Academies &
Development Centres
Promoting a growth mindset among players, helping manage expectations & developing transferable lifeskills to help develop both the player and the person
Children with a growth mindset are more likely to be successful as they believe that their abilities can be developed through hard work and effort.
In the last 12 months we have worked with over 20,000 children throughout the UK, demonstrating how football can be used as a vehicle to develop key transferable life skills and a growth mindset.
Our Training Services
We talk to your teams before, and then again after their training, introducing children to what a growth mindset looks like and why it is vital to their development and success rate. Our talks are all linked to football and give players the tools to be:
Resilient
Hard Working
Passionate (in a positive way)
Open to Feedback
Able to learm from mistakes
Value and Appreciate the Journey
Embrace Challenges
We can either deliver this as a one off where we combine all topics or on a 6-8 week cycle where each visit we focus specifically on one trait.
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Parent Workshops
We run monthly parent workshops (open to parents and players). The workshops are designed to assist parents in ways that they can best support their child’s growth mindset which will help them both in their journey through the academy but also beyond the world of football.
We speak about the role parents play in reinforcing their child’s self worth, resilience, ability to deal with setbacks, staying positive etc
Promoting a positive growth mindset within your young players
5-12 yrs
Academy Players
We run a series of workshops and player care programmes for all ages 12+
Each session is tailor made to the age group
Our Workshops (Bespoke for each year group)
Managing Expectations
We discuss the various factors of outside pressure and how to manage these pressures to help performance on the pitch
Growth Mindset
We discuss the importance of continuously wanting to better yourself and the role of emotional intelligence in football
Self Branding
We discuss beneficial ways to conduct yourself both online and in person to prepare for the future
Life Skills
We focus on handling rejection, Transferable positive habits and career options outside of elite sport
Elite Mentality
We discuss the importance of having a positive mental attitude and ways in which we can train to develop it.
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1-1 Player Support
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Support
We are available (virtually or face to face) for 1-1 appointments for players to speak in a calm and open environment. Players can choose from lifecoaches, therapists or former semi-pros to speak with.
We listen to frustrations and barriers and whilst we won't have the answers to all the questions, (eg why aren’t I playing more minutes), we will ensure a player leaves with a positive mindset and an understanding of how to best overcome any challenges.
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Bespoke life skill plans:
We can actively help the players with , personal development, growth mindset, self branding and mindset coaching to help develop transferable life skills
Employability skills:
CV Writing, interview prep, self branding and career talks to establish career options in sport.