The Academy Offer
September Cohort Now Open
The academy programme offers an extension to traditional youth football, by offering players age 16+ with the opportunity to continue on their footballing journey in supporting their dreams and aspirations of building a career within the game.
Our academy is designed to aid and support those players wishing to continue pursuing a career within the game, with a programme designed to offer support and guidance in helping to achieve those aspirations through structure training and developmental sessions to help understand the demands and requirements as they progress into adult football.
All players offered the opportunity to join our Academy do so, knowing that the programme they will sign up to has been specifically designed to incorporate a football and educational element that is paramount to aid their development.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Players receive everything you would expect as a modern-day professional footballer:
- Training and games on a range of playing surfaces.
- Compete in AOC British College League.
- To participate in the British Colleges League Cup.
- Opportunities to be invited to train, play with local semi-professional clubs at U18, Reserve and First Team
- Coaching by fully qualified and experienced UEFA qualified coaches from a professional background in both the male and female with a vast experience having worked across all levels of the game.
- A fully comprehensive timetable that incorporates both Football and Education which has been designed around their training and games programme.
- Visits to different football stadium's and St. Georges Park throughout the academic year.
- Analyse games throughout the season, providing video clips and analysis session around the game.
- To complete FA EE Playmaker Award, FA Level 1 Talent ID Course, FA Player Welfare in Open Age Football, FA Introduction to Coaching Disabled Football and FA Concussion Guidelines
- FA Tutor to deliver a FA Level 1/2 Coaching course and referee opportunities.
There are many potential pathways open to graduates on completion of their academic journey, which may include but not limited to:
Further Education
Opportunities to attend University and/or Football Scholarship within America.
Football
- Scholarship opportunities at Universities in the USA.
- Contract offer at a Semi-professional Club within the English Football Pyramid.
Employment
Interested?
Expression of Interest
Join The Team
If you feel that the Bloxwich Football Education Academy is the place that you would like to continue developing both as a player and academically from September 2024, then to secure your place at one of our trial dates please complete online registration form confirming the required information. You will then be invited on a suitable date to attend a trial.
Once you have registered, all you will need to do is attend the trial date, where you will be met by members of the Academy who will arrange for you to then take part in a training and/or games session that will allow us opportunity to gain a greater understanding of you on the pitch.
All players who wish to attend the trials will be required to attend with correct kit to take part in a training session including boots and shin pads with plenty of fluids – changing facilities and showers will be accessible to use after training.
You can APPLY NOW for trials by clicking here.
