Our Pre-Academy Programme provides young players with the perfect foundation to develop technical ability, confidence, and a lifelong love for football.
The journey to elite football doesn’t start at 16—it starts much earlier.
Between the ages of 5 and 11, players develop the most important foundations that will shape their future in the game.
At IOF Academy, our pre-academy football coaching programme is designed to give young players the best possible start.


At this stage, players develop:
These are the building blocks of elite performance.

Many grassroots environments:
This limits player development.

Many grassroots environments:
This limits player development.

Since forming in 2007 we have become the UK's most successful private academy with 109 players signed to professional clubs

Players progress into:

We have excellent all year round training facilities at Independent School, Abbotsholme, Rocester, ST14 5BS


To register you details for our programme, then please click the below link and we will send you full details

Tuesday and Thursday 5-6pm at Abbotsholme School. Winter we train on the all weather pitch and April to October we train on the grass pitches
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