Selection for the football academy. How can a simple boy get into the best football clubs in the country?

Answers to frequently asked questions about the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA

How to get to the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA?
You can get into the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA by passing a special selection for the army school.

When does the selection process for the Youth and Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA take place?
Selection for the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA is held annually twice a year: in spring and autumn. Recruitment announcements are posted in advance on the club’s official website pfc-cska.com.

What should I do if I am from another city, but want to get into the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA?
Boys from other cities should prove themselves in their local teams, then the PFC CSKA selectors attending regional competitions will definitely notice you and invite you to watch.

What should I do if my age is not selected for the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA?
If there is no selection for your age, then you can get into the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA by proving yourself as part of another team. It is important to note that if your age is not selected and you have never played football professionally anywhere, then it is impossible to get into our school.

What documents are needed in order to come to the selection, and later to study at the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA?
Required condition To participate in the selection, you must have a medical certificate of admission to sports and a copy of your birth certificate.

How much does it cost to study at the PFC CSKA Youth Sports School?
Education at the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA is free.

Do the Youth and Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA issue uniforms?
Equipment is issued to children starting from the age of ten.

Where do the trainings take place?
Training takes place on the fields of the Oktyabr Sports Training Center, located at: st. Zhivopisnaya, 21 (metro station Shchukinskaya). The guys are trained on two artificial football fields and two artificial mini-football fields, in sports and gyms. In addition, the complex is equipped with modern medical office.

What is CSKA-2? What is the difference from the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA?
Youth Sports School CSKA-2 is a school created for boys who, for some reason, were not suitable for the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA. Training at the CSKA-2 Youth Sports School is carried out using the same methods and programs and with the same coaches as at the PFC CSKA Youth Sports School. Training at the CSKA-2 Youth Sports School is an opportunity to master the necessary football skills, become more disciplined and feel like part of a real football team.

How much does it cost to study at CSKA-2?
The price of a monthly subscription for two classes per week is 6,000 rubles, for three classes - 8,000 rubles.

Is it possible to get from CSKA-2 to the Youth Sports School of PFC CSKA?
Yes. The best students will have the opportunity to study for free at the CSKA Youth Sports School and take part in official competitions and tournaments.

Are there any teams for training girls at the PFC CSKA Youth Sports School or the CSKA-2 Youth Sports School?
No, there are no separate teams. Currently, girls have the opportunity to train together with boys. In the future, if there is a sufficient number of people interested, they may open separate groups for girls.

Where do non-resident players of the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA live?
Nonresident players of the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA live in a boarding school located at the Oktyabr stadium.

How does professional football training fit in with education?
At the Youth Sports School PFC CSKA, they carefully approach the issue of students receiving general education. In case of poor performance in secondary school, the player may not be allowed to participate in training. Let us note that many young army men are trained in gymnasiums.

What time do the training sessions take place?
During school year training takes place in the afternoon. During the holidays - in the morning and afternoon.

Can citizens of other countries study at the PFC CSKA Youth Sports School or at the CSKA-2 Youth Sports School?
Yes, they can study, but they cannot take part in official competitions.

The education of young athletes, in particular football players, is an integral and fundamental part of the work of most domestic professional league clubs. The development of the CSKA Academy is a priority area of activity for the CSKA team. The school creates optimal conditions so that the maximum possible number of children go through all stages of development on the way to the youth and main teams.

general information

The CSKA Academy was founded in 1954 as a training group for young football players under the CDSA team. In 1970, the division was reorganized into a children's and youth department. Since 2001, the group has been part of the structure of PFC CSKA.

The youth sports school trains young athletes in 13 age categories, the total number of students is about 400 people. Main groups:

Recruitment class.
Initial training group.
Educational and training teams.
Category of sports improvement.
Youth team.

Gaming competitions

Starting from the educational and training stage, young athletes participate in various tournaments and competitions. The youth group plays in the Club League for the Russian Federation Championship among sports and football schools of the PFC of the Moscow region. Guys from the sports improvement group also participate in the Robert Fulda Cup Tournament. Junior squads try their hand at matches for Federation prizes. The team is represented by two squads. Also, teams of different ages play in international tournaments.

Recruitment to the CSKA football academy

Every March, April and September, the CSKA football academy recruits boys aged 6-11 years. For viewing, which takes place on the sidelines of the school, a child’s medical certificate, sports uniform and birth certificate are required. Information about the time and place of collection is preliminarily posted on the official website in the “Announcements” column. The selection of candidates is carried out in two stages, which we will consider in more detail.

