SCORE Football Programme

SCORE Football Programme
SCORE (Soccer Coaching Open Route to Education)
SEEVIC College have created a football coaching programme that offers highly talented football players the opportunity to continue with post-16 full-time education while receiving coaching from professional FA qualified football coaches.

Players accepted onto the scheme will train with a highly talented squad and strive to reach the highest level possible in either professional or semi-professional football.

Training
Each player will:

• Train on a daily basis
• Work on various technical or tactical situations
• Have a specific training programme designed to ensure their fitness levels are improved and maintained.
• Take part in various video analysis sessions to improve their tactical knowledge of the game.
• Take the FA Level 1 coaching and some may be selected to take Level 2.
• Play in a variety of competitive leagues to include the English Colleges Football League who are linked to the FA Premier League, British College League and Essex Colleges League.
• Have the opportunity to play in cup competitions that include, ECFA Cup, BCS Cup and the Essex County Cup.
• Receive a full training kit (Players will be asked to contribute £75.00 towards the cost of these items).
• Have full use of the weight training facilities and have their own personalised programme written by a fitness training coach.

Additional Qualifications
Students will be placed onto the FA level 1 course and subsequent to passing this they may be placed onto the FA Level in football coaching. Also available is a referees qualification which will aid in the learning experience.

Work Experience
Students will have the opportunity to do their work experience coaching football sessions in local schools.

Staff
Dave Thompson has vast experience in professional and non league football. He spent 7 years working at Southend United, where he was initially a coach and moved to Centre of Excellence Assistant Director and then Centre Manager. He then moved to Charlton Athletic as Centre Director before being recruited to coach at Chelsea F.C.

Laurie Carter has been invlolved as Southend United Centre of Excellence coach since 1998 and has taken various age groups from under 14's to the Youth Team. Laurie also held the post of Centre Manager and is currently a coach educator for the FA.

Club Links
The SCORE scheme has links with many professional and semi professional clubs but has recently formed an alliance with Benfleet Football Club who currently compete in the Essex Olympian League. Although players can play for the SCORE scheme in midweek the club has opened its doors for players to play for the reserve team under the guidance of the college coaching staff.

Entry Requirements
Acceptance into the SEEVIC College Football programme is based on performance in trials held early in the year. To play, students need to be enrolled on a course at the College. Entry is limited each year and with around 200 players applying and only 20 acceptances the quality of play is understandably high. Entry onto any of the academic programmes does not automatically entitle a student to a place within the SCORE Football programme.