North West London Jets FC Player Development
Player development at NWLJ goes beyond the standard weekly training sessions and Sunday matches, we look to develop our players into future leaders.
In the 2012-2013 football season, we introduced the FA Leadership course with the aim of developing the under 13 players interested in the course into qualified assistant coaches to support our under 7s, 8s and 9s during their training sessions to help their development.
We do not plan to stop investing in our players development at 13. The FA offer further courses for boys and girls aged 16 to become FA Certified Level 1 coaches or to gain age appropriate qualifications through undertaking FA Youth Modules and we hope to encourage our players to take advantage of these opportunities.
As our football club grows, we will need more coaches and our aim is to transform our players into qualified coaches so that they can impart their knowledge and experience to future NWLJ players.
Our investment in player development is not only football focused, it provides those players interested in the courses with additional qualifications, work experience and transferable skills which can be added to their CVs, putting them in a good position for future job opportunities.
We are always looking at additional opportunities to develop our players. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact us.
In the 2012-2013 football season, we introduced the FA Leadership course with the aim of developing the under 13 players interested in the course into qualified assistant coaches to support our under 7s, 8s and 9s during their training sessions to help their development.
We do not plan to stop investing in our players development at 13. The FA offer further courses for boys and girls aged 16 to become FA Certified Level 1 coaches or to gain age appropriate qualifications through undertaking FA Youth Modules and we hope to encourage our players to take advantage of these opportunities.
As our football club grows, we will need more coaches and our aim is to transform our players into qualified coaches so that they can impart their knowledge and experience to future NWLJ players.
Our investment in player development is not only football focused, it provides those players interested in the courses with additional qualifications, work experience and transferable skills which can be added to their CVs, putting them in a good position for future job opportunities.
We are always looking at additional opportunities to develop our players. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact us.
The North West London Jets Playing Philosophy
North West London Jets have documented our playing and training philosophy, including our strategy and tactics. Our approach to player development and the attributes for each player position are also summarised within the North West London Jets Philosophy to Football can be found here:
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In Possession Playing Philosophy
“We aim to play patient possession football, enabling us to attack in numbers with freedom, creativity and tactical discipline”.
The philosophy is built around wanting all players to be comfortable in possession of the ball, both in and out of pressurised situations. We don’t want players to panic and instinctively just kick the ball away out of fear of making a mistake.
We feel that we stand a better chance of scoring if we attack with a numerical advantage, which is why our Striker is encouraged at times to drop into pockets of space to receive the ball, in order to combine with the Midfield; enabling the Striker, two Wingers and CAM to break forward together, creating several attacking avenues.
The freedom element comes from our Wing Backs being encouraged to support the attack when we are in possession of the ball, to make overlapping and underlapping runs; offering another dimension to our attack.
The creativity is born from our attacking approach, by the team attacking in numbers and with overloads in the wide areas coming from our Wingers and Wing Backs, we have multiple ways to create goalscoring opportunities in the final third, and are therefore not limited to a repeatable and predictable form of approach play. This is achieved through our coaching philosophy, in which we firstly focus on the individual players development and then how they combine as a team; enabling us to develop players who are confident and comfortable with the ball.
The tactical discipline element in part is an enablement for our Wing Backs to maraud forward and by our Central Defensive Midfielders providing the required cover and balance to the team, to protect against any potential counter-attacks. When creating an attack, tactical discipline is needed from the forward players to allow the team to attack in numbers, to time runs in behind the opposition, to stretch the opposition to create the needed space for the team to play into and through, so that the opposition’s defensive line can be penetrated effectively. All of this requires organisation and discipline from all players.
Out of Posession Playing Philosophy
“We want to be tactically flexible and adaptable when out of possession, but ultimately compact, disciplined and hard to breakdown”.
By the use of the term “Tactically Flexible”, we are referring to being able to operate a High Press, Mid-Block or Low-Block, when out of possession. This enables us to adapt our approach depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition.
Regardless of whether we operate a High Press, Mid-Block or Low-Block, we always want to defend compactly, with discipline, and be difficult for opponents to breakdown.
Compact defending within and between the individual Units (Defence, Midfield, Attack) aims to limit the spaces available for opponents to play into and through the lines.
A disciplined approach looks to prevent our players from being dragged out of position, which could disrupt our compact shape, and in doing so make is easier for opponents to break us down. In addition, we need to be disciplined in our timing as to when to challenge for possession of the ball, rather than dive in for a tackle at the earliest opportunity. This requires players to be patient and in control of their instincts.
