Matty
Academy coachFriday academy coach.
Weekly · Fridays 5:30–6:30 pm · Phillips Park
- $100 a month · 4 sessions
- $150 with Finishing at 6:30
- Ages 7–16 · any club
Elite Technique Academy.
Fast, high-intensity, high-repetition. Attention to detail, good habits through repetition, and the mentality that practice makes permanent. Space is limited. Boys and girls, grouped by age and ability.
Friday
One night. Two hours.
The academy hour at 5:30, then Finishing Masterclass at 6:30 for players who add it. Same field, same coaches.
Fri5:30–6:30 pmPhillips Park
One night right now. When more open they appear here and in registration first.
Sixty minutes
What the hour looks like.
Every Friday follows the same shape, so a player always knows what is coming and can measure the week.
Minutes 0–10 · Activation
Ball at the feet from the first minute: fast footwork patterns, both feet, coach counting reps. No laps.
Minutes 10–35 · The technique of the week
One theme per week (first touch, turns, 1v1, passing lines, striking), broken down, corrected, repeated until it is automatic.
Minutes 35–55 · Under pressure
The same technique in small spaces with defenders, decisions and speed. This is where it starts to look like Saturday.
Minutes 55–60 · Compete and go
A short competition round, a word from the coach on what to work on at home, and out the gate on time.
What the hour is
Technically astute players, made on purpose.
Core IDP is committed to raising the level of technical ability, in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.
Attention to detail
Technique at speed
First touch, dribbling, passing, turning and shooting with both feet, at a tempo that transfers to Saturday.
Good habits
Repetition that sticks
The same movement done well hundreds of times, with feedback each time, until it is the player's default.
Positive mentality
Confidence in tight spaces
Drills that look like the game: pressure, small spaces, quick decisions, creativity rewarded.
Athletic sharpness
Speed, agility, quickness
Explosive movement, change of direction and reactions, built into the hour rather than bolted on.
The details
Phillips Park. Fridays.
- When
- Fridays, 5:30–6:30 pm. Finishing Masterclass follows at 6:30.
- Where
- Phillips Park Soccer Complex, 550 Hedgecock Road, High Point
- Price
- $100 a month (June–May), four sessions a month; $150 with Finishing Masterclass
- Joining
- Any time. Rates are prorated for the month you start.
- Missed a Friday
- Make it up the next Friday: stay for the second hour.
- Cancelling
- Email by the 15th of the month to take effect the following month.
Your coaches
Who runs Friday night.
Two coaches on one grid: older players at one end, younger at the other, both coaches watching both.
Marcus
Academy coachFriday academy coach.
Academy questions
Who coaches my player's group?
Matty and Marcus run Friday nights. With current numbers everyone trains on one grid: the older players at one end, the younger at the other, and both coaches watch both. As numbers grow the groups split by age and ability.
My player is seven and only plays rec. Is it too much?
No. The youngest group starts at seven and is built around fundamentals at a pace that fits. If a player is not ready, the coach tells you after the first night and points you to the Technical Development Center block instead.
We live in Greensboro or Winston-Salem. Is it worth the drive?
Phillips Park is fifteen minutes from downtown Greensboro and about thirty from Winston-Salem, off I-74. Friday at 5:30 is after the school run and before the weekend, and Finishing follows at 6:30 so one trip covers both. If a Saturday morning would suit you better, say so on the form below; it is on the list.
Is it really only Fridays?
Right now, yes: one hour every Friday at 5:30, with Finishing Masterclass straight after at 6:30. A Saturday-morning session and a couple of later weeknight sessions are planned once enough families ask for them; the form at the bottom of this page is where you ask.
Does my player have to be in a club?
No. Players from any club, and players who are not in a club, train together. Once the fall season starts we work around your team's practice schedule.
How do we register?
Registration runs through PlayMetrics. If you are a first-time user it asks you to create a player profile before you register; it takes a few minutes.
What happens on holidays?
Some dates move to avoid holidays. You still get four sessions in the month.
Add the 6:30 hour
Academy plus Finishing: $150 a month.
The players who improve fastest stay for both: the technical hour at 5:30 and the finishing hour straight after.
Weekly · any club · ages 7–16
Elite Technique Academy
One fast, high-repetition technical hour every Friday, 5:30–6:30 pm. $100 a month, four sessions. Grouped by age and ability.
Fridays · strikers to full backs
Finishing Masterclass
Fridays 6:30–7:30 pm. Both feet, composure, movement in the box, scoring at game speed. $100 a month.
Fri6:30–7:30 pmFinishing
Best value
$150 a month for both. Academy at 5:30, Finishing at 6:30, one Friday trip. Join any time, prorated; cancel by the 15th.
More nights are coming
Saturday morning, or later on a weeknight? Tell us.
A Saturday-morning session and a couple of later weeknight sessions open as soon as enough families ask. Say which one you would use and the player's age, and you get the first date before anyone else.
Contact
Not sure yet? Ask.
Tell us the player's age and what you are hoping the hour does for them. A coach replies within one business day.
Ready when you are
Book a session. A coach replies within one business day.
Tell us the player's age and what you want to work on. You get times, not another form.
Prefer email? josh.coupar@coreidp.com