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SWEDEN FOOTBALL TRIALSA club invites you to join its Academy. What happens now?
Paul Holder, former assistant Academy director at Crystal Palace, explains the next stages
Life at the academy
At the Crystal Palace Academy, youngsters train three times a week - one and a half hours on Tuesday evenings and
The Academy coaches young footballers from the ages of 8 to 18 involving approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full-time and part-time staff. The academy features a network of....
Football is a hugely competitive profession in which to ‘make it’. Obviously talent is required, but it takes real resilience and determination to be successful in the game. Some people are noticed...
This clubs Academy scouts offer players the chance to trial. Many players are lucky enough to find themselves in the right places when scouts are watching games, but
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There are a number of ways that clubs and indeed most other professional football clubs take children into their football academies. The most common ways that clubs selects its youth players are through tryouts held at the club and through the club's youth scouting network
Unfortunately, you may never know. Scouts are not always in club kit as the presence of a scout may put unnecessary pressure on the players, making them...
A scout will talk with the parents/managers and/or teachers of a player. We do not approach children directly. If you are approached by an Academy scout...
Academy will assess your application and decide whether or not to send a scout to watch the game.
You must be selected to have a trial at a Premier League 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
