Football Development Centre
New Development Centre dates
Development Centre Dates for U8's/U9's/U10's will start up again on Tuesday 5th January 2010, 5.20pm-6.20pm at Greendown School.
U7's Centre Starting January 2010!!
We are pleased to announce that we will be starting up the U7's Development Centre on Monday 1st February 5pm-6pm at Orchid Vale School, Swindon. The U7's centre will run in 6 weekly blocks with the first running from Monday 1st February to Monday 8th March.
If you would like your child to be considered for our Development Centre, please email nick@advancedsportscoaching.co.uk to arrange a trial.
Advanced Sports Coaching Ltd and Reading FC are aware of the importance of advanced coaching for players of above average ability in order for them to progress as far as possible within the game.
Due to our close links with Reading FC and a number of other professional clubs in the South West we have decided to open our first Development Centre here in Swindon. Advanced Sports Coaching Ltd aims to provide a good standard of coaching at our centre, where players of above average ability can train together regularly and hopefully progress in the game.
All coaches leading sessions at Advanced Sports Coaching Ltd are qualified to at least FA Level 2 (UEFA B, Part 1) standard or higher. This means that all of our coaches follow the FA guidelines on Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and Best Practice as well as all being trained in Child Protection and First Aid. We ensure that all our coaches have also been approved to work with children by completing Advanced CRB checks and we also strive to improve our coaches further with continual training and development to ensure we are offering quality coaching.
Development Centre Aims
The objective of the Development Centre is for us to identify players of advanced ability and potential and to help with their development by offering them the necessary skills and knowledge to allow them to progress as far as possible within the game. Although there is a genuine opportunity for players with the correct attitude and ability to achieve trials at a professional Academy/School of Excellence, It is important to realise that attending the Development Centre does not guarantee this. However, it should be noted that a healthy number of boys and girls who have attended our sessions in the past have been placed into professional Academy/School of Excellence programmes.
Our centre is invitation only and players are invited once they are identified by us or recommended to us by one of our contacts and our overall aim is that every player who does attend the centre will enjoy the experience and improve their game.
If you think your child may be of a standard to attend our Development Centre, please contact Nick Bolton in the first instance.
Holiday 'Soccer Fun' Feb 2010
Brinkworth Earl Danby’s Upper School
Wed 17th, Thurs 18th, Fri 19th February 2010
9.30am-2.30pm
(Trophy presentation 2:20pm on last day)
More Development Centre players earn trials!!
Four more players have earned trials at Pro Clubs in December, one at Reading FC and three at Swindon Town FC. This means that over a dozen players have now been offered Pro Club trials since the Development Centre was opened just under a year ago.
As part of our Development Centre programme we took our U8 and U9 players along to the Reading Academy to play against some of the trialists and Academy players.
It was a great day out with the U8's playing in the morning and the U9's in the afternoon. The standard was very high and all of our boys showed they could compete with the Reading boys which was great for us to see.
Joe and I are confident that the players we've had in the centre have progressed since they've been with us. This has been proven by the fact that 3 of the boys who played at Reading have now been invited into the Academy for further trials.
Testimonial
I wanted to state how delighted I am at the progress my son Scott is making whilst currently attending The Football Development Centre in Swindon headed by Nick Bolton.
The quality of the coaching given to Scott by both Joe and Nick has been exceptional. Scott was invited to join the Development Centre by Nick and his skill level, ability to read the game and confidence has increased enormously.
The Development Centre is very professionally run and the coaches have a genuine rapport with the boys they coach. I would highly recommend the centre to any budding talented footballers who want to progress to the next level in their development.
Andrew Milloy
Chippenham