First stage of competitive selection

For an objective assessment, at least two specialists from the CSKA Academy are involved. Tests are carried out in the following mode:

Gymnastic exercises (warm-up). At this stage, the development of flexibility, dexterity and coordination of the applicant is tested.
Game test 15x15, or “magpie-crow”. Chips are placed on the corners and sides of the playing square in an amount exceeding the number of participants by 4. The “forty” team is placed behind the square, and the “crows” inside it. The Magpies must guard the chips, preventing their opponents from stealing them, while not entering the square and trying to pick off other players approaching the chips. The Crows must pick up the chips without leaving the square. The stolen elements are stacked in the center of the square. "Magpie", which was salted by "raven", leaves the game, just like their opponent, who entered the square. The team that collects the most chips in the allotted time wins. Teams are divided into 5-6 players, and reaction speed, dexterity, and game thinking are monitored during the process.
Simplified handball. Next test at the CSKA Academy it is held on a site measuring 20x15 meters. Teams of 5-6 people play handball. At the same time, it is prohibited to take more than 5 steps with the ball, to be rude and to carry out painful holds and holds. Here experts observe game aggressiveness, speed, team thinking and agility.
Mini football. Two teams of 5-6 people play mini-football. The same qualities are assessed as in the previous test.
A three/quarter lap race around the stadium. Volitional indicators are tracked and summed up with the scores of passed tests.

Evaluation after the first stage

At the CSKA Football Academy, after passing the first test, the possibility of enrolling applicants is considered, taking into account all the completed tasks. The number of accepted guys should slightly exceed the permissible norm. Then, interviews and questionnaires are conducted with young athletes.

Assessment of assignments is carried out according to the “+” or “-” principle. The first meaning applies to guys who show good abilities or compensate for their shortcomings through other achievements. A minus means lack of initiative, weak will and physical qualities.

The main criteria assessed are: game thinking, sports aggressiveness and fighting parameters, strong-willed qualities.

The second stage of final admission to the CSKA football academy

At this stage the student goes through probation which can last from several months to two years. During this period, the degree of each boy's ability is assessed. The test is carried out at the beginning and at the end of the term.

30 meter run.
Jumping test.
Agility tests.
Monitoring the development of playful thinking.
Testing of sports aggressiveness.

Based on the observations of the CSKA football academy coach and test results, the growth of the young athlete and his ability to learn are assessed. Then conclusions are drawn about the child’s further stay in the group. The main tests are selected individually by trainers, taking into account the age characteristics of the applicants. The main task is to record and compare the final and initial indicators.

Infrastructure

On the territory of the CSKA Academy in Moscow there are two football fields equipped with modern artificial turf. There is a natural lawn for the children at the Oktyabr stadium. In addition, the school’s infrastructure includes a fitness center, a games room for training in the winter, a medical rehabilitation complex, and a swimming pool. In winter, classes are also held in the Army Men's physical therapy arena.

There is a boarding school for non-resident students. It is home to about 50 young athletes from various regions of the country. Medical observation and examination of pupils is carried out by leading clinics in the capital, whose specialists serve the first and youth teams.

Let's summarize

It has long been recognized throughout the world that talents in any field of human activity are born everywhere in almost uniform quantities. To identify and develop abilities, it is necessary to create appropriate conditions. The CSKA football school is trying to discover talent in this sport. Security optimal conditions for the development of capable young athletes - the key to a successful future of domestic football.

In parallel with the good organization of classes and the educational and training process, adequate and correct selection should be carried out. The imperfection of some methods or the subjective underestimation of the capabilities of young men leads to sad consequences for both the student and the sport. Today, the base of the PFC CSKA Academy has an excellent material and technical basis that allows it to realize opportunities at a high professional level.

About the author: Kachan Alexander Ivanovich – 56 years old. Coach - teacher of the football department of the "Annenki" Youth Sports School in Kaluga, teacher physical culture MBOU Secondary School No. 41, in the past, played for many years in the teams of masters in Kaluga, winner of the “Millions Cup” Soviet Union among production teams, twice winner of the RSFSR Cup among KFK., repeated winner among teams of masters of the 2nd league of Soviet football.

