BRIDGWATER TOWN FC FOOTBALL TRIAL
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We at Tony's Soccer School strive to help players apply for trials at all football clubs and have massive success. Remember never give up and send a full football playing CV using the details below. Please visit us regularly because football clubs send us the latest trials and places available at all ages. We receive over 50 trials per day from clubs looking and offering trials. Players who want a trials at this club for all ages please email Bridgwater United Academy is being developed in order to invest in upcoming footballing talent and provide the network, coaching, health and lifestyle advice that each player needs to make a successful career in football. If you are looking for a career in football, and live in the Bridgwater catchment, then your best chance will be to join Bridgwater United Academy. The academy coaching team will be UEFA licence and members of the Football Association’s Licenced Coaches Club. The Bridgwater United Academy will offer an advanced football development and education program supported by expert and dedicated staff. The Academy will use advanced technology and coaching methods to develop their players. We are actively looking for upcoming talent to join the academy in May 2021, and will be selective about trialists. As part of our Academy philosophy we recognise our duty of care to support the community within projects and selected programmes. It is important that we can enable the academy to be within the heartbeat of the soccer community and share experiences with groups that the centre can support. Through our local relationships we will regularly observe players, games and school soccer and view this as a key aspect of identifying players for the Academy whilst transferring our knowledge and ability to the local community. As an Academy that will embrace a multidisciplinary approach we will take real pride in providing detailed individual support around the key roles in strength and conditioning. As part of our coaching programme players will receive regular guidance with components that support the overall physical demands for the developing player. This is seen through players in the maturation phase, specialised support, pre and post-performance. Our approach to the players understanding of dietary requirements, hydration, pre-hab and recovery is at the very heart of developing the person. These core values are key in the person understanding the demands of performance whilst progressing as a person. The ‘student-athletes’ are all currently excelling in their studies at Bridgwater & Taunton College, our principal education partner. This partnership is now reaping the rewards of the previous three years of hard work to get the programme to where it is now. The club’s Dual-Career Academy in partnership with Bridgwater & Taunton College, our principal education partner, combines a full-time education with daily football, wellbeing and performance programme of at least 18 hours of contact a week. It supports the opportunity for ‘student-athletes’ to reach their full potential with the philosophy that the ‘student’ comes before the ‘athlete’ and can study any academic course. Players/Students can study a wide range of courses from A-Levels to Level 3 BTEC Sports Science to Motorsport Engineering. BUFC’s Head of Performance, Ewan Greenhill, commented “Our aim is to ensure that each individual reaches their full potential, both academically and in sporting excellence. Each player has an individual plan which helps them become the best player they can be. But we also believe in creating top class people, as community is at the heart of everything this club stands for. As the players are still studying they will still receive all the necessary support of an academy student-athlete whilst playing.” The Bridgwater United FC Dual Career Academy U18 College team also helps its players into senior football due to the link-ups with both Taunton Town FC and Bridgwater United FC, and play in the South West Counties Youth League South West Counties U18 League and the FA Youth Cup. Initially, we have announced open trials for players in all age groups. Once the open trials have been completed, you will have to be selected to have a trial at Bridgwater United Academy, so it is important that players are spotted in the right places at the right times. For some players, they prefer a direct approach sending in links to videos of themselves playing football, but it is worth bearing in mind that clubs receive thousands of these videos each week and simply don’t have time to watch them all and go about their daily business, so the most effective way of getting scouted for a trial at Bridgwater United Academy is to join a football School. Our scouts will regularly select young players from football school sessions and invite them to trial at the development centres for Bridgwater United Academy, and anyone can play in their football schools so it offers an open door for all to get spotted. It is also particularly good planning to take your child to football schools as soon as they are old enough, so it enables them to develop their talents in line with the same level as their peers. Bridgwater United Academy scouts will offer players the chance to trial. Many players are lucky enough to find themselves in the right places when scouts are watching games, but Bridgwater United Academy will be very aware that good talent can slip through the net, so the Academy will offer players the chances to directly contact them. To get scouted for a trial at Bridgwater United Academy simply collect the following information: Once you have collated all of the above