In Transition Playing Philosophy - From Out to In Possession
“To attack quickly and directly, exploiting the spaces available from having won possession of the ball”
This philosophy is focused on players being encouraged to exploit the spaces available from having gained possession of the ball. The team should be looking to attack quickly, because the opposition’s players will likely be out of position and disorganised, providing the best opportunity to penetrate.
This is achieved by our Striker and CAM being closely positioned to one another, ensuring that our Striker is not isolated; whilst providing the rest of the team with outlets to get the ball to for counter-attacks, when possession is won.
In Transition Playing Philosophy - From In to Out Possession
“To regain possession quickly through tenacity, organisation and positional discipline”
This philosophy is focused on players being encouraged to regain possession quickly through the player that lost the ball immediately looking to press the opponent that won possession; in order to firstly delay the attack and, secondly, regain control of the ball through putting the opponent under pressure.
The use of the term organisation and positional discipline refer to the rest of the team looking to recover into their defensive compact shape, whether that be into a Mid or Low-Block; or look to work together to press the opposition Higher up the pitch.
“We aim to play patient possession football, enabling us to attack in numbers with freedom, creativity and tactical discipline”.
The philosophy is built around wanting all players to be comfortable in possession of the ball, both in and out of pressurised situations. We don’t want players to panic and instinctively just kick the ball away out of fear of making a mistake.
We feel that we stand a better chance of scoring if we attack with a numerical advantage, which is why our Striker is encouraged at times to drop into pockets of space to receive the ball, in order to combine with the Midfield; enabling the Striker, two Wingers and CAM to break forward together, creating several attacking avenues.
The freedom element comes from our Wing Backs being encouraged to support the attack when we are in possession of the ball, to make overlapping and underlapping runs; offering another dimension to our attack.
The creativity is born from our attacking approach, by the team attacking in numbers and with overloads in the wide areas coming from our Wingers and Wing Backs, we have multiple ways to create goalscoring opportunities in the final third, and are therefore not limited to a repeatable and predictable form of approach play. This is achieved through our coaching philosophy, in which we firstly focus on the individual players development and then how they combine as a team; enabling us to develop players who are confident and comfortable with the ball.
The tactical discipline element in part is an enablement for our Wing Backs to maraud forward and by our Central Defensive Midfielders providing the required cover and balance to the team, to protect against any potential counter-attacks. When creating an attack, tactical discipline is needed from the forward players to allow the team to attack in numbers, to time runs in behind the opposition, to stretch the opposition to create the needed space for the team to play into and through, so that the opposition’s defensive line can be penetrated effectively. All of this requires organisation and discipline from all players.
Out of Posession Playing Philosophy
“We want to be tactically flexible and adaptable when out of possession, but ultimately compact, disciplined and hard to breakdown”.
By the use of the term “Tactically Flexible”, we are referring to being able to operate a High Press, Mid-Block or Low-Block, when out of possession. This enables us to adapt our approach depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition.
Regardless of whether we operate a High Press, Mid-Block or Low-Block, we always want to defend compactly, with discipline, and be difficult for opponents to breakdown.
Compact defending within and between the individual Units (Defence, Midfield, Attack) aims to limit the spaces available for opponents to play into and through the lines.
A disciplined approach looks to prevent our players from being dragged out of position, which could disrupt our compact shape, and in doing so make is easier for opponents to break us down. In addition, we need to be disciplined in our timing as to when to challenge for possession of the ball, rather than dive in for a tackle at the earliest opportunity. This requires players to be patient and in control of their instincts.
In Transition Playing Philosophy - From Out to In Possession
“To attack quickly and directly, exploiting the spaces available from having won possession of the ball”
This philosophy is focused on players being encouraged to exploit the spaces available from having gained possession of the ball. The team should be looking to attack quickly, because the opposition’s players will likely be out of position and disorganised, providing the best opportunity to penetrate.
This is achieved by our Striker and CAM being closely positioned to one another, ensuring that our Striker is not isolated; whilst providing the rest of the team with outlets to get the ball to for counter-attacks, when possession is won.
In Transition Playing Philosophy - From In to Out Possession
“To regain possession quickly through tenacity, organisation and positional discipline”
This philosophy is focused on players being encouraged to regain possession quickly through the player that lost the ball immediately looking to press the opponent that won possession; in order to firstly delay the attack and, secondly, regain control of the ball through putting the opponent under pressure.
The use of the term organisation and positional discipline refer to the rest of the team looking to recover into their defensive compact shape, whether that be into a Mid or Low-Block; or look to work together to press the opposition Higher up the pitch.