Junior Academy U4-U7

* Minimum 35 weeks coaching in a safe fun environment

* Suitable for kids born 2005, 2006 and 2007

* Commences every Sunday

* Venue: Postal Club, Kiltipper Road, Dublin 24. 10am-11am

Cost:

5euro per week

New players welcome every week

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Shamrock Rovers Youth Academy U8-U18 

Shamrock Rovers FC Academy commenced in season 2009/2010 and takes place at St. Marks Community School on a weekly basis in an October-March - 25 week technical development programme. The Academy is in its third season running this season and has proved to be highly successful with all our underage teams and coaches taking part in it on Tuesday nights.

Catering for over 250 schoolboy players from u8 to u16 in a four hour period, the academy is staffed by UEFA “A” and “B” level qualified coaches with vast experience in the technical development of young players.   

Amongst the topics covered include:

• SAQ - Speed, Agility, Quickness training
• Ball Mastery (Coerver) - dribbling, turns, feints, skill
• Small Sided games
• Skill techniques – Passing & control techniques, foot, chest, thigh, head
• Space Awareness / Control / Passing

Awareness and teaching in sequence – Space to Receive Ball, Body position, relevant touch/control & decision-making to set up accurate pass/shot/dribble

• 3v0; 3v1; 4v2; 5v2
• 2v2 - attacking combinations (wall-passes, crossovers, takeovers, overlapping) to create attacking overloads
• 2v2 - basic defending; pressure & cover, dealing with attacking overloads
• 3v3, 4v4, 5v5 – defending as a unit & attacking through creation of space             
• 7 v 7 - shape / proper positioning; defence v attack
• 9 v 9 - shape / proper positioning; defence v attack
• 11 v 11 shape; defending as a unit, attacking as a unit (11 aside)
• Types of systems 4-4-2 / 4-3-3 & Flexible 4-4-2 (11 aside)

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