SKILL TRAINING
Nurturing Future Stars
Our Skill Training Sessions are designed for players between 3 and 15, suitable for every skill level. These sessions focus on developing fundamental football techniques, including dribbling, passing, shooting, and ball control. Our experienced coaches ensure each child builds a solid foundation while fostering a love for the game in a fun and supportive environment.
The Empoli Way
With over one hundred years of experience in developing young players, Empoli F.C. has honed a distinctive approach to coaching that goes beyond teaching technical and tactical skills. The Empoli way encompasses five key factors, ensuring holistic development for every player:
Style of Play
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Principle: Dictate proceedings, keep possession of the ball, and stay calm.
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Focus: Emphasize individual initiative and collective hard work.
Technical Ability
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Method: Dynamic drills aimed at perfecting every technical skill.
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Goal: Place the development of each player at the heart of every exercise.
Tactical Ability
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Practice: Run through several detailed individual and team match situations.
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Structure: Alternate these scenarios throughout the week for comprehensive understanding.
Style of Play
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Training: Teach individuals to make effective decisions in match situations.
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Development: Enhance their speed of thought to adapt to changeable tactical and technical scenarios.
Emotional and Social Factors
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Identity: Promote values of sacrifice, bravery, and teamwork.
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Application: Instill these values to be applied both on and off the pitch.
By integrating these five factors, Empoli Australia ensures that players not only excel in football but also grow as individuals, ready to face challenges both in sports and life.
Player Age
At Empoli Australia, training with peers of the same age group ensures exercises are developmentally appropriate, fostering physical growth, cognitive alignment, and social cohesion. Additionally, training with players of different abilities enhances skill development, and adaptability, and promotes an inclusive team spirit. This dual approach ensures our players grow both as footballers and individuals, ready to face diverse challenges on and off the pitch.
First Kicks - Primi Calci (3-5 yo)
At this age, having fun is the top priority. Our First Kicks program focuses on mini-games and fun activities to keep players fit and develop key motor skills. The primary goals are coordination and the introduction of basic motor patterns.
Beginners - Pulcini (6-7 yo)
We provide a positive introduction to sports by teaching high-quality football skills in a friendly, pressure-free environment. The main goal is to ensure children love the game, improving their skills while having fun. Focus areas include socialization, individual initiative, overcoming contact fear, and promoting punctuality, order, and respect for equipment.
Development - Esordienti (8-9 yo)
Designed for players eager to improve, this program caters to all abilities and focuses on dribbling, speed, game awareness, and finishing. Goals include socialization, individual initiative, overcoming contact fear, and promoting punctuality, order, and respect for equipment.
Skill Acquisition - Giovanissimi (10-12 yo)
These groups emphasize foot skills, fitness, speed, and coordination, with a particular focus on tactical awareness and mental development. Ideal for enhancing individual soccer skills, speed, agility, and fitness, whether supplementing club training or improving personal performance.
Youth - Allievi (13-15 yo)
In this phase, players refine their technical skills through a program centred around technical-tactical concepts, game positioning, and decision-making. We emphasize dialogue and camaraderie, fostering key values during this crucial stage of a player's development.