Exeter City FC Academy Tuesday 11th November 2014 ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon
Exeter City FC Academy Why does the Academy at Exeter City Football Club exist?
Exeter City FC Academy TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Exeter City FC Academy TO ENCOURAGE PLAYERS TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR EDUCATION AND TO SUPPORT THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Exeter City FC Academy OUR VISION To have a production line of players from the Academy, year after year, who are good enough to break into our First Team. AND To consistently produce players who are bought by bigger clubs and go on to play a higher level of football than Exeter City FC.
Exeter City FC Academy OUR ETHOS To look after the best interests of every young player in our care & To strive to have as many of our young players as possible become professional football players PLAYER Parent School Football Club
Exeter City FC Academy OUR SUCCESS These players have helped us achieve…
Exeter City FC Academy The first Exeter City Academy product in recent times to play in the Premier League George Friend
Exeter City FC Academy The second Exeter City Academy product in recent times to play in the Premier League 21 Premier League appearances in 2013/2014 Season Dean Moxey
Exeter City FC Youth Academy High number of Academy players offered Professional contracts FIVE 1 st Year Professional players 2010/2011 Kyle Bassett, Aaron Dawson, Jack Furzer, Noah Keats, Dan Western
Exeter City FC Academy High number of Academy players offered Professional contracts EIGHT 1 st Year Professional players 2012/2013 Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Reid, Jake Gosling, Jacob Wannell, Jacob Cane, Ollie Knowles, Luke Roper, Jamie Micklewright
Exeter City FC Academy 2013/2014 1 st Team appearances by young Academy graduates Matt Grimes – 1 st Year Pro – 37 appearances (won player of the season) Matt Jay – 2 nd Year Scholar (U18)
Exeter City FC Academy International recognition for Academy players Jake Gosling – Gibraltar Jamie Reid – Northern Ireland U21’s Matt Grimes – England U20’s Christy Pym – England U20’s Max Smallcombe – Wales U16’s Ethan Ampadu – Wales U16’s Ethan Ampadu – England U15’s
Exeter City FC Academy 2013/2014 1 st Team appearances by Academy graduates ECFC were 4 th in the country (out of the 92 professional clubs in the top 4 divisions) for 1 st Team appearances made by Academy graduates
Exeter City FC Academy 2013/2014 Process over outcome Despite an ethos where all of our coaches at all of our age groups focus on the development of individual players and NOT team results, we believe the ‘process over outcome’ philosophy will bring positive results on a regular basis anyway ECFC Under 21’s reached the Quarter Final of the inaugural Premier League Cup competition, beating Torquay, Crystal Palace, Southampton and Blackburn along the way ECFC Under 18’s won the Football League Youth Alliance South West division
Exeter City FC Academy How do we intend to achieve our long term goals? RESEARCH We have looked at, and continue to look at, what the best clubs and best youth development programmes are doing in order to try and improve what we do.
Exeter City FC Academy SAFE ENVIRONMENT
Exeter City FC Academy But although we want to create a positive learning environment… the FOOTBALL WORLD IN REALITY is VERY COMPETITIVE!! And with more money in English football, Sky TV etc, it is becoming a global sport and young English players have to compete with players from all over the world for an opportunity at a professional contract with an English Club
Our ‘player progression pathway’ Academy Performance Centre Regional Advanced Development Centres South Devon, Ottery, Colyton Exmouth, Barnstaple, Newquay Bridgwater, Yeovil, Plymouth Opportunity for players to move up and down between the levels based on the opinion of the coaching staff for what is best for each individual player at any given time
Exeter City FC Academy Managing Expectations at the ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon When your son started school what were your expectations for his education? GCSE’s A Levels Undergraduate Degree Masters / Postgraduate qualification Phd A Phd is the football equivalent of a Professional contract. Very few parents ‘expect’ their son to achieve a Phd, but too many parents think their son will be the next Wayne Rooney! Unrealistic expectations do not help!!
Exeter City FC Academy Managing Expectations at the ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon Success is one player a year progressing from the ECFC ADC South Devon to the Performance Centre It is unrealistic to expect numerous players from the South Devon ADC to jump 2 levels of the ‘player progression pathway’ and sign in the Academy each season. Moving up the pyramid is a long term process and requires patience, commitment, hard work and dedication.
Exeter City FC Academy ECFC Advanced Development Centre Vs The competition (private soccer school) Lots of private soccer schools charge high fees with the promise of getting a young player into a professional club. Most of those soccer schools need to turn a profit because they are a business. Our ADC programme does not need to turn a profit. We wish we could provide the training for free, but our Club is owned by the fans and struggles for finances, thus our Academy is under funded. Therefore, although we need to charge for the training, our aim is merely to break even each season or to re-invest a small profit into new equipment, e.g. footballs. And… in our opinion, the best pathway into a professional club is with… a professional club
Exeter City FC Academy WORKING TOGETHER PLAYER Parent School Football Club
We want everyone pulling in the same direction to maximise a players’ progression
In our South West catchment area we want to provide an Opportunity for all The questions are - at what level? - at what point in time?
Our ‘player progression pathway’ Academy Performance Centre Regional Advanced Development Centres South Devon, Ottery, Colyton Exmouth, Barnstaple, Newquay Bridgwater, Yeovil, Plymouth
Exeter City FC Academy ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon WE SUGGEST THAT YOUR ONLY CONCERN SHOULD BE YOUR OWN SON PLEASE FOCUS ON HIS WELFARE, HAPPINESS, ENJOYMENT & DEVELOPMENT YOU SHOULD HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER PLAYERS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES OR CONCERNS THEN PLEASE SPEAK TO US BUT REMEMBER THAT THE COACHING STAFF MAKE THE DECISIONS
Exeter City FC Academy ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon THANK YOU WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
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