Academy Insight: The Foundation Phase U8-U12

Thursday June 18th 1.30pm PDT / 4.30pm EDT / 9.30pm BST // Friday June 19th 6.30am AEST / 8.30am NZT

In our latest Player Development Project webinar event, we will be focusing on coaching younger players. Dan Wright is joined by two top guests Nathan Thomas and Nathan Philip.

Nathan Thomas is currently the Lead Foundation Phase Coach at MK Dons and has experience coaching at Middlesborough, Arsenal and Brentford – he also holds the FA Advanced Youth Award. Nathan Philip holds both the UEFA A Licence and Advanced Youth Award, has worked across these age groups in both coaching and recruitment roles. A former Lead Phase Coach at a Premier League Academy, he now focuses on his own business providing specialist 1 to 1 coaching and small group work.

Some of the key areas of focus in this conversation will be how to work with young players, what the guests have learnt from different environments and some age-appropriate session plans. You’ll be able to ask questions on the run and discuss ideas with other PDP members.

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Our Presenters

Dan Wright

Dan Wright

Dan Wright is an academy coach at a Premier League club. He holds the UEFA A Licence and the FA Advanced Youth Award and has extensive coaching experience working in high-performance environments in the UK and Africa. Dan is Technical Advisor at PDP and host of the On The Grass Podcast series.

Nathan Thomas

Nathan Thomas

Nathan is the Lead Foundation Phase Coach at MK Dons

Nathan Philip

Nathan Philip

Nathan is UEFA A Licence Coach / 1-2-1 Specialist Coach

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