On Monday Liverpool FC International Academy Manager, Daniel Gavin, was welcomed to the Padua College Mornington Campus to demonstrate the delivery of the Reds’ world-famous Academy coaching program at Padua College.
“Having a coach from Liverpool FC visit Australia maintains our promise of providing participants in our programs with an authentic LFC experience close to home,” said Kevin Grima, Technical Director of Liverpool FC International Academy Australia. #YNWA
Elizabeth City State University Sport Management would like to thank alumnus Malone Silver for speaking to our program yesterday. Malone is the Associate Athletic Director for Academics and Compliance at Jackson State University. Malone spoke to the students about the importance of owning your name, and how hard it is to get into the field, but you only need one person to say "yes" to change your life. He shared tips on professional dress, communication, and how to network properly. It should be transformational and transactional.
#ecsu#hbcu#sportmanagement#sportbusiness#ncaa.
After just finishing my role as Captain of the Polo Club at Oxford Brookes University, here are some key takeaways. 🏇🎉
As the Club Captain, my key responsibilities included:
🗂️ Organising players for practice sessions and matches.
📅 Coordinating polo lessons and training programs.
🕒 Managing schedules and logistics to ensure smooth operations.
🗣️ Facilitating communication between players, coaches, and club members.
🏆 Overseeing club events and competitions.
Throughout this role, I have learned several valuable skills, including:
Organisation: Effectively managing multiple schedules, resources, and events. 📋
Time Management: Balancing academic commitments with club responsibilities and ensuring timely execution of activities. ⏰
Leadership: Leading a diverse group of players, fostering teamwork, and promoting a positive club culture. 👥
Communication: Ensuring clear and consistent communication between all stakeholders. 🗨️
Problem-Solving: Addressing challenges and finding innovative solutions to keep the club running smoothly. 🧩
I am immensely grateful for the support and dedication of my fellow club members, coaches, and everyone involved. Your passion and commitment have been truly inspiring. 🌟
As I move forward, I am excited to apply these skills as my new role as President. 🙏
#Polo#Leadership#TimeManagement#Organization#Teamwork#NewBeginnings
The partnership between PSG and our school continues to strengthen. ⚽
The Sixth Form Paris Saint-Germain academy launched last week, with Sixth Form students benefitting from PSG coaching to enhance their football skills.
We look forward to continuing this offer for future applicants to our Sixth Form and our IBCP curriculum route has been enhanced by Physical Education being accredited as a "career related study".
This means that students studying A Level PE with us can fully immerse themselves with PSG opportunities of coaching, guest speaker workshops and future visit opportunities.
Full details regarding the IBCP can be found here https://ow.ly/pFsa50Ugz43#PSGAcademy#SportsPartnership#SportsAcademy#PSG#FootballEducation#FootballCoaching#IBCP
This week is learning at work week so all week I am posting about learning.
As a Liverpool fan, yesterday was an emotional day as we watched Jurgen Klopp manage the team for the last time. He has been an amazing manager, inspiring, funny, entertaining, irritating (to other teams!) and such a positive force for good, not just for our team but for anyone who observed him.
He has been a coach to some of the greatest players who have played in England in the last yen years. Each one of them he has improved as a player. There were world cup winners, serial championship winners etc and each one has improved by working with Jurgen.
Despite being great, we can all get better if we get the right coaching and training. Imagine what you could do if you just got a few percent better each week.
Training is not a one off exercise that you do because you have to or because you are starting in a new role. Training and learning is something that we should be doing all of the time.
Take advantage of what training is available. Get better at what you do and you will achieve so much more than you thought possible.
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Brilliant conversation set out below that explains why and how some common myths and assumptions about competitive sport need to be challenged - and moving on from a binary frame of whether it's good to be competitive or not, to asking, how best to be usefully competitive in school sport - also applicable beyond #longwinthinking#redefinesuccess#culture#winning#purpose#meaning#learning#strivetogether#thelongwin
This past week, I was able to watch Liam, our youngest, compete in a number of regional track and field events for his school region. He qualified after winning in the area trials and now was up against people from all over the Durham area of Ontario - with some who had already hit their growth spurts, were faster and who competed in clubs on a regular basis (Liam, like many kids there, only jumps on the track train when it shows up on the school calendar).
As I watched the night trials, I noticed something. The kids always ran to the competition around them. If they were in a slow heat, those who won would WIN but they wouldn't dominate (Likely to save power for the BIG race, a bit of gamesmanship, etc). The faster ones were influenced by those around them and ran like them, which conversely caused the others to slow down too. Meanwhile if the leader set a powerful pace, it forced the others in their heat to really try - either to win or to qualify by time.
The lesson I left with?
Who we run alongside matters.
Who we let influence us matters.
If the ones in front of us and beside us jog when they should run, chances are, we'll follow their lead. In the same vein, we have that same influence on others around us too. Hard work hopefully inspires hard work from those around us.
Q: Who's inspiring you to "run" your best today?
(Below is Liam winning the grade 7 regionals in the short track hurdles...check out how fast these 12-13 boys run!!)
This is a really nice piece of thought provoking research by Louis Langdown which focusses on the pathway of players produced since the introduction of EPPP into the England team.
As ever the numbers only tell part of the story when it comes to player development, but they also force us to confront some interesting questions:
Just why have Chelsea been so successful?
Why have other so called ‘big’ clubs not featured so far?
Is there an inherent selection bias towards clubs known for their player development by FA YNT recruiters?
What needs to happen to broaden this talent pool? and (if I was still working in a club) I’d be asking myself what do I need to do better/differently to get my boys into this elite company?
Setting the numbers to one side, I know from experience unequivocally that Chelsea’s success was in large part due to an incredibly innovative leader in Neil Bath their academy manager who was in place throughout the EPPP years.
Regardless of any perceived advantages that Chelsea might have had or unintended bias from England’s scouting approach, Neil’s relentless drive and intuitive understanding of how to get the best out of young players and coaches set him aside as a generational player development talent in his own right.
His departure from Chelsea is a huge loss to the club, let’s hope it doesn’t also prove to be a huge loss to England too.
Performance Consultant | Chair BASES PA SIG | Senior Lecturer
Chelsea Football Club Academy leading the way by quite some distance in producing footballers for the men's England Senior Team 🏴 👏
The excellent & informative Training Ground Guru's Productivity Ratings give insight into the successes of club academies and pricked my curiosity as to 'who' is developing the ELITE of the Elite.
A somewhat simplistic investigation into England debutants post the Premier League's inception of its Elite Player Performance Plan circa 2012/13 season ensued. To fit the criteria of an EPPP graduate a player must;
1. Make his senior club debut post 2012/13 season start.
and
2. Make his Senior England debut post their senior club debut.
The club for which the player was registered as a scholar (aged 16-18) was deemed the minimum requirement to be classified as a product of that academy.
Headlines;
- 158 games saw a total of 107 debuts (63 EPPP graduates) the group amassing 1673 caps (804 EPPP caps).
- 28 Academies can lay claim to 'helping' produce an England International.
- Chelsea produced 13 debutants with a combined 135 caps to date.
Interestingly, some very big Cat 1 academies are 'yet' to produce a full England International despite the significant financial commitment year on year to maintain their EPPP status. Ok, I get the argument this isn't each club's main objective.
Anyhow, please comment & share if you find this interesting. I only do this to start conversations and thought processes. The beauty & knowledge comes in those that unpick the headlines stats.
#Football#EPPP#Elite#Academy#England#Player#Development
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