Audit

Philosophy and Vision

FeedbackMatch day reinforcing Philosophy and vision

Coaching Programme deliveredBoard Recruitment

of Players

Club 1st Team

Dome

Outdoor 3g

Stadium NSC

£Regeneration of pitch

Refurbishment of dressing room

Portacabin Village

£1 Office 1 Players dressing room3 Classrooms 1 Gymnasium 1 Team meeting room 1 Meeting room 1 coaches dressing room 1 Players dressing room

National Sports Centre – Crystal Palace

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Pitch

Pitch

Pitch

Away Teams

Gym

Home changing rooms

£Refurbishment of dressing room areas for child protection issues

Beckenham Training Ground – Coper’s Cope Road

Referees

Away staff£

Academy office

First team office

New Academy office|

£

Audit timetable

We Must Display The Philosophy And Vision In Everything We Do!

17:30 2:00 Session 118:00 2:00 Session 220:00 End day End day 1

10:00 1:00 KPI 1, 2 & 10 (incl. Club and Academy Budget)11:00 0:45 Interview CEO or member of board

11:45 0:15 Auditor Gearing

12:00 0:35 Club manager or Technical director

12:35 0:15 Auditor Gearing12:50 0:40 Break

13:30 0:45 Interview Academy Manager and Head of Coaching14:15 0:30 KPI 3

14:45 0:45 Individual interview with Foundation Phase coach - JM RQ

15:30 0:45 Individual interview with Youth Development Phase Coach - JW BG

16:15 0:45 Individual interview with Professional Development Phase Coach - BG GI17:00 0:30 Transfer to Practical Audit: Session 1 & 2 (Discussion before with coach)

TIme Duration Thursday

16:30 0:45 Individual interview with Head of Recruitment

17:15 0:45 KPI5, 6, 7, 8

18:00 1:00 Facilities

19:00 End day 2

10:00 0:30 Transfer to Practical Audit: Session 3 (Discussion before session with coach)

10:30 2:00 Session 3

12:30 0:15 KPI 4

12:45 0:45 Break

13:30 1:00 Individual interview with Head of Education

14:30 0:15 Auditor Gearing

14:45 0:30 Individual interview with Goalkeeper Coach

15:15 0:45 Individual interview with 2 players (2 Scholars at same time)

16:00 0:30 Interview with Head of Sports Science and Medicine

Time Duration Friday

Time Duration Sunday

10:00 0:30 Auditors present during team talk (and half time)

10:30 0:30 Warming up

11:00 2:00 Games (s) U9-14 games programme

13:00 End of Audit

12:30 0:30 Individual interview with 4 players (two players U11, two players YDP at same time)

13:00 1:30 Database verification

14:30 End day 3

Time Duration Saturday

10:00 0:30 Practical Audit: Session 4 (Discussion before with session coach)

10:30 2:00 Session 4 (If a game is observed on Saturday, the 4th coaching session needs to be rescheduled)

Player outcomes

1.To produce a Crystal Palace first team player from the academy every two years.

2. To produce more homegrown players through the Crystal Palace system, more than any other London club.

3. To produce young players representing their national teams 16- 21 years.

Staff

1. To have outstanding youth development staff who follow a performance syllabus covering physical, technical, tactical and mental aspects of the game.

Football Philosophy

1. To have a technical programme that ensures we are consistently playing attacking football which will also produce adaptable players to play in different styles and systems.

2. To give the players an outstanding learning and development programme that both unites and nurtures young players, to get the best out of them.

Values

1. To have values embedded that define and ensure the highest standards of behavior and attitude in every action by every staff member, parent and player.

Education

1.To adopt a full time education training model for 14’s, 15’s,16’s age groups. That will guarantee with the support network that the players will achieve their ultimate academic potential.

2. To expose the players to as many life skills as possible and to expose them to as many different workshops as possible at the football club.

Facilities

1.To supply the players with every development tool available through out current facilities

Crystal Palace Academy Vision 2012/2013

Academy Player Vision

'To produce a senior international from the CPFC Academy'

Chief Executive – Phil AlexanderProductivity

Target setting

Target achievement

Dougie Freedman Manager

Selects first team

Lennie Lawrence Technical DirectorObserves U21 fixtures

Attends meetings

Loaning of U21’s

Steve Kember-

RecruitmentLiase regarding first team transfers

Gary Issott- Academy ManagerProgression pathway

Youth international

Oversee coaching

Curtis Fleming -Senior Development Coach

U21’s selection

Loans

Delivery of syllabus

Progression to first team environment

Technical Board

Crystal Palace Coaching Philosophy

Tactical Philosophy All Crystal Palace players

• Are expected to be able to defend and attack as an individual

• Are expected to be both footed by the time they come in as scholars

All Crystal Palace teams

• Are expected to know how to defend as a team, whether pressing from the front or dropping off and holding as a team.

• Are encouraged to react quickly in transition, offensive and defensive

• Are encouraged to make the pitch big in possession and control the tempo of the game

• Are encouraged to play forward, making passes that take opponents out of the game

• Are encouraged to play quickly in and around the box demonstrating combination play

• Are expected to know how and when to rotate and interchange during the game

• Are encouraged to be creative in wide areas (creating 2 v 1’s) whilst getting players in and around the box (3 & 2)

• Encourage players to express themselves at the right time and in the attacking third

U8’s- U12’s Philosophy

Technically proficient

Sound decision makers in pressurised situations

Two footed

• Talented individuals that play effectively in teams

U13’s- U18’s Philosophy To produce teams that play good attractive football and players that are both tactically aware and can adapt to a variety of situations and formations

All teams to play with a back four and play out from the back whenever possible

Promote togetherness, train, eat, downtime, together as one club

Extended family to reach out to players with troubled backgrounds

Promote humility to develop individuals

Discipline to each other, team staff

Respect for each other , team, staff

Mixing younger players with senior players

Detailed training. Coaching programmes

Pathway to first team “if you’re good enough you will get your chance

Crystal Palace Club Culture

1 established Academy player in the first team every two years 1 Academy player debut every two years

19-21yrs x 4 loans to lower league clubs

3-5 professional players graduate from Academy to professional ranks

1 youth international at each age group:U21’sU20’sU19’sU18’sU17’sU16’s

50% of U16’s released to find alternative clubs

Crystal Palace Academy Performance Targets

London Academy’s Performance Table

These statistics are from September 2006-April 2012.

Club Debuts Appearances

Crystal Palace 20 618Arsenal 10 186Charlton Athletic 10 159West Ham United 6 246Tottenham 8 67Brentford 6 26Millwall 4 59Chelsea 3 30QPR 4 24Fulham 1 18

Source; arsenal.com, Bbrentfordfc.co.uk, cafc.co.uk, chelseafc.com, cpfc.co.uk, fulhamfc.com, millwallfc.co.uk, qpr.co.uk, tottenhamhotspur.com,

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