The Hong Kong Football Academy SPECIALISES in football coaching and we are all about the quality of the JOURNEY not just the DESTINATION.

 

We are old school and teach old school values, like hard work, commitment, loyalty, respect and honor (things we consider sadly lacking in today's society).

We believe in SPORTSMANSHIP and FAIR PLAY but we also play to WIN- and we usually do!

 

In our club, we pride ourselves on the QUALITY OF OUR COACHING and regardless of age and ability level our students recieve a 12 month diet of training that has been carefully selected by a director with 25 years coaching experience.

 

Although the programmes are flexible, the students follow a set formular of training that is based upon Piaget's age appropriate principles and which we have proven to be highly effective over the last 15 years of development.

 

Unlike most schools and clubs, the Academy attempts to give players what they NEED not what they WANT or what will make them or their parents happy.

 

The Academy does not believe in equal playing time (we believe it should be earned) and we are not a BSS (baby sitting service).

 

When you come to the Academy you are expected to try your best, (parents included), forget convenience and do whatever you can to make yourself as good as you can be!

 

Hope you are starting to get the picture........? If you LOVE football you have come to the right place.

 

We believe that Hong Kong has an abundance of football talent but we believe that this potential talent fails to blossom because of a lack of professionalism, an insufficient infrastructure and a fatalistic/defeatest attitude.

 

We believe in the ability of all young people to aspire to greatness and are committed to trying our best to help them achieve this.

 

As such, we are committed to offering professional coaching to students regardless of their age and/or ability level. We have a PAY LESS AS YOU PLAY MORE payment system and we provide playing opportunities to ALL of our students regardless of age and ability.

 

Courses are offered on a yearly basis with weekly programmes held during the 3 school terms and camps and clinics taking place during the holidays. Students can choose to come as many times as they like and can also chose to join our team squads to play in friendly and competitive matches at the weekends.

The programme is based upon Hong Kong Football Academy's unique modular curriculum, which is fundamentally rooted in the ideas of age and skill level appropriateness. It is designed based upon Piaget's cognitive phases of learning, as well as Jerome Bruner's ideas that the structure of a course is crucially important for information transfer.

 

From 2010, Tactical Periodization was introduced at all age groups. This integrated approach to football, where technique, tactics and fitness run parallel to each other is a brand new scientific phenomenon known only to a handful of coaches world wide. 

 

Our playing philosophy is exactly the same as our off the pitch philosophy. We play as a committed team, working hard for ourselves and our team mates. We have no heros and prefer to play a collective pass and move game rather than relying on strong individuals. However at the same time, as we believe that football is fundamentally an art form, we encourage our players to express their passion and love for their art through their creative interpretation and use of skills learned.

 

We do not play long ball.We do not give the ball to our best player and watch him play. We do not care to win as much as we care to PERFORM. The Academy produces the closest thing to professional football and professional players to be found in Hong Kong. But we realise this will take hard work FROM ALL OF US.

 

Parents and Players have you got what it takes to produce an ELITE athlete............? If you are still interested I look forward to seeing you at practise.

 

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