ASTON VILLA ACADEMY 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 ASTON VILLA Academy ratings, reviews, trial opportunity stats, staff ratings & more.... Academy Overall 6/10; Academy Staff 7/10; Academy Players 6/10; Facilities 5/10; Academy Status Category 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 40+; Academy Players 200+; Overseas Trials Opportunities - TBA; Trial Chance Score 78%; Accept player CV - Yes; Formal trials procedure & contact provided - Yes; Website access gives you over 100 trials and 1000 clubs Applying for a 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: 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. A guide to the Elite Player Performance Plan What is the EPPP? The Elite Player Performance Plan is an ambitious long-term vision with the aim of giving English football the ability to create the best Academy system in the world, allowing clubs to produce more and better quality home grown players. Football Academies were audited by an external company Double pass, judged against the EPPP’s classification system, and put into one of four categories – the highest of which will give clubs more opportunity to extend its elite environment and make more strategic decisions. The new classification replaced the old two-tier model of Academies and Centre of Excellence systems, and has seen a major change in the way that youth football is delivered in this country. Classification Category One - Regular graduation of players into the Premier League and wider professional game with up to 8,500 coaching hours Category Two - Graduation of players into the Premier League and Championship from time to time and regular graduates into the wider game with up to 6,600 coaching hours Category Three - Graduation of players regularly into the professional game predominantly in Leagues one and two and players potentially capable of progression into Cat One and Cat Two Academies with up to 3,600 coaching hours Category Four - Graduation of players into the professional game League two and semi-professional level with up to 3,200 coaching hours The Premier League, The Football League and the Football Association invest an increased amount of central income into Youth Development nationwide, so the higher the classification given to the club in the EPPP following the independent audit, the more funding is made available to the club, alongside signification financial commitments from the clubs at each category. Key Principals There are six fundamental principles that have been highlighted as key to the success of the EPPP, and will be achieved by focusing on coaching, classification, compensation, and education. 1. Increase the number and quality of home grown players gaining professional contracts in the clubs and playing first team football at the highest level. 2. Create more time for players to play and be coached. 3. Improve coaching provision. 4. Implement a system of effective measurement and quality assurance. 5. Positively influence strategic investment into the Academy System demonstrating value for money. 6. Seek to implement significant gains in every aspect of player development. A focus of the EPPP is to allow players more time to practice with their coaches, as well as fostering links with local schools to not only aid players in their development as a footballer, but also to help nurture young players from an academic point of view. Competitive environment for Football Trials Individual player focused delivery Technically driven excellence in Football Outstanding Football Player basics Coach football ability to support player development Reflection driven and Football Analysis Personal Football Player expectations 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: 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. We have listed below in order the most effective way of obtaining at football trial at this football club. 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It has been developed after consultations with Academy Managers, Premier League clubs, the Football League, the Football Association, and other key stakeholders within the game.7 Pillars of the Academy and Football Trial Opportunities
ASTON VILLA ACADEMY CONTACT NUMBER & ADDRESS
ASTON VILLA
Villa Park
Birmingham
B6 6HE
Main Switchboard: 0121 327 2299
Fax: 0121 322 2107
Ticket Office: 0800 612 0970
www.avfc.co.uk
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ASTON VILLA
Shirt Sponsor
dafabet
Kit Manufacturer
Macron
Ground Capacity at start of the Season
42,682
Pitch Dimensions
Length: 105 metres Width: 68 metres
Directors
Paul Faulkner (Chief Executive)
Robin Russell (Chief Finance Officer)
Official Company Name and Number
Aston Villa FC Limited
No. 2502822