Organize a quality Academy where our players can Develop within the philosophy of the Vardar Soccer Club to become lifestyle athletes and become college And professional soccer players.

• Create skilled and highly motivated players with a never quit, hard working mentality who is willing to play as a team.
• Create a clear way of playing with recognizable patterns.
• Create individual attention for every aspect of development: Technical, tactical, physical, mental, social

1. Respect – Yourself, others and property of all
2. Trust – Our belief and faith will lead to our success
3. Open Communication – Builds trust, creates feelings of ownership, surfaces issues faster, and generates useful feedback
4. Engagement – Sharing a responsibility is not dividing it, but caring and multiplying it within the club
5.  Positive – Must think, act and be positive at all times
6. Honesty – Our words, actions, feelings and thoughts towards each other
7. Pride – In our own achievements, team and club and everyday life
8. Self Awareness – Know your strengths and weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs and motivation to improve
9. Learning Attitude – Development of learning experiences that affect future learning for coaches and players with an open mind
10. Passion – Positive passion, not panic. Passion to learn and coach and play soccer
11. Team – No single individual is bigger than the team or club

• International proactive play
• Action rather than reaction
• High temp-meaning ball movement
• Attacking minded- always trying to go forward
• Formation that does not change much to opponents formation
• Positional team shape
• Organized forward movements
• Focus on attacking formation vs. defending formations (4-3-3, 4-4-2, 3-5-2, 3-4-3)
• Coach as organizing force to put players on the same page (like minded play)
• Player coaching/leading

• Readiness
• Competitiveness
• Attacking Attitude
• Support
• Confidence / Belief
• Trust in coaches, teammates, approach
• Unwilling to accept loss
• Winning attitude-feeling of being unbeatable

• Responsibility on ball (make it happen)
• Responsibility off ball (demand the ball)
• Control/manipulate the numbers (ball movement, deception, intentional play)
• Quick restarts, transitions…
• Communication-Clear, loud, assertive
• Defending-Intelligent, then hard
• Attacking- Always looking to go forward
• Shape the opponent’s view of themselves and their changes to win
• Layers in shape-Create 5-7 lines of play (not limited to 3-4 lines)
• Players are not negatively influenced by adversity

“Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.”

-Johan Cruyff