Our youth programs support CTE goals and provide powerful STEM pathways that create career-ready graduates.
Benefits of Membership:
As A Member, You'll Receive:
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Full eligibility for your school or organization to compete in our annual national competition bracket.
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Exclusive access to the U.S. Drone Soccer Members website, with tips, tricks, community forums and District bulletins to connect with schools in your area.
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Our monthly newsletter, our monthly “Coach’s Corner” letter and access to our Town Hall zoom calls for educators and coaches.
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Full access to the U.S. Drone Soccer National and State Standards Lesson Plans.
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Membership in our League Operating System, allowing you to conduct organized competition.with scoring, bracketing, and individual student performance statistics.
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NIL profiles for your students to showcase their stats and performance (with the option for college recruiters to review NIL profiles to engage students in further education possibilities).
Our youth programs support CTE goals and provide powerful STEM pathways that
create career-ready graduates. As a member of the U.S. Drone Soccer Association, you have
access to one of the largest, most active STEM/CTE communities in America. Your membership
dues go directly to:
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Supporting our youth CTE and STEM programs.
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Organizing and hosting the local, regional and national USDSA competition series.
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Rewarding and recognizing our students with trophies, awards, patches and shirts and
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Creating future generations of aviation and aerospace leaders.
Reasons to Join:
STEM-Focused Classroom & Team Aviation/Robotics Competition.
The U.S. Drone Soccer program is implemented as classroom enrichment and after-school competitive clubs. Educators & mentors lead students to build their aircraft then program the flight control systems, to then fly and innovate on a co-ed team. Full-contact gameplay takes place inside a netted arena that fits in any school gymnasium or atrium.
It's Growing Rapidly As More & More Educators Realize The Impact We Have On Students.
Over 300 institutions have joined our nationwide league with competitions happening across the country. U.S. Drone Soccer serves as a feeder program for advanced aviation courses and careers.
Advanced Drone Certification for Educators
U.S. Drone Soccer provides Professional Development combining best practices from both the aerospace industry and youth athletics. We want to help teachers earn CTE accreditation to fund lasting aviation pathways.
This early foundation paves the way to earning a FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot License as preparation for their future - we offer life-changing opportunities to young people.
Your Students Will Be Industry Ready and Raring to Go at Graduation
The airline industry is cancelling thousands of flights due to critically understaffed in high-paying technical positions. Drone operators are also in high demand. Students engaged with U.S. Drone Soccer are the employees of the future, they are inspired to work hard, think hard, while operating on a team. At U.S. Drone Soccer, all lessons are taught following FAA Crew Resource Management principles, how professionals in the aerospace industry collaborate and apply engineering problem solving in high stress environments. Students engage with open-source drone technology that is modular and reparable.
Comprehensive Aviation Pathways
We complete aviation pathways so that every student can visualize their future. Collegiate Drone Soccer programs train undergraduate students who serve as role-models, coaches, and referees for precollegiate outreach. High School teams can incentivize juniors and seniors to earn their FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certificate to be hired as camp counselors for middle and elementary programs. This community model provides a robust support system for educators and an active competitive league for students
Out Of The Box
We provide everything educators need to be successful, including a resource tool kit, training and on-call support.
Low Recurring Costs
The consistency of the sport means that the program can easily be maintained/ repeated with new students.
Industry Applications
Students must build, program, and fly using professional-grade, open-source drone technology with direct industry applications.
International Sport
Drone Soccer is the first robotic competition that is also a team sport governed by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI).
Aviation Immersion
Taught like real pilot training with the vocabulary and culture of safety for future aviation careers.
Athletic Model
Students and parents are so excited about Drone Soccer, they don’t care about all the real skills they are learning.