TRAINING FOR CLUB PRE-TRAVEL & TRAVEL PROGRAMS
ISA has experience in assisting clubs with the development, implementation and monitoring of PRE-TRAVEL and TRAVEL programs for players of all ages and abilities.  It is important that our club clients get the best return for their members from the dollars and time invested in training resources.  For this reason, ISA works hand in hand with its club clientele to custom tailor a soccer curriculum appropriate for each club’s circumstances and resources.  Once a soccer curriculum is agreed upon, ISA can help the club implement, execute and monitor the success of the program by supplying qualified soccer personnel who will work with the club in carrying out the club’s soccer objectives.  No club is too big or too small.  Club’s owe it to their membership to hire and retain the best services, and ISA is proud to offer its service in this area.

TEAM TRAINING
In addition to our skills development camps and clinics, the Intense Soccer Academy (ISA) provides training and coaching services to teams of all ages and abilities. Whether your team aspires to become the next national champion, develop elite college soccer players, or simply enjoys playing soccer recreationally, we can provide you with the appropriate trainer to meet your teams needs and requirements. Moreover, we have a wide variety of team training programs from which you can choose and there is tremendous flexibility in defining and customizing the program specifically for your team. Whether your team wants to train on a session by session basis or train full time under the supervision of an ISA staff member, ISA can accommodate your training needs.

PRIVATE 1-ON-1 & SMALL GROUP TRAINING
Looking to supplement your existing soccer program with personalized and focused attention. ISA can set up a personal 1 on 1 or small group training program to suit your needs. We can customize a training program to develop specific focused areas of your game, including individual skills, fundamentals, 1v1 attacking moves, goal scoring techniques, speed, strength and agility, as well as many other finite areas of soccer and athletics.

ISA TRAINING & DEVELOPMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Our training philosophy places a very strong emphasis on developing TECHNICAL (skillful) players who THINK (decision makers not robots) and PLAY with CREATIVITY (personality) and ENTHUSIASM. Our training regimen and philosophy are heavily routed in Dutch and Brazilian soccer principles. The development of superior fundamentals (dribbling, driving, 1v1 attacking, shooting, passing and receiving) are critical to the success of players and teams that we train and coach.

Training soccer players is not an exact science. No two teams or players are exactly the same, nor are the circumstances and surroundings exactly the same in all instances. However, a consistent and progressive approach to player development is necessary to maximize each player’s (and team’s) development. Over the years Intense Soccer Academy (hereinafter “ISA”) has acquired a tremendous amount of experience training and observing players and teams of all ages and abilities throughout each of the stages of development. Our program has documented the training results of not just our own players and teams, but the results of our competitive peers throughout the United States of America.

Quantifying the results of training is no small feat. While we can keep statistics like goals scored, shots on goal, corner kicks, turnovers, as well as statistics of other finite categories, these statistics do not tell all. This is why it is very important that we step back and take a big picture approach to development. The fruits of our labor may not be overly obvious to the untrained eye right away, but if we identify and execute a steady course of training the fruits will be obvious and enjoyable to all in the future.

The first step to setting up your training program is to figure out what you want the end product to look like. In reality, our end product will probably not be identical to what we first dreamed. However, it will be substantially similar in substance. For example: if we want our male forwards to look like T. Henry (France) and our male forwards to look like Marta (Brazil), we need to first analyze the qualities that those players have. Once we break down those qualities, we then need to put together and implement a curriculum that is designed to develop those qualities. You might be saying, “isn’t it a little far fetched to try to make my U10 girl play like Marta?” The ISA answer is “No. Training her to play like Marta is exactly what we are supposed to be doing. However, expecting her to play like Marta at U10 is CRAZY!” That being said, the qualities of superstar players helps us with our grocery list of soccer qualities that we want our players to develop.

Step #1 – identify individual player qualities that you want your players to have
Step #2 – identify a team game-style that you want your players to play
Step #3 – perform an audit of the players on your team & their natural & present abilities
Step #4 – set up a curriculum that teaches the qualities you want for the players & team
Step #5 – constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the performance of your players, team and most importantly, YOU

Keys to success are: CONSISTENCY, PATIENCE & ENERGY.

Be very cautious about those who simply “criticize” without offering correction. Those people who simply criticize are “destructive” and not “constructive” of player development.

It is important to UNDERSTAND HOW PLAYERS LEARN. Learning is a multifaceted concept. Players learn in many different ways. They learn by (a) watching and emulating (copying) successful players and peers; (b) repeated training and participation; (c) listening to coaching instruction; (d) unorganized and informal “street soccer” where players are free to experiment; and (e) watching video tape of their own play. All of these different ways of learning must be used in order to get the most productivity out of the development process. Training and match participation alone are not enough.