Tim Wareing holds his UEFA European A licence & has well over 10 years of coaching experience.  Spending 6 years at Lisburn Distillery he coached & managed the Reserve Team, U18 side & also set up a very successful Academy.  He has received a number of awards in recognition of services to sport & most recently was presented with the Advantage Young Business Award.

“I have launched TWAcademy.Org to offer elite coaching for all children to help develop their technical skills & tactical awareness.

Children attending TWSports.Org Mini Soccer Centres that reach a certain level will be invited into the TW Academy.  Likewise, elite children playing for a local club can apply for a place in the TW Academy for additional training.

The problem in Northern Ireland is the contact time children have with their coaches & clubs.  Generally most children will only receive one, maybe two training sessions a week at their club.  Receiving 2 - 3 hours practice time a week including a match programme is not nearly enough for any child to develop & gain a good education in football.  Elite children in England & Holland generally receive at least 9 - 12 hours practice time with their coaches & clubs!

Another issue is the education & development programme in place at clubs around the country.  There is some great youth coaches & clubs in place but for every good set up you can be sure there is 6 poorly run youth teams.

The TW Academy will not only offer elite children an excellent coaching education but we have a community section also.  We won’t turn away children if they are not good enough, big enough, or if they are a girl!  We welcome all into our programme so that all children can feel part of a team.  We are also realistic as many children can be late developers & if given time can turn into very talented players.

We also offer information on additional practice time at home, diet & nutritional advice & we are on hand for individual feedback on each player.  Another major factor will be developing the links we hold with Dutch clubs.  We will look to operate tours to Holland to play against their Academy teams & top local sides.

Remember, our programme is additional training for your child & we won’t look at taking your child out of their club.  We actually want to work with clubs through our player & coach education programmes.

Through my expertise & qualities of working with children I can guarantee that your child will improve on their game while attending the TW Academy.  We make the training programme creative & focus heavily on the technical side but more importantly insuring that our players have fun.”

Contact me now on 077 4012 0788 or by email tim@twacademy.org for further information.

Tim Wareing, Academy Director
UEFA European A Licence Coach

April really was a terrific month of experiences & club visits.  We kicked off with welcoming Braga to Belfast then travelled to Stoke City & Manchester United.  To be honest Manchester was planned as a birthday present for my son & we organised to travel with friends but with having a couple of contacts there from the @Coaching Family on Twitter I couldn’t resist to organise to meet up with them.  It was another memorable trip!

United Experience

We brought the boys down to Old Trafford for a stadium tour.  This was terrific for them as they got to see around the ground, sit in the changing rooms & walk down the tunnel onto pitch side before taking their seats on the bench!   They also got to learn about the history of the club from the Munich disaster through to the the successes on the pitch.  It was great to see around the museum & trophy rooms along with seeing an area dedicated to Paul Scholes.

After the tour we visited the club shop & the boys were able to get some United gear.  Quite amazing what you can get a Manchester United badge onto nowadays!

Packed up we departed for the Trafford Centre.  For those that don’t know this is a massive shopping complex with entertainment & restaurants.  After visiting the week previous I wasn’t keen to do the shops again lol.  Fortunately the boys entertained themselves in the arcade before we met with Pavl & Andy…known as @betterfootball & @Hiltaldo from Twitter.  Pavl interviewed me last year when I published my second book, ‘1-on-1 Coaching The Secrets To Improve ALL Football Players – GUARANTEED!‘  You can hear the interview here.

We caught up over a drink & some lunch.  It is fascinating meeting coaches this way.  You meet so many quality coaches online & it is great to meet them in the flesh.  What was terrific was having the opportunity to follow Pavl & Andy up to Carrington, Manchester United’s training ground.  Andy organises a community programme every Friday evening at Carrington.  This allows children to come in for coaching & games.   They cater from 5 year olds up to 14 / 15 year olds.  There is also a dedicated goalkeepers clinic & coach assessments that take place.  We met with Bill who holds the UEFA A Licence & is also a coach assessor.  I was impressed by the team along with the facilities of course.

Upon driving up to Carrington you pass Manchester City’s training complex as well as Sale Rugby Club.  Arriving at Manchester United you...

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