Coerver Coaching head to the Surf Coast

YOUNG soccer talent from around Victoria will converge on Torquay from April 7 to 10 when Coerver Coaching Geelong kicks off a globally recognised technical skills development camp for the first time.

Children aged between 6 and 16 will join a team of Coerver accredited coaches and receive age specific technical and physiological coaching to drive their on and off field success.

The Development Camp will be modelled on Coerver Coaching’s Performance Camps that operate worldwide.

Coerver Coaching Geelong director Adrian Leijer said he was delighted to bring the camp to the Surf Coast in partnership with Coerver’s international partner adidas.

He said positions were filling quickly, and the camp would replicate the Coerver’s Asia Pacific Performance Camp which takes place in Canberra each year.

“We are very excited to bring the development camp to Torquay for the first time and provide local kids access to the same development opportunities that are available to players around the world,” Mr Leijer said.

“It’s also great timing because it gives the kids a really good solid chunk of pre-season football just before their seasons start.”

Established in 1984 by Dutch football manager Weil Coerver, the revolutionary Coerver Coaching method encompasses programs for players, coaches, clubs and schools in more than 53 countries with 1.5 million participants.

Mr Leijer, a former Socceroo and Olympian, brought Coerver’s training programs to Geelong and the Surf Coast three years ago, with the local operations now reaching more than 2,500 participants.

The Coerver Coaching Torquay Development Camp, which runs from April 7 to April 10, is a technical development program for young players that aims to maximise individual potential.

Players will receive:

21 hours of programmed Coerver Coaching from official Coerver accredited coaches

Coerver Coaching Small Sided Games

Coerver Coaching 1v1 tournament

Adidas Training Ball

Adidas Training shirt

Coerver Coaching certificate

Coerver Cup and Prizes

“One of my main goals this year it to explore new and innovative programs in order to give local kids access to what’s on offer around the world,” Mr Leijer said.

“The quality of what we deliver is always best in class. My vision is to grow our Development Camp to the levels of the Coerver Coaching Asia Pacific Performance Camp.”

“How good would that be? Families travelling from all over Australia and the Asia Pacific region, coming to the Surf Coast for an annual soccer training camp. I’m driven to make that happen.”

For further information about the Coerver Coaching clinics and development programs, head to coerver.com.au