Today saw the start of our summer football course, held at St.Georges School in Ascot. The theme for today was attacking, with a specific focus on the building up phase and how it can lead to creating goalscoring opportunities.
The warm weather didn’t stop our budding footballers from playing for the duration of the day in a variety of training formats. Aside from this there was time to engage with our Panna set up and have some fun!
This afternoon saw 2 guest coaches attend the course to lead a training session on position, possession and pressing, while highlighting the Cruyff methodology. After this there was a fully interactive Q & A, with some very interesting questions. Both coaches we’re very complimentary of all the children’s punctuation and attitude to learn.
Tomorrow we will continue the fun and have a focus on transitioning to defend, specifically looking at counter pressing.
The 3rd guest for our summer football course is now confirmed, subject to his availability.
Current QPR player and Ghanian International, Albert Adomah, has confirmed he will attend our July course, dependant on his pre-season schedule and the time he will be given to rest.
Most recently Albert attended our Panna Football launch and throughly enjoyed his time with us. Throughout the afternoon many of the guests had the opportunity to play against him and test their ball skills.
An avid supporter of players loving their ball, Albert regularly posts challenges for his followers via his Instagram account, with giveaways often seen. On the pitch he is going into his second season at QPR, after previous spells at Aston Villa, Bristol City and Middlesborough to name a few.
Adam said, “After the success of our Panna event, Albert and I have kept in touch, so it was great to hear that he is keen to come to Ascot again. The July event is actually taking place in-between pre-season fixtures against Leicester City and Man Utd, so should time allow, it will be great to see Albert again”.
You can book your place now for either our July or August event via the holiday courses tab, found at the top the page. Book now to avoid disappointment!
Our 2nd guest for our summer football course, is now confirmed. We’re pleased to announce that Nick Bignall will again be in attendance, but on this occasion he’ll be coaching with Park to Pro.
During the Easter Football Course, Nick came in as a guest and shared some of his past experiences playing professionally at Reading & Southampton, to name a few. The children were extremely receptive and enjoyed the Q & A session that he ran.
Adam said, “Nick was very complimentary of what was set up previously, during his last visit with us. We have discussed a number of new opportunities, with one being his attendance on our summer football course. He was happy to commit, so I’m delighted that he will be with us for the full week’.
We are still taking bookings for what promises to be an excellent summer. There are still more guests to be announced, so please don’t hesitate in securing your place now, via our holiday courses tab found at the top of this page!
Park to Pro is delighted to announce that Andy Maciel will be joining us as a guest, on the first week of our summer football course.
Previously of Chelsea and Crystal Palace, Andy has a passion in developing players and assisting their journey to the next level.
Andy founded his own football coaching business a number of years ago. He has studied extensively in Catalunya & is now UK partner of the Cruyff Football (Possession Football) methodology developed by Albert Capellas (former Barcelona academy manager – see pic above).
During his visit, he will be hosting a Q and A, as well a coaching masterclass, executing the C14 Methodology which has possession, position & pressing as it’s pillars.
Adam said, “I recently met Andy on a football course and his passion to develop young players his obvious to see. He is extremely humble, knowledgable and eager to help others, so it was a no ‘brainer’ in asking him to join us”.
We are very much looking forward to introducing Andy to all of our players on the course and extracting as much information as possible!
After the success of this years, ‘Coach Mentorship Programme’, Park to Pro are pleased to announce that the pathway will be expanding. We will now be offering a three separate pathways, dependant on the competencies of the respective coach.
In the past 8 months, our coaches have had private sessions with Pro License coaches, as well as coaches from Europe. All have provided excellent insight into their work, which has allowed our coaches to draw their own conclusions and apply. As well as this there has been a variety of topics covered on a monthly basis, from football coaching theory to football language.
In ‘next seasons’ edition there will be further topics introduced, including set pieces and analysing football actions. There is also a brand new pathway, which includes an introduction to coaching for those taking their first steps into the sport.
Adam Clark, the head of coaching and player development at Park to Pro, said; “This year has had it’s challenges we can’t deny that. But, during those bleak winter months our coaches still regularly met up via zoom and discussed a wide range of topics. This year has been a great success and I’m looking forward to growing next season. We have a lot more topics available for all coaches, as well as provisional plans to visit professional clubs in the UK and Europe. Being able to offer coaches these opportunities is important to the game and their own development.
Our introduction to coaching course has kicked off this month, with a topic on, ‘what is football coaching?’. In September our level 1 and level 2 courses will commence.
If you would like further information on how we can you as a coach, please email enquiries@parktopro.com and you will be sent full information on what you be learning and how you can apply it.
We’re delighted to confirm the venue and dates for our popular summer football courses.
Playing host to the upcoming events will be St.Georges Girls School, based in Ascot. The facility has space for 3 full size football pitches, tennis courts and a pavilion for our exclusive use. The fun will be taking place over 2 separate weeks from, Monday 26th July – Friday 30th July and Monday 23rd August – Friday 27th August.
Throughout both weeks there will be a theme of, ‘reflecting on your own performance’, where the coaching team will teach the children (of all ages) on methods they can use. These will be in relation to before, during and after training/games, within our football course context. As well as this, there will be coaching masterclasses and position specific workshops available every day, to ensure that the players take the most from the occasion.
All players that attend the course will receive plenty of information on how they can improve their game, while also having access to both of our Panna Arena’s, football tennis equipment and our new….speed gun!!
Full details for the summer will be released on Monday 14th June.
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