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FOOTBALL ACADEMY TRIALS AGES U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18, U21, U23, OVER 23
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Applying for this Academy Football Trial
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 (Player History) using the details below. Please visit us regularly as football clubs send us the latest trials and places available at all ages. We receive many trials per day from clubs looking and offering trials.
Players who want Football Trials at this club for all ages please continue to read on....
Football Trials Introduction
Our Football 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 our local catchment, then your best chance will be to join our fantastic Academy. The academy coaching team will be UEFA licence and members of the Football Association’s Licence Coaches Club.
About this Football Club Academy
The 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, and will or can 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.
How to get a Football Trial at this Football Club & Academy
Opportunities for open trials for players in all age groups do become available at various times, please remember can be based on player ability. Once the trials have been completed, you will have to be selected to have a trial at the 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 Academy is to join a local football club or School, playing football already is highly advised if you wish to progress to a higher level.
Our scouts will regularly select young players from football schools, clubs and sessions and invite them to trial at the development centres for our Academy or teams, 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.
16+ and Adult playing opportunities for selected players to progress through the playing ranks, under the watchful eye of the Football Academy Scouts and Club Team Management.
Syllabus at Our Football Academy
The training program at this Academy will be broken into technical and tactical training, with a special module for Goalkeepers. The below demonstrates:
- The professional development phase at the clubs Academy. Professional, Semi Professional feeder system.
- The youth development phase at the Academy
- The foundation phase at the Academy
- The youth / professional development phase at the Academy
- The foundation development goalkeeper phase at the Academy
- Male and Female Football Development Trial Opportunities.
Exploring the Future of Football at our Academy
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 Football Academy at this Football Club is considered paramount to the club’s success and integral part of our football philosophy. Youth development is represented at board level through to our Academy Football Director.
Our Football Mission
We have adopted a strategy to develop and coach the whole person to be world class. This approach is adopted throughout the club, youth to senior first team, staff to player. This is with the aim to develop not just the footballer/athlete but a rounded positive person in the community.
Our Football 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).
Football Vision
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 behaviour 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.
7 Pillars of the Academy and Football Trial Opportunities
Competitive environment for Football Trials
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 player focused delivery
The ethos of this Football 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 in Football
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 footballers.Outstanding Football Player 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 football ability to support player development
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 and Football Analysis
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 Football Player 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.How to get scouted by one of our Football Academy Scouts and get Football Trials?
Our 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 we are 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 our simply collect the following information:
- Players CV
- Covering Letter, listing playing history, clubs, level, include all recent seasons
- Players Vital Statistics: Players position, Age, Date of Birth, Height, Weight, contact email/phone/address, current club, previous clubs, detail of any trials already attended, any representative honours such as school, districts, county etc
- Players school they attend youth players only.
- Fixture list for season of your current team, including location and kick off time to be passed to our scout.
- Under 18 please get your parents to send the details. All age groups can apply.
We will assess your application and decide whether or not to send a scout to watch the game, or contact you for further information.
We cannot be held responsible for incorrect data on this website, if you do not receive a response then you have not met the criteria this time. Do not be disappointed, please search alternative clubs to apply for, come back in 6 months and apply again for this club. You may not have been accepted because the quota is full, so may not always be based on footballing history.
Never spam a person or football club the information below is for registered members only and is private and must not be published or passed to anyone else, as they may apply for trials and get accepted. This is why information is protected to limit applications increasing your chance of being accepted. To remove incorrect information on our website please email this website directly. Good Luck.