information, email Bridgwater United Academy via this address: Bridgwater United Academy will assess your application and decide whether or not to send a scout to watch the game. The training program at Bridgwater United Academy will be broken into technical and tactical training, with a special module for Goalkeepers. The below demonstrates: Bio-Banding is an innovative way of grouping young football players according to their physical maturity rather than their age has been demonstrated to show big benefits when it comes to spotting hidden talent and reducing injuries. Bio-banding is a strategy which has existed for a number of years but has only recently been trialled by clubs in the UK – groups players according to their maturity level. This means youth teams are mixed when it comes to ages, but roughly equal when it comes to how physically developed players are. It is designed to avoid the David and Goliath situation whereby a late developing child is pitched against an early developed child, who has an advantage in size and strength. Advocates suggest bio-banding should not completely replace traditional practices which group players by age. But they suggest bio-banding can be an additional coaching tool used to better identify and retain talented yet late maturing athletes and can expose early and late developers to new challenges and learning opportunities. The Academy at Bridgwater United Football Club is considered paramount to the club’s success and integral part of our philosophy. Youth development is represented at board level through our Academy Director. Bridgwater United FC has adopted a strategy to develop and coach the whole person to be world class. This approach is adopted throughout the club, youth to senior, staff to player. This is with the aim to develop not just the footballer/athlete but a rounded positive person in the community. The Academy will never consider itself finished or fully developed but consider its purpose to continually strive to set the standard of player support, and development (football, education and personal). The academy vision is to produce players for the first team, year on year, with the technical ability on the field to compete at the highest level domestically, and internationally. The club will always hold the community close to its heart and therefore the off the field behaviours will set an exemplary standard in the community and nationwide. The club will play a type of football that is considered ‘attractive’ and technical based whilst demonstrating the club’s 7 Pillars. The academy will not be orientated on results but players will be expected to demonstrate the competitive behaviours and positive/growth mentality it takes to deal with the demands of professional football and life. NB: The Club understands that although the desired goal is to create world-class footballers, this goal may not be achieved by all in the system – fulfilling potential is the goal.Bridgwater Town FC - Football Trials for Bridgwater Town Football Club
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Football Trials Introduction
About the Academy
Dual Career Academy U18
How to get a trial at Bridgwater United Academy
How to get scouted by a Bridgwater United Academy scout?
Syllabus at Bridgwater United Academy
Exploring Bio-banding at Bridgwater United Academy
Mission
Vision
7 Pillars of the Academy
Competitive environment
The academy specialises in the individual, this is evident very early in the session. The arrival activity is individualised and the tempo, expectations, feedback and interaction within the session allow the player to perform to a high standard and really take pride in their own performance.Individual focused delivery
The ethos of the academy is the individual is at the centre of the delivery and journey. This bespoke service really enables players to understand where they currently are within their game, what the focus of delivery is in relation to their game and how they can achieve the required expectation. All generated from development and evident in overall performance.Technically driven excellence
The structure of the syllabus is really focused on the technical demands of the modern game. As a result the delivery and sessions generated connect the individual to the game, with great emphasis to become technically outstanding.Outstanding basics
As the academy fulfils a multi-disciplined approach there is real emphasis on general outstanding fundamentals. This maybe movement patterns related to the game, cognitive understanding and thought processes, emotional intelligence to fulfil the demands of elite performance and personality of the player.Coach ability to individualisation
The academy delivers a relevant and professional service to support the player. This requires players to want to be part of that journey. Do they want to engage in development? Can they retain information? Are they proactive with their own performance? Can they be resilient and understand disappointment whilst striving for achievement?Reflection driven
The systematic approach enables regular dialogue and feedback generated. Players receive honest feedback that can support short and long term goals. Evidence of performance is needed to be part of the players understanding and to strive to develop.Personal expectations
Part of the academy is to develop people. Can the player gain greater life skills, performance tools to enhance preparation and post recovery? We want our players to strive to improve all forms of their personality and value the great opportunity they have within the academy and as young people that are at the very early staged of their careers.
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