This year's summer campsite: Our bedrooms and living rooms

"We're going to zoom around the room," Geisler said. "Everyone can show their big kick."

Those in an apartment kick in the air instead of a football. Still, advisers are trying to keep energy high.

"We'll say, 'OK, everyone, we're going to turn off again in two minutes. Let's hear your scream, "Geisler said. "And we're zooming around the room and hearing from everyone."

For more money, people can hire a private camp counselor, so Super Soccer Stars also host socially distanced backyard micro-camps for around $ 500 a week for a motorhome. (more if there are more motorhomes). The alternative started in the Hamptons. It has expanded to Los Angeles, Washington, parts of Massachusetts, San Diego and San Francisco. The day the option was announced, Geisler said, 500 requests were made to private groups.

For kids without football, Super Soccer Stars coaches are trained to learn how to make one of T-shirts and rubber bands. [19659002] One of the parents trying to balance sports camp from an apartment is Stacy Igel, who has a 5-year-old son on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. Igel, founder and creative director of the Boy Meets Girl fashion line, said that her living room – which had already become a multi-use area – was now also a football field. She moved the couch to fit a net and placed an iPad on a cardboard box so her son could see the instructor as he kicked a ball around.

"The first time he was spoken," Igel said. "As a 5-year-old, he wasn't that much on devices."

When the weather warmed, they were able to go outside. Mrs. Igel supports the iPad on the lawn. She has started paying for one-on-one lessons once a week, which is legal in town as long as the instructor stays away and wears a mask.

"Just having the personal contact with a real person is amazing," said Igel. "After so many months of being alone, I almost cried."