King Knight Education

Bring Positional Play to Your Club's Development Program.

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Does your club lack a defined methodology for developing players across all age groups?

 

Are your coaches struggling to align training with a consistent philosophical, methodological and tactical vision?

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Do you need assistance hiring and training coaches? Or could you do with a hand orchestrating your tryouts?

Please contact us to let us know your needs. paddy@kingknighteducation.com

 

King Knight Education offers an end-to-end service (or a one-stop shop) designing comprehensive curriculums, game models, and session plans tailored to your club’s needs and player development goals.

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We can work with your coaches, parents and board members.

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If you have teams that are preparing for big tournaments, or important seasons, we can work with them too.

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If you have players that are looking to go to college and need some help impressing recruiting coaches, let us know, we are happy to help.

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Our experts will collaborate with your staff to build a cohesive playing and training philosophy centered around the principles of positional play.

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A Systematic Player Development Framework:

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We begin by working with your directors to define the core values and style of play you want to promote at each stage from U-8 to U-18.

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Using the latest methodologies, we map out a curriculum covering areas like:

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• Technical skills mastery appropriate at each age.

• Tactical understanding progression.

• Cognitive development.

• Physical/athletic benchmarks.

• Psychological and emotional growth.

 

This provides a framework for what well-rounded, systematic development looks like from youth to college soccer.

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Age-Specific Game Models:

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We then outline detailed game models describing the tactical principles and key concepts appropriate at each age level to align with your curriculum.

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These game models provide coaches with the guidelines and developmental objectives they should work towards on the field with their teams.

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Some examples of age-appropriate focuses:

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• U6: Individual Ball Mastery.

• U8: Basic movement off the ball into space to receive passes.

• U12: Introduction of combination play and supporting angles.

• U15: Rotations, third man runs, and switching play.

• U18: Advanced collective pressing and counter-pressing.

 

By tailoring the tactical concepts and decision making to their stage, players build skills progressively.

 

Complete Training Session Plans:

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The final piece is equipping your coaches with training session plans for every phase of development. We produce plans with exercises targeting the technical, tactical, mental and physical objectives outlined in the curriculum.

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Remote or In-Person Guidance:

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We can provide guidance implementing the program through:

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• Remote video conferences and direct messaging with your coaches.

• In-person workshops demonstrating training exercises on the field.

• Game observation and feedback on how to translate sessions into matches.

The only limiting factor is the level of investment the club is willing to put in.

 

The end result is complete alignment on how your club develops players on and off the pitch. We translate your values into practical curriculums, game models and sessions plans tailored to each age group.

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Let us bring your development philosophy to life at every level!

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Please contact us to let us know your needs. paddy@kingknighteducation.com