MINI PRO DEVELOPMENT

Youth development at GTA Lions incorporateds the French National Academy "Clairefontaine" principles on soccer with their students, such as:

Making the player’s movements faster and better
Linking movements efficiently and wisely
Using the weaker foot
Weaknesses in the player’s game
Psychological factors (sports personality tests)
Medical factors
Physical tests (beep test)
Technical skills
Skill training (juggling the ball, running with the ball, dribbling, kicking, passing and ball control)
Tactical (to help the ball carrier, to get the ball back, to offer support, to pass the ball and follow the pass, positioning and the movement into space).
The GTA Lions academy director and officials in collaboration with Soccer Life Canada, will convene to select competatively a maximum of 22 players each year; with three or four of the 22 being goalkeepers, for French Professional Clubs tryout, here in Canada-Toronto.
This process helps to select, "ONLY" the best players get to travel to Europe. This helps clarify and reduces expenses soccer families are accumulating going abroad for showcases. www. soccerlife8.com
This reduces the unecessary trips abroad, because players ate commited to train hard and attached their goals -through determination on family growth,if they want to play Pro or go abroad. At GTA Lions we don't follow the "PASSIVE" soccer education culture.