Summer 2009 Football Camp

MasterClass Football Camp report 

Summer 2009 - Over 80 players attend! 

There was a great turn out for the legendary Masterclass Football camp with over 80 5 to 12 year old keen footballers from many surrounding clubs joining together on two sunny mornings in Tunbridge Wells. 

MasterClass Head Coach, Barrie Pickett said “the success of the camp was down to ensuring all the kids had fun and enjoyed all aspects of the drills they participated in” he went on; “Because we have highly motivated and keen coaches on hand to assist the players, they could be split into groups according to their age and ability; this way all players are challenged to raise their standards in a positive way. Each group never had more than 12 players per coach and because of this they all improved magnificently and it was very rewarding to see the smiles on their faces afterwards” said Pickett.







Day 1
The players warmed up as a group and then went off with a coach. The session was set out in a rotating drill course, where each group of players had a variety of different disciplines to work through. These included; speed/agility, dribbling, control/touch, passing and shooting. The heighlight of of the day must have been the speed gun measuring all the players (and some coaches!!) shooting power - YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PLAYERS RESULTS ON OUR HOT SHOTS PAGE. Judging by the parent’s reaction on the morning of day 2 the first day was a huge success. 






 
Day 2
The second day would see all the players again split up in to their relevant age groups and were sent off to work with the same coach all session. After a rigorous warm up the players worked through “game-like scenario” drills utilising the skills they had learnt on day 1. Judging by what I saw they worked this well and by the end of each drill you could see the results of their hard work paying off. At the end of the drill sessions each group played matches to put into practice what they had learned over both days. 







After the matches finished all the players were awarded with Medals, Certificates, sweets and frisbee's.
The customary group photo was taken before the players left. 







It was a privilege to work with all the players on the course, their attitude and application was exceptional and a real credit to their parents. 

Finally, I would like to thank Paddy Adams, David Card, Tom Pepper, Alex Kibey, Chris Baker, Mick Baker and Lee Horlock for all their hard work over the two days...... roll on the next one!  



WELL DONE AND KEEP PRACTICING

Barrie Pickett  

TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOT SHOT PAGE TO SEE YOUR SCORE!