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Exeter City FC Academy
Tuesday 11th November 2014
ECFC Advanced Development Centre
South Devon
Exeter City FC Academy
Exeter City FC Academy Tuesday 11th November 2014 ECFC Advanced - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Exeter City FC Academy Tuesday 11th November 2014 ECFC Advanced - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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Exeter City FC Academy
TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
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Exeter City FC Academy
TO ENCOURAGE PLAYERS TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR EDUCATION
AND
TO SUPPORT THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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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
- n to play a higher level of football than Exeter City FC.
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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
Exeter City FC Academy
PLAYER
Football Club
Parent School
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OUR SUCCESS
These players have helped us achieve…
Exeter City FC Academy
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Exeter City FC Academy
The first Exeter City Academy product in recent times to play in the Premier League
George Friend
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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
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Exeter City FC Youth Academy
High number of Academy players offered Professional contracts
FIVE 1st Year Professional players
2010/2011
Kyle Bassett, Aaron Dawson, Jack Furzer, Noah Keats, Dan Western
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Exeter City FC Academy
High number of Academy players offered Professional contracts
EIGHT 1st Year Professional players
2012/2013
Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Reid, Jake Gosling, Jacob Wannell, Jacob Cane, Ollie Knowles, Luke Roper, Jamie Micklewright
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Exeter City FC Academy 2013/2014
1st Team appearances by young Academy graduates
Matt Grimes – 1st Year Pro – 37 appearances (won player of the season)
Matt Jay – 2nd Year Scholar (U18)
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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
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Exeter City FC Academy 2013/2014
1st Team appearances by Academy graduates
ECFC were 4th in the country (out of the 92 professional clubs in the top 4 divisions) for 1st Team appearances made by Academy graduates
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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
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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.
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Exeter City FC Academy
SAFE ENVIRONMENT
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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
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Academy Performance Centre Regional Advanced Development Centres
South Devon, Ottery, Colyton Exmouth, Barnstaple, Newquay Bridgwater, Yeovil, Plymouth
Our ‘player progression pathway’
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
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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!!
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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.
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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
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Exeter City FC Academy
PLAYER
Football Club
Parent School
WORKING TOGETHER
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We want everyone pulling in the same direction
to maximise a players’ progression
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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?
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Academy Performance Centre Regional Advanced Development Centres
South Devon, Ottery, Colyton Exmouth, Barnstaple, Newquay Bridgwater, Yeovil, Plymouth
Our ‘player progression pathway’
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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
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Exeter City FC Academy ECFC Advanced Development Centre South Devon