, and all camp tuition is due June 15.
For more than 32 years, Anderson Soccer Camps has operated at Anderson University and is described as one of the longest-running Residential/Day soccer camps in the Midwest, with a record of training more than 15,000 campers. The camp separates training groups by gender and skill at different sessions, has a full keeper staff with daily instruction and training sessions, and has licensed athletic trainers on site for the entire camp. Day campers may stay in the dorm lobby for free time or spend time in rooms of residential campers, and pool opportunities are available each day.
Camp director Scott Fridley is the founder and director of Anderson Soccer Camps and is starting his 35th year coaching the men’s soccer team at Anderson University, where he also coached the women’s team for 10 years; he holds national licenses from the NSCAA and USSF, his men’s team has won two conference championships and two post-season tournament championships with over 250 wins, and his teams have been named NSCAA All-Academic Team 22 times and NSCAA Ethics Team 7 times. He has served four terms on the NCAA tournament selection committee for men’s and women’s soccer, served 12 years on the NSCAA National Ethics committee, and has coached youth travel soccer for 30 years with more than 350 wins. Goalkeeping director Bobby Holden has been the goalkeeping coach at Anderson University for nine seasons, was a four-year Letterman as a goalkeeper there, is in his fifth year as Greenfield High School men’s soccer coach, is DOC for Impact Soccer Club, runs his own keeper training programs, and holds the NSCAA Premier coach’s license, and he has become known as one of the top keeper trainers in the Midwest. Staff member Drew Zellers holds the NSCAA Advanced National license and the USSF C license and serves as an assistant coach at Thomas Worthington High School in Columbus, Ohio, and additional camp staff include Derrick Spires and Jackson Schlemmer.
The camp’s stated mission is, “We believe that building values in our campers through soccer helps the integrity of the total game. We believe in the total player.” Anderson University, which hosts the camps, is a regionally accredited university that has been consistently ranked among America’s top colleges and has announced a tuition freeze for traditional and transfer undergraduate students effective for the 2026–27 academic year. Anderson University’s roots go back to 1917, when the Anderson Bible Training School (now Anderson University) was established, and the university reports more than 130 ways for students to get involved on campus, participation in 20 NCAA Division III sports, and study, service, and sharing in 102 countries and 27 states through the Tri-S Program.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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