Keep Moving Forwards Issue 14
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:56:59 +0000
Meeting Simon Clifford
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:23:06 +0000
08 February 2011 by James HamiltonI don’t have heroes. Certainly, I don’t have footballing ones: any heroism that footballers have...
Keep Moving Forwards Issue 13
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:57:14 +0000
Keep Moving Forwards Issue 12
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:17:28 +0000
BSS feature on the BBC's Late Kick Off
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:37:21 +0000
The most recent show in the BBC’s series of Late Kick Off focused on the reasons for the...
The BSS National Squad
The ICFDS National Squad players also enjoyed a very hard week of training covering many of the aspects of our training program.
All of the players left enthused and motivated to continue training and progressing at home. At Brazilian Soccer Schools we truly believe that we will produce players through our National Squads beyond any player we have seen in this country over the next decade.
Harrogate currently has 4 players in the National Squad and one of our players Mikey has written a piece about his experiences during the week.
The national squad 2009 held at Trinity and All saints was a week long training camp for selected players all over the country from 13 years all the way through to 17. It was a long, hard and motivating week. The course involved a lot of physical assessments as well as technical. The week although very tough and demanding was enjoyable and the players got on really well. We played two matches at the start and end of the week against Sunderland BSS and Bermuda BSS. The week was a great learning experience and I can't wait to go again.
By way of example a typical day consisted of getting up at 6:30 and going for a 2 mile warm up run, breakfast, then physical assessments, these included bleep test, 6 x 800 metres, core strength and upper body strength. Then in the afternoon after lunch there might be lectures or technical assessments or small sided games.
One evening we watched Garforth Town play but usually had a core session in the sports hall. We went to bed about 10:30 or 11 knowing we would be up again at 6:30 the following day.
All in all we lived like professional footballers for a week and it was an inspiring insight. I've come away wanting to improve again on fitness, technical and match play and really look forward to going again.
Mikey Mossman