Individual Player Development Coach Academy- Atlanta United FC

The head of IDP is a new position created to cope with the demands of the modern game. Every position on the field is played differently, and every player in that position has a unique profile.

Requirements

• Identify individual needs during the game for players in the second team and the U18s, U16s, and U15s in the academy
• Create individual, position, and unit training sessions to focus on a specific position and area of the field
• Deliver meaningful individual/unit training sessions after the team training and/or in separate time slots at a different time of the day
• Create weekly and monthly plans to have a clear mid and long-term development vision
• Evaluate and monitor the development of the players
• Quantify performance and compile minutes played by each player in each team in the academy
• Coordinate the mid-season and end-of-the-season individual reports for each team
• Assist other head coaches in team training sessions
• Lead, manage, and inspire coaches, assistant coaches, and performance staff for the ATL UTD 2, U18s, U16s, and U15s teams
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Methodology to deliver the academy soccer program
• Assist teams in the academy during specific training sessions, games, and tournaments
• Formulate opinions and create evaluations based on facts and share these evaluations with the head coach and staff for each specific team