Soccer:
Player Development Center
"First
we make our Attitudes—then
our Attitudes make us" —
Denis Wheatley
The United Sports Player Development
Center is run in conjunction with the United
Sports Soccer Academy. The goal of
the Development Center is to improve the individual's
playing ability (technical and tactical) as well as
emphasizing the positive impact a professional attitude
has on both soccer development and in life. The program
consists of both field training sessions and video analysis
sessions each week to encourage players to become students
of the game. The players will also be lectured on diet
and nutrition to ensure they are looking after themselves
off the field so they can perform on the field.
The staff of the Development Center are fully
licensed coaches with professional playing experience
from both the U.S. and Europe. All coaches are eager
to share their insights and considerable experiences.
SESSION TOPICS
Session 1: Technical Training—Learn
and master many of the techniques such as first touch
and passing, shooting, dribbling, moves to beat defenders,
heading, defending etc…
Session 2: Attacking play
— Learn the principles of attacking both as an
individual and as a group. Players will be taught the
many attacking patterns and combinations that defenders
find almost impossible to defend against. The players
will learn to attack in numbers and become creative
in the final third.
Sean McCafferty, Director, Player Development
Center
Sean hails from Derry, in the north of Ireland. Sean
played professional soccer in England for Peterborough
United (English 2nd division), as well as playing semi-professional
for Finn Harps in the league of Ireland. During his
time at Peterborough United he had the opportunity to
represent Northern Ireland at U-18 level. Sean has been
an employee of united sports for over 6 years where
he is the Director for both the Boys Academy and Player
Development Center. Sean holds an English prelim coaching
badge and was EPYSA and Region I coach of the year in
2006.
If
you have questions regarding the Player Development
Center, please call Sean on (610) 466 7100 or e-mail
at smccafferty@go2ustc.com.