Previously, boys came to football with 5-6 years of experience in street football, and training began on the basis of original motor and gaming skills acquired on the street. Now training has to start from a very early age and practically from scratch. Such comparisons provide enough reason to be convinced that the level of physical and, especially, gaming development of boys of past years was significantly higher than the current generation.

Modern football is both speed and power, and this is the result of continuous development from simple to complex, from known to unknown. No matter how difficult the exercise may be, it eventually becomes accessible and easy thanks to gradual and consistent training. And from the complex there is only one way - to even more complex. Brilliant is always simple.

The profession of a children's football coach is multifaceted. He is a teacher and educator, a researcher and experimenter, a master of his craft not only by profession, but by vocation. If a child does not have or lacks football knowledge, the problem is small. Knowledge is acquired. If there are no natural abilities, the difficulty is irreparable. It is very important to identify these abilities at a child’s early age. Then there will be more time for their development and, accordingly, the results of your work and the child’s work will be obvious.

Symbolically, we can define the five commandments of a children's football coach.

1.Football is a game. Therefore, a lesson in children's football should be similar to a game.

2. Talent is something that cannot be taught. Therefore, education should begin not with training, but with the development of natural abilities.

3. Heredity determines potential capabilities, and environment determines the extent to which these capabilities can be realized.

4. Football is one of the most difficult sports to learn. It is impossible to teach playing with exercises alone. Exercise is theory, game is practice.

5. The identity of each boy is an expression of his unique characteristics, which is precisely what is valued in the game.

The work of a children's coach begins with selection, and even more often with recruitment, and already in the process of training, the coach decides which components and factors need to be paid attention to. Many years of observations and practical experience have shown that selection should not be based on acquired, but primarily on the psychophysiological characteristics of the child. What natural qualities should a boy have in order to learn to play football? IN initial stage the criterion that determines game thinking should be at the forefront.

The English professor G. Aizenkov, the creator of tests to determine intellectual development, wrote in his book “Test Your Abilities”: “We can say that by mental abilities we mean that innate property nervous system which allows one person to think, decide intellectual problems better than the other."

The recruiting method for a football section or a football school should be through games. If in a game a boy shows a tendency to intercept, play without the ball, make timely backups, make decisions before receiving the ball, then he most likely has the ability to develop game thinking.

Selection stages.

Currently, they rely to a greater extent on recruiting children into primary training groups from a very early age (5-6 years old) and then in the process of training, the actual selection of what appears to be the most promising children is carried out. But talent can only be judged by observing children or at some intuitive level. Life has shown more than once how the one who was initially weaker became stronger, and the one who was successful in the game was overtaken by the one who was lagging behind.

The pace of development of a young football player depends not only on the quality of training, but also on innate data, the initial level of which varies from boy to boy. This refers to the physical development of the child. At a certain age, physical development seems to be of decisive importance in determining a child’s capabilities as a football player, and here the main thing for a coach is not to make a mistake. He must determine the level of capabilities of a child whose physical development is slightly delayed. How to do it?

There is a general scheme of formulas for selection criteria, these are three indicators of a child’s characteristics: Speed, Courage (or this is called differently - fighting qualities) and thinking. There is also a feature - skill (i.e. the child already has the skills to play football to some extent, but as we decided earlier - this skill is acquired.

So, speed is an innate quality. Since modern football is fast, this quality is one of the main criteria for selection. Courage or fighting qualities? Football is not only fast, but also power-based, martial arts take place throughout the entire area of the football field, which means this criterion is also of no small importance. And finally, thinking in modern football is also important. Conclusion: if a child has the makings of all these qualities, then he is accepted unconditionally. This is the perfect formula. What to do if one of these qualities is missing? This is not a problem, of course, the child must be accepted and the missing quality must be worked on and developed to a greater extent. But if more than one is missing, very often the work is wasted. What can be considered an indicator is courage: if a boy throws himself under the blow of the ball and does not turn his back, if when approaching an opponent he does not slow down and boldly goes into contact, if he does not wait, but immediately enters into single combat and forces the opponent to make mistakes with his actions, if without hesitation, he takes the initiative to dribble and shoot at goal. These are fighting qualities.

Indicators of gaming abilities.

