At Magpie Soccer, our top priority is learning and development, not just winning. We create an environment where players focus on growing their skills and understanding the game before focusing on outcomes. Here’s what you can expect:

• 4 Hours of Training Sessions Per Week (Minimum): Consistent, focused sessions to ensure steady progress and skill-building.

• Professional Coaching: Led by experienced coaches to ensure expert guidance in every session.

• Safe and Supportive Environment: A place where players are encouraged to learn, improve, and challenge themselves in a positive atmosphere.

Development-Focused Approach

We build players around three key pillars:

1. Fitness:
   Commitment to being the fittest team on the field ALWAYS. Focus on low-base cardio with and without the ball, sprint work, and delivering on-demand transitional runs.

2. Two-Touch Play:
   50%+ of every session is exclusively in a two-touch format to improve field awareness, decision-making, number of touches, intent of movement on/off the ball, and teamwork.

3. Tactical Understanding:
   Players will learn how to consistently create space behind the opposition’s backline. Key focuses include recognizing backline triggers, defensive shape recovery, and counterattacking with penetrative passing, 1v1s, and finishing.

While winning is fun it's not unique, our focus is always on learning first. We believe that when players develop their skills, the results will follow naturally. Which is why we will aim to try and follow the British academy training standard of an 8:1 ratio (8 practices:1 game). Each session will have specific practice and game-day aims, such as recovery to defensive shape, receiving on the half-turn, pressing responsibilities, and 2nd-level runners. These tactical and technical goals help players understand the game on a deeper level and apply what they’ve learned during competition.