About Us

Developing for Fun
How we develop player talent

At Timperley Villa we are lucky to have the service of some excellent, professional coaches who have been trained and work in a number of the North West’s leading professional academies. The knowledge and experience of working with players at all levels of ability provides us with a great opportunity.

As the example of Manchester United confirms, youth development is a long term activity that must be undertaken with a systematic and coordinated approach. Pooling our experience over many years we have used the FA’s coaching principles to bring together the most comprehensive and effective player development program of any Club in the area. Strict control on the numbers of players in each group together with careful selection and development of coaches means we will avoid the traps that other Clubs have suffered from. Our goal is not to be an elite club, nor to be a massive club, it is to fill our playing capacity with enthusiastic players who want to learn more about “the beautiful game”.

Each player who joins the Club is assessed against the FA’s “four corner” player model and is allocated to the most appropriate group for the further development of that player. For the U8’s the emphasis is on developing movement, confidence and the basic skills. From U8 to U10 our children play low pressure competitive games in which we emphasise basic technique whilst ensuring they have fun. U11 to U13 are very transformational ages for the players and, with the Club, we try to help them develop a love for football and an understanding of team play.

Player development can only be successful if we have excellent coach development. Every one of our coaches has a minimum FA coach qualification and, for those working at U12’s level has signed up to our Club’s player development approach. Providing the funding and administrative support to enable an excellent development program is the other key aspect to our approach.

We welcome your enquiries so we can explain how we provide the best player development capabilities in the area.

Letter from the Chairman.

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