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Academy Program

This program is oriented at players who are required to work and improve their individual and team skills. They will be introduced to different techniques and training methodologies to ensure their progress and development.

The Academy Program is the base programme, which gives players the main start for the transition to the Advanced programmes of Barça Academy Dubai. Our coaches regularly monitor players’ progress in the Development programme and give the opportunity to selected players of various ages to move level up if they deem them fit and ready to take it to the next level. Attention is given to mastering players’ individual skills like ball controlling, running with ball, dribbling, tackling, ball interception and shooting as well as sharpening players’ team skills and their understanding of each particular role and position on the pitch.

 Players that are part of this programme train twice per week in addition to 1 weekly internal league game as well as regular external friendlies in order to provide a competitive environment that allows young players to put in practice what they learn at training.

  • Greater focus in the coordinative and technical aspects of the game, such as passing, controlling, shooting, dribbling, etc. With the objective of optimizing the coordinative structure in the context of real game situations and based on the tactical targets that we set in Barça Academy;
  • Theoretical sessions introducing the rules of the game and the main strategic actions in the game, such as corners, throw-ins, goal kicking, direct and indirect free kicks, etc;
  • Greater opportunities for development throughout the season;
  • Barça Academy League format that includes external teams to compete against on a regular basis in three different leagues: Regular league, Champions League, and King Cup;
  • Regular External Friendly Matches.

Our recently introduced “Academy Program” serves as a tier Between our Selection and Development teams. Players in this programme will go through a specific advanced training programme different from development teams.

Players that are part of this programme train three times per week and participate in either weekly internal competitions or regional leagues and tournaments according to their level. 

During the season, Academy Program level players have a chance to be promoted to Selection teams if the coaches determine that it is the best for the player’s development and if they deem them fit and ready to take it to the next level.

  • Opportunity to participate in external leagues: These teams will be participating in a year-round external league to compete with other academies and clubs in Dubai on a weekly basis;
  • External analysis: In-depth study of the rivals, including their collective and individual characteristics, coaching style and game models;
  • Internal analysis: Recording of training and matches on a bi-weekly basis, from which specific training content will be defined per player and team.
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