The Chance...

Hey guys, it's been a while since the last post, I hope you've all tried out the drills I wrote about, if you haven't, maybe it's time to start practising, because a lot of trials for the new season have already started.

One of them is Nike The Chance.
Surely most of you have heard about it, Nike The Chance is basically a big trial for the best unsigned players in the world be given a chance to play for the Nike Academy.

The Nike Academy is basically a full time academy, sponsored by the Premier League and is equivalent to a reserve team or u21 team.

Nike Academy training at St Georges National Football Centre.

At the end of the post I will leave links to Nike Academy's facebook page and wikipedia page, where you can read more about the project and team.

Back the point,

since the Academy is a full time elite performance development club, the players they would expect to enter it will have to be at a very good, probably professional level, so sadly if you don't work hard enough for the trials up until the dates, not after. 

Secondly it's a performance academy, meaning if you don't perform on the expected level you will be released, therefore you need to be mentally prepared for the competition you're gonna face. 

Lastly, the academy is a development  club, this means that the aim is to develop players into professionals as soon as possible, so you need to be prepared for intense training sessions and have the mentality to always impress and lead the team. 

Petar Golubovic, the latest big finding by the Academy signed for AS Roma earlier this week.

So there are a few aspects I'd like to look at the next week. 

The main two are mentality and performance. I will speak about what scouts would like to see and how to achieve it, in the process helping me improve, for now it's up to you guys to take the chance and sign up for this year's trials on the facebook page. 

The trials are strictly for unsigned over 16 players, so if you are young or have a professional contract it might be a better idea to wait a while or continue with your contract.As far as I know the academy has been holding trials regularly each year, so for this who might want to improve more before you start, there will probably be future trials.

I will be updating tomorrow on the first points, good luck guys and girls.

Here are the links: 

Nike Academy Facebook 

Nike Academy Wiki

Meanwhile you might want to practice your  5-a-side, at The GAME by Ronaldo. 

“In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!” 

― C. JoyBell C.