The Future Player 

The core attributes and characteristics of the future player, in all four corners of The FA player development model, are detailed and supported by eight position specific profiles: goalkeeper, full-back, central defence, defensive central midfield, central midfield, wide midfield, shadow striker, centre forward.

We hope to identify and develop players with the following core attributes and skills:

Technical

• Future players will have the ability to create, score and prevent goals through excellence in: passing over varying distances, receiving skills, turning skills, travelling with the ball, attacking and defending skills, finishing skills, aerial ability.

Tactical

• Future players will be equipped with the skills, abilities and decision-making capability to tactically manage international games. We aim to produce players who can: recognise and adapt to the state of the game, achieve winning performances by maximising strengths and exploiting weaknesses, understand and apply individual, unit and team roles and responsibilities, adopt varied playing styles and formations, perform effectively against varied playing styles and formations, deal with varied environmental conditions.

Physical

• We aim to develop future players who possess outstanding physical and athletic skills in the following areas: agility, balance, coordination, speed and speed endurance, endurance, flexibility, power, strength, physical resilience, recovery, nutrition and lifestyle.

Psychological

• We aim to develop reflective, resourceful and resilient players who display outstanding confidence, creativity, concentration, communication, control, commitment.

Social

• Through the experience we will help players develop the following outstanding social skills that are in line with our code of conduct - which has been in place for several years: behaviour, reflection, teamwork, relationships, accountability, responsibility, Independence, life-skills and player education 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How we coach 
All England training sessions are meticulously planned for and delivered using the England DNA Coaching Fundamentals, we aim to emulate this. Crucially, every training session will be reviewed in order to review future coaching sessions.

All training sessions are built on the following core principles:

• Use a positive and enthusiastic manner with players at all times 

• Deliver realistic game-related practices 

• Use games whenever possible in training

• Develop practices that enable the players to make lots of decisions

• Connect with the group before the session outlining the aims, objectives and learning outcomes

• All sessions should follow The FA Learning cycle (Plan-Do-Review). This is a coaching cycle that ensures players are aware before, during and after the session as to what is required

• Value and work equally across the FA four-corner model

• Spend equal time delivering, planning and reviewing

• Include elements of transition in all practices and sessions where possible

• Use a carousel approach in sessions so different practices are organised beforehand to allow players to maximise playing time in training

• Use varied coaching styles based on the needs of the group

• All sessions will ensure 70 per cent ball-rolling time