Football Dreams: The Academy

[Fur Calf]

Interesting docuseries on Channel 4 showing how coaches at Crystal Palace make decisions on awarding contracts to players at various age levels and/or further guidance to boys to achieve a potential contract. Good insight into the workings of a premiership academy.

[drfchound]

Interesting docuseries on Channel 4 showing how coaches at Crystal Palace make decisions on awarding contracts to players at various age levels and/or further guidance to boys to achieve a potential contract. Good insight into the workings of a premiership academy.

My mate coaches at the Sheff Utd academy.and he says that the senior staff there are looking for bigger, stronger, faster.  Skill is further down the list.