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BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL ACADEMY TRIALS Information on everything relating to latest football trial opportunities. Includes the academy contact, process of applying for possible academy opportunities and trials procedure, scholarship availability and your chances on joining this academy. Improve your football progression BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL TRIALS Academy ratings, reviews, trial opportunity stats, staff ratings & more.... Academy Overall 6/10; Academy Staff 9/10; Academy Players 6/10; Facilities 6/10; Academy Status Catagory 2; Academy Ages U6 to U23+; Community U6-U8; Foundation U9-U12; Youth Development U13-U16; Scholarships Age 15 to 19; Professionals Players from Age 16+; Gifted/Talented Trials Opportunities - Seasonal; Academy Scouts, Staff 30+; Academy Players 200+; Overseas Trials Opportunities - TBA; Trial Chance Score 85%; Accept player CV - Yes; Formal trials procedure & contact provided - Yes; Website access gives you over 100 trials and 1000 clubs Birmingham City Trials information. To register your interest in attending any of the open trials and are aged 16 to 18 years of age please email HEAD OF PLAYER RECRUITMENT 0121 667 1732 ACADEMY MANAGER 0121 667 1729 ASSISTANT ACADEMY MANAGER & HEAD OF COACHING 0121 667 1735 HEAD OF EDUCATION & PLAYER CARE 0121 667 1731 Birmingham City Official Player Recruitment Process The player recruitment department is tasked with the monitoring, selection and transition of players operating outside of our Academy environment. The recruitment team will work collectively with our coaches to prioritise the identification of players within the three phases of the player pathway. The priority of the department is to recruit, develop and produce players able to reach the Academy’s core purpose. This process is player centered, focusing on the identification of players able to excel in one or more of the four corners associated to player development and, where possible predominantly recruit from a catchment area within an hour of Birmingham. The strategy will be collaborative in nature, planned and aligned to the profiles through each of the development phases where appropriate. PRE-ACADEMY The Pre-Academy is a development programme designed to identify, assess and nurture local talented individuals between 6 - 8 years of age. The primary aim is to develop technically gifted individuals for our U9’s squads who become accustomed to the club’s culture and playing philosophy through weekly training sessions and games, allowing for an easy transition into the Academy way of life. The major emphasis of the programme is technical development. With the use of the clubs training facilities, and a structured coaching syllabus and games programme, our UEFA qualified Academy staff seek to increase player to ball contact time in a fun, inclusive and professional environment. COMMUNITY TRUST The Club has a very large Community Trust scheme operating a number of local coaching programmes. The Community Trust run a shadow squad programme for U12-U14 players participating on a weekly basis in a number of local grass root leagues. There is also a full time programme for the U17-U19’s. Players from within the Community Trust programme can be directly recommended by a member of staff for a trial period. In addition to this, each Community Trust coach working within the shadow squad and on the U17-19 programme acts as a spotter, recommending opposition players they have seen in the fixtures that their respective teams have participated in. SCHOOLS FOOTBALL PROGRAMME Within the West Midlands area there is a thriving schools football programme. Through community links, it has been identified that there are some young players who only participate in schools’ football and may not be observed participating in local grass root fixtures. There are a number of reasons for this, the most common being a recent move to the area or little/no parental support. The Academy continually supports West Midland District Schools at both primary and secondary level allowing the use of the training facilities for prestigious games in their calendar. School staff are also invited to Academy CPD events in order to aid their development as coaches. This relationship means there is the opportunity for talented players who are identified by school staff to be recommended directly to the Recruitment Manager/Officer. This may lead to an observation, and if suitable, an invitation to the Academy trial process. TRIAL APPLICATION The Academy is always on the lookout for local talented young players. Should you or someone you know, wish to be considered for a trial please follow the procedure set forth below. Players between 9 and 18 years old are asked to send their playing CV and cover letter to the Academy Recruitment Manager and Officer. Player Name Head of Player Recruitment at Birmingham City Simon Jones ASSISTANT ACADEMY MANAGER & HEAD OF COACHING Stuart English For players aged 16 to 18 please email For Goalkeepers wishing to trial at Birmingham City email Birmingham City Academy Scout
Please make sure to include the following:
Player Date of Birth
Approx Height and Weight
Contact Address and Telephone Number
Current Club**
Previous Clubs
Details of Previous Trials
School Name
Player Position
Any Representative Honours
** Please include a fixture list of your current team making sure to include location and kick off time.
Upon receipt of your contact the recruitment department will make a decision as to whether a scout will attend your games.