With the ball: 1. Tendency to dribble

2.Passing game

3. Non-standard, original actions.

Without the ball: 1.Choice of position

2.Insurance

3. Playing on interception, getting ahead, finishing

4. Ability to open up

5. Decision of the action before receiving the ball.

There are also indicators of the so-called moral and volitional qualities - systematic attendance, stability of hard work. The content of the training process at the first stage consists of two sections:

1.Game and development of physical qualities through exercises with the ball. The essence of these exercises is the psychological effect that arises due to positive emotions from physical exercise with a ball. And this is very important in childhood and adolescence.

2. The essence of the methodology for developing original skills is to independently perform the proposed exercises. There is no need to immediately correct or teach how to perform certain motor actions. Movement technique is primarily the repeated repetition of exercises. It’s good if the child himself comes to the correct execution of the movement technique.

For the first year of study the program is offered:

Name

Sep.Oct.Nb.Dec.Jan.Feb.MarchApril.MayJuneJul.Aug.

TheoryConversations:

Development of original skills Motor Dribbling the ball

Transfers

GamesFootball on ¼ field

Mini football in the hall

Handball with football elements

Outdoor games and relay races

Duration of training - 60 minutes

A) special motor skills - 15 minutes

B) Gaming skills - 40 minutes

C) Information about football and the rules of the game – 5 minutes

The basis of the technique of playing football is learning to dribble the ball, hitting the ball

Goal side, stopping the ball and passing. Since children start playing football at a very early age, there is no need to talk about any gaming skills. Everything starts from scratch and you need to give the simplest exercises. But at the same time, children must learn from the very beginning that:

When dribbling: 1. You need to watch the ball with peripheral vision (children will understand faster when you tell them to look “out of the corner of their eye”)

2.When dribbling, you need to touch the ball as often as possible.

3. You need to dribble the ball with both your right and left feet.

When hitting: 1. You need to look at the ball, and mentally determine the trajectory of the ball.

2. You need to tense the muscles of both the supporting leg and the kicking leg (the slightest relaxation of the muscle can lead to injury)

3. Hit the ball with the hardest part of the ankle joint, the instep (and for this you need to learn to pull back the toe of your foot)

When stopping: 1. You need to learn to determine the trajectory of the ball.

2. When touching the ball, you need to learn not only to relax the muscles, but also to help with a yielding movement of a part of the body that dampens the speed of the flying ball.

3. You need to be able to stop the ball with all (except your hands) parts of your body.

All techniques are learned through repeated repetitions.

When dribbling the ball, you need to move in a straight line, changing directions, in a circle, around yourself. Touch the ball while pulling your toe back as you dribble in a straight line. Touch the ball with the outside and inside of the foot when changing the direction of movement. Move with the ball, shifting it from foot to foot. Dribble the ball around obstacles (posts, chips, opponent).

You can dribble the ball on your own, in pairs, in threes (while also making passes to each other).

Kicks are the most favorite exercise for beginning football players. There used to be an expression: “Whoever hits the hardest plays the best.” To some extent, this statement is not far from the truth. The one who masters this faster technical technique will have advantages both in passing and scoring goals for the opponent.

First you need to start teaching hitting a stationary ball, but the greatest effect of training is hitting a rolling ball. The whole beauty of the game of football and the skills of the players themselves is in movement. Although in modern football, goals from set pieces have no less effect than goals from the field.

Football, like all other sports, has its own coordination of movements associated with very frequent and sharp changes in direction of movement. Therefore, special football movements, even without a ball, need to be taught from the very beginning and this is best done in the form of games or relay races, maybe some kind of competitions, when children get excited and show the greatest effort. At the same time, it is very useful to encourage them with praise, even if the child or his team is in this moment turned out to be weaker than her opponent.

The game of football includes concepts such as: technical training, physical training, tactical training and psychological preparation. Taken together, these types of training are called “footballer’s school.” In the initial stage of training (in initial training groups), technical and physical training predominate to a greater extent than tactical and psychological training. Tactical tasks are mainly solved individually by each beginning football player, and psychological preparation is carried out automatically directly in the game or competitive tournament. We considered mainly the first two types of preparation. Group, tactical and psychological tasks are mastered at an older age.

The best forges of talent in Russian football - in the material on the site.

Spartak Football Academy named after F.F. Cherenkova

City: Moscow
Website: spartak.com/main/academy
Graduates: Egor Titov, Dmitry Torbinsky, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Alexander Samedov, Artem Dzyuba, Pavel Yakovlev, Sergey Parshivlyuk.

