Live the dream of being in a professional academy,
from anywhere in the world.
Get mentored and coached by professional English academy coaches & scouts to fast-track your football development!
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What Academy masterclasses look like
Below you can find snippets from some of the masterclass that have been presented in the Virtual Academy so far.
Mark Beard is a former professional footballer who scored the winning goal against Arsenal in an FA Cup victory for Millwall FC
After his active playing career he worked his way up to becoming the U-18 academy coach at Brighton Hove & Albion and is now Head of Coaching at Dorking Wanderers.
In this video he is walking our Virtual Academy players through a weekly schedule of Brighton's U18 academy players and speaks about the effects of psychologists in football!
Sam Shaban is a former Watford FC academy player (Striker).
He has been playing professional football for the last 6 years and has a lot of experience playing in different countries around the world. ´Currently he is playing semi-professional football in England, United Kingdom.
He is also working as a Player Success Agent for the Train Effective team and advisor and friend to our academy players from around the world.
Ray Power is Head of Development at Boston United FC and author of 3 football books.
In this clip he is explaining one of 10 things coaches want to see in a player: "Become successful where you are now!"
In particular he speaks about a problem with the way many players go about their football career in today's time and explains a more realistic approach on how to get into professional football.
Why you should join the Virtual Academy
Emil Buraas, 17 🇳🇴
"The train effective academy is great for every age, you get live classes which helps you with the mental side of the game, game understanding and so much more. I would recommend the Academy for every age if you’re interested in developing as a football player. Coaches are excellent and very professional, they let you ask questions and they are always helping you develop as a player."
Virtual Academy Player
Lars Urban, 19 🇩🇪
"Great Academy, you get a great access to a lot of areas in Football such as the Mental Part, How to get Pro...
I also love the Live Ball sessions with academy Coaches that are helping you to improve by time.
The only thing why Im just giving 4 Stars is that I cant take Part sometimes because of training session, but that got solved by recording the sessions. Overall very High Quality Standard."
Virtual Academy Player
Devadath Kunhiparambath, 16 🇮🇳
"Traineffective virtual academy has been really helping me tackle my weaknesses through their Individual Development Plan . I saw results just after 1 week of fully committing to it."
Virtual Academy Player
What's the difference between PRO and Virtual Academy?
PRO
Academy
Training Planner
All Drills & Exercises
Premier League Experts
Rio Ferdinand Mentality Training
Career Action Planning
Online Masterclasses
Pro Training Schedule
Personal Mentor Coach
Your coaches, experts and scouting network
Our coaches and creators include Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand,
ex-professionals, pro academy coaches, scouts and more.
Simon O'Neill
National Scout & Former Ladies Assistant Manager at Chelsea FC.
Samir Carruthers
Ex-professional player at Aston Villa, Sheffield United, MK Dons & Oxford United.
Jacques Maghoma
Ex-professional player at Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield & DR Congo national team player.
Murray Jones
Millwall FC's U16/18 coach and former U18/U21 Pro Development Phase Coach.
John Moses
Ex-professional player in Germany, Hungary & Liberia national team player.
Sam Shaban
Former Watford FC academy player & played professionally
all around Europe.
Any Questions?
In this call you will be speaking to our Player Success Agent Sam Shaban, the player from the first video above.
He will speak to you about your current situation in football to evaluate if the virtual academy is the right step for you at this moment, answer any question you might still have about the program and help you sign up to the programme if you decide that it's the right next step in your journey!
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