Specialties
Avila Creative Soccer offers creative indoor soccer training to help players of all ages play brilliantly through a skill deconstruction method that helps players develop at their own pace, an assortment of specialized classes that improve tactical awareness, fitness with the ball, creative skills, and overall confidence, accomplished trainers who place a strong focus on personal attention, participation, enjoyment, and individual growth.
In addition, our strong reputation for developing highly skilled players, proven stability that shows the effectiveness of our approach, and high-value packages that provide quality soccer lessons at an affordable price enable us to grow athletes that express their imagination on the field.
History
Established in 2003.
On the day of the opening, the very first parent, fell asleep in the comfortable lobby while waiting for the training to end. Eryck knew that was an amazing sign that he had created a home-like environment for parents too.
Eryck was reminded that day of his own soccer up bringing in the pre-internet era. His mom, frantically at times, would drive him around from practice to practice (using paper maps) and his dad never missed a single game.
And something else fortuitous else happened that same day he opened those doors for business. It began to rain. It rained every day for more than 3 weeks straight. That ended up being a good time to check out Avila's new indoor facility. By the end of his first month Coach Avila was up to more than 80 clients!
Eryck always had in mind the idea of a national franchise, and credits the greatest ideas for the development of a scalable business to the many parents of his first clients in Austin who also created so much goodwill.
Meet the Business Owner: Eryck A.
Eryck A.
Eryck has many years of coaching experience. He has been a Lonestar Soccer Club Staff Trainer and the Director of Training for the Town and Country Optimists. He coached a blind and visually impaired soccer team in Buenos Aires, coached High School JV Girls at the St. Andrew's Episcopal Academy, and coached Men's Soccer at Huston-Tillotson College. Read Eryck's article Deconstructing Youth Sports for insight into his coaching philosophy.
Eryck played in four World Cup Qualifiers for the Puerto Rican National Soccer Team in 1994. (Click here to read about his experience.) He has played for professional teams in London, Liverpool and Buenos Aires. Eryck holds a Master of Sport Science degree from the United States Sports Academy, Sport Coaching, a B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Stony Brook, EMT-Paramedic certification from Scott & White Hospital, and is working on a Doctor of Sports Management degree.
Eryck is a self proclaimed nutmeg artist and the clients are his canvas!