The Spartak Academy has a great history behind it, which began with Nikolai Starostin in 1936. The “red-white” football school keeps up with the times: it constantly plays against peers from England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and competes in all kinds of international tournaments. The Spartak youth team traditionally takes first place in the reserve championship of the Russian Premier League, with home-grown players successfully progressing and playing key roles in the main team. Now the Spartak Academy is constantly recruiting boys born in 1995-2005, and honored Spartak veterans are always present at unique castings. To show yourself you need to have nothing at all: medical certificate Yes, uniform according to the weather. In 2009, Spartak opened a new football complex in Sokolniki with three fields, seven locker rooms, gym, a bathhouse and a special hall for theoretical classes.

Academy "Krasnodar"

City: Krasnodar
Website: fckrasnodar.ru/academy
Graduates: -

The approach to work of Krasnodar businessman Sergei Galitsky is a new word in Russian football. A successful entrepreneur created Krasnodar in 2008, and now this team is a strong middle peasant in the Premier League, but, much more importantly, the main direction of the club’s activity is the development of young talents. According to experts, the sports complex of the Krasnodar Academy is in no way inferior to its European counterparts. Two indoor arenas, eight fields with natural grass, two with synthetic grass, a stadium with 3 thousand seats, a full comprehensive school- all conditions have been created for the fastest possible progress. Among the stated features of the Krasnodar system of development of football players: lack of specialization in positions up to 14-15 years of age, lack of monotony in the training process, completion of comprehensive development of technology up to 13 years of age, encouragement of creativity. So far, the Krasnodar academy has no famous graduates, which has a completely logical explanation - the senior team consists of guys born in 1995.

Zenit Academy

City: Saint Petersburg
Website: fc-zenit.ru/academy/academy_main
Graduates: Igor Denisov, Andrey Arshavin, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Alexander Kerzhakov, Vladimir Bystrov, Maxim Kanunnikov

The Zenit Academy was created on the basis of the famous St. Petersburg children's and youth football school "Smena", which operated since 1968. The skills of training qualified personnel are bearing fruit to this day, resulting in the development of a number of players of the main Russian national team, without whom it is difficult to imagine the team’s bronze success at Euro 2008. The Zenit Academy has a wide network of branches in which open training sessions are constantly held, where everyone can show themselves. The selection service constantly monitors the work of schools and invites the players they like to the main academy. You can also attract the attention of the St. Petersburg talent forge by using a questionnaire indicating your details and the upcoming matches in which you will take part. The academy has three types of training sessions: technical and tactical, theoretical and psychological, physical training. Academy teams of all ages use a 4-3-3 formation with minor variations.

NOU TsSO "Lokomotiv"

City: Moscow
Website: school.fclm.ru
Graduates: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Alexander Kokorin, Taras Burlak, Alexey Sapogov, Andrey Pazin, Inal Getigezhev, Anton Kochenkov, Alexey Miranchuk

Now the Loko Academy organizes tryouts for players born in 2001-2007. For older guys, in order to get to the tryout, they need to send a special questionnaire by mail, which the selection service will analyze and, possibly, invite the football player to the tryout. Nonresident players can count on housing and meals in a boarding school and school. The Lokomotiv Academy has produced many qualified personnel who are in leading roles in Russian Premier League clubs and, naturally, in Loko itself. A striking example is Alexey Miranchuk. The 17-year-old midfielder, who did not have time to finish school, managed to integrate into Slaven Bilic’s tactical formations and in the spring became almost a key figure in the Croatian specialist’s schemes.

Academy "Dynamo" Moscow named after. Yashina

City: Moscow
Website: academydinamo.ru
Graduates: Dmitry Kombarov, Kirill Kombarov, Fedor Smolov, Anton Shunin,

Since 2011, the Dynamo Academy has been named after the great goalkeeper Lev Yashin, who became a real role model for the younger generations of football players. Among the last famous graduates of the school, it is worth highlighting Dmitry and Kirill Kombarov, who were rejected by the Spartak Academy, but found themselves in the camp of the “blue and white”. The “red and whites” realized their mistake late and parted with a significant amount of money in order to return the twins to the team. Dynamo Academy provides a unique opportunity for high school students to train alongside the main and youth team at the training base in Novogorsk. For non-residents there is a boarding school with everyone necessary conditions for professional development. Classes are held all year round in the Dynamo arena.

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