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Development Schools


Age Bands: 7, 8 and 9
Age Band: 9 - 12
• Bi-lateral conditioning work
• All aspects covered at 7,8 and 9.
• Weak foot work
• Specific weak foot work
• Fun based heading practices
• Dragging and screening
• Dribbling and turning Screening
• Dribbling and turning practices
• 1 v 1 2 v 2 defending games
• Practice play sessions
• Shooting
• Ball striking long and short
• Plyometric foundation work
• Defending practices
• Speed, agility and quickness
• Heading games
• Movement patterns
• Decision making games
• Early stage decision making
• Shape and pattern in the
   Italian way
• 2 v 2 4 v 4 and small sided games

Soccer Academy


Age Bands: 7, 8 and 9
Age Band: 9 - 12
• All aspects repeated as DS
 • All aspects repeated as DS
• Basic technique grounding
 • Creating time and space on the ball
• Two sided work
 • Technical control when volleying
• Dodge and dribble
 • Passing
• Protect the ball
 • Overloads
• When to pass when to dribble
 • Shape and pattern
• Basic footwork and movement    patterns
 • Heading games
• Reaction, co-ordination and balance    work
 • Dribbling and turning
• Core stability
 • Core stability
• Introduction to all types of stretching
 • Balance
• Capoeira (optional)
• Foot speed
  • Movement patterns
  • Co-ordination
  • Reaction time
  • Dynamic stretching
  • PNF stretching
  • MET Stretches
  • Maintenance stretches
  • Preparation phrase
  • Recuperation phrase
  • Defending from 1 v 1 to 8 v 8
  • Capoeira (optional)


Age Bands: 12-16
• Continued technical development
  
• Core stability
  
•`Balance and co-ordination
  
• Aerobic and Anaerobic training
  
• Plyometrics
  
• All aspects of stretching and flexibility
  
• Basic strength work from own body    weight through to light weights
  
• Personal training programmes
  
• Defending individually and in games
  
• Defending with overloads
  
• Quick play
• Rotation
  
• Positional play
  
• Different countries styles
  
• Set play work
  
• Pitch specific sessions e.g. playing    through thirds
  
• Capoeira (optional)  

Goalkeeping Academy

An extensive specialised Development Programme is in place for age groups 7-16 years, under the supervision of goalkeeping coach Marks Sheils.


ANNOUNCEMENT:

“COMING SOON, free trials for all age groups at MFSA, keep looking for information”. ...............If you are interested in becoming a coach to the FDS please Call FDS on (44) 0121 744 0777 or email on mark-fogarty@footballdevelopment.com..................................