Membership
Plans.
Commit to a monthly membership for the best per-session value and the most consistent development. Every plan runs 60-minute sessions.
Monthly Memberships
From £120 / month
8 sessions included each month — from just £15 per session. The most cost-effective way to train consistently in our FA player development phases.
Foundation Phase
Ball mastery and brave habits for the youngest performers.
- 8 sessions per month
- 60-minute sessions
- Ball mastery & first touch
- 1v1 confidence
Youth Development Phase
Scanning, decisions and position-specific detail under pressure.
- 8 sessions per month
- 60-minute sessions
- Scanning & decision-making
- Position-specific detail
Professional Development Phase
Game actions under pressure, with a clear pathway upward.
- 8 sessions per month
- 60-minute sessions
- Role mastery
- Individual development plans
Phase
priorities.
Our development groups follow The FA's England DNA age-phase priorities — love the ball, love the game. Each phase has a clear focus, so players build the right habits at the right time.
Foundation Phase
Love the ball, love the game — mastering the ball and building the confidence to try new things.
- Stay on the ball and master it — confidence to try new things
- Excite with the ball and seek creative solutions
- Connect and combine creatively with others to create and score goals
- Positive, enthusiastic defending — enjoy winning it back, difficult to beat 1v1
- Intelligent defending — alert, creative positioning
- Master a variety of defensive techniques and roles
- Instinctive decision-making when the ball is won or lost
- Travel quickly and take every opportunity to attack
- Proactive reactions to win the ball back fast
Youth Development Phase
Staying connected — receiving everywhere, creative under pressure, defending with confidence.
- Receive the ball in all areas of the pitch and stay in possession
- Creative solutions when outnumbered or in congested areas
- Connect with teammates to open up compact defences and score goals
- Defend 1v1 with confidence, even without cover or support
- Outwit opponents with patience, timing and interception
- Win the ball cleanly and start attacks in the same action
- Dominate transition — quick, positive first actions
- Disorganise the opposition when possession is regained
- Disrupt momentum, force errors and protect the goal
Professional Development Phase
Game-state mastery — dominating moments with intent, individually and as a team.
- Retain possession with intent — individually and as a team
- Open up compact defences with outstanding individuality and teamwork
- Clever combinations to create and score goals
- Dominate individual defending scenarios to regain quickly and cleanly
- Defend in an appropriate manner in relation to the state of the game
- Work individually and collectively to nullify opposition attacks
- React instinctively based on the state of the game and team tactics
- Recognise when to penetrate quickly or control the tempo
- Recognise, understand and react to potential danger
Aligned with The FA England DNA age-phase priorities — thefa.com