FORMING WORLD CLASS ATHLETES WITH WORLD CLASS TRAINING METHODS

Previous affiliation with the following football clubs as an ex - professional footballer

Stoke City FC (UK

1st Division

Maritimo Madeira (Portugal)

1st Division

FK Rabotnicki (Macedonia)

1st Division

Rapid Wien (Austria)

1st Division

PAE Veria (Greece)

1st Division

Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)

1st Division

About Me

Hi, I am Anthony & I welcome you to Ambition Sports Performance.

I’m a football technical, biomechanical and speed expert.

I have played as a professional footballer for the following football clubs and institutions across the world:

Stoke City FC (England)
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)
Rapid Wien (Austria)
Maritimo Maderia (Portugal)
Rabotnicki FK (Macedonia)
PAE Veria (Greece)
Midland - Odessa (US)
Phoenix Football Academy (Jamaica)

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Also while taking part in training programs in Finland, Belgium, Northern Ireland, Russia - overall I have seen and experienced what the most highly regarded programs and institutions offer both at a youth level and senior level in the footballing world.

As an athlete I have accomplished the following athletic feats:

Ran over 42km/h (0.865 seconds over 10 meters during top speed running)
300kg deadlift (3.7x bodyweight)
2.62 second 20 meter sprint
VO2max level 0f 72

From an athletic standpoint I have accomplished world class feats athletically and I have been to the very highest heights as a professional footballing athlete - crossing over 22 countries during my playing period, from my experience, learning how different top level institutions across multiple continents run their programs - I have the ability to guide you from both becoming a world class athlete myself and through experiencing the different training methods as an ex fulltime professional athlete.

From my experience as an athlete & in-depth research over the past 15 years, going through trial & error & have tested numerous methods over my career & present, I am here to give you the CORRECT & OPTIMAL methods of Athletic Development & Footballing Skill/Technical Acquisition from my experience as a professional from varied places around the globe.

From this website you will have the chance to obtain info, services & thoughts on various training methods in becoming the best athlete you can be.

Teaching & giving you what works, GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU A BETTER ATHLETE & giving YOU the BEST chance of becoming the best on your field of play!

Cutting through the NONSENSE along the way!

Assessment & Training Focuses

Technical and Bio - Mechanical Assessment

A total assessment of the athletes biomechanical movement in high speed motion, during running gait and when performing their technical activities as a footballer:

Dribbling
Change of Direction
Shooting
Passing (both short and long)
Tackling (during stand still and during the move)
Jumping
Volleys
Running form
Posture during high speed movement

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Speed Assessment

An analysis of the athletes speed measured by observing the athletes:

Ground contact time (how long their foot stays on the ground)
Stride frequency (how fast they move their legs in the running cycle)
How fast the athlete accelerates with the ball at their feet
Max speed in km/h
Acceleration

All conducted with electronic timing and high speed video recording

Power Assessment

An assessment conducted on the athletes power production throughout the specific footballing technical motions:

Force output per stride
Shot Power
Passing Power

Ambipedal

Assessment of the player if they can use their weaker foot to the ability-close to to the ability of their dominant foot.

And the ratio of use in training and game of both feet - data collected through Playmaker foot strap

The objective is to narrow both the ABILITY of the weaker foot closer to the dominant foot and to narrow the ratio of left to right foot use to a smaller difference

Range of Motion

An assessment of the athletes range of motion through specific areas of the body which can determine if they struggle to get into certain positions to perform at elite levels and if they are vulnerable/a high risk to injuries

Ease of Motion

A visual assessment of the athletes ability to move their body in a effortless motion, a change of rhythm or lag in their movement patterns. This is requires a trained eye, this can determine also if they are not getting the best out of their training and attempt to learn new skills due to struggling to move with ease. A key skill ONLY the elite have

Postural Assessment

Analysis of the athletes posture is a focus of the ability to hold the body up against gravity. This assessment is conducted from the head down to the feet. This test indicates if they are maximizing their force production and if they have enough conditioning to sustain body positions permitting them to progress and perform their sporting at maximal speed and efficiency

Skill Sets

Analysis of the creativity and skill ability of the player. How many skills do they know, how many skill sets do they have/can they do to beat a player/players and their creativity and ability at distribution of the ball.

Creativity and multiple skills that make the player different from other is what will separate the player from their peers and is a REQUIREMENT to become world class

Biomechanics and posture in technical expression

Analysis of the biomehcanical display during skill sets and football technicality. This gives an indicator of how well the athlete is performing the skills and on ball technical traits, predicting how successful the skills and technical traits will be.

This is assessed on skills sets such as:

1. The Stepover

2. Breaking away with the ball

3. Shooting

4. Passing

5. Long Passing

6. Pull Back turns

7. Cruyff Turns

8. Croquetta

9. Shoulder Feint

10. Cut in

Feedback and results from the assessment will give enough data to understand where the footballer is at with their development, this is followed with beginning training and tackling limiting factors and bottlenecks of the footballer with a solution based methods.

A Program Designed to Create The Total Footballer

At Ambition Sports Performance, our programming is designed to bring out the best in every footballing athlete.
Dissecting every trait that makes a footballer world class, what the outliers of the footballing world have, going into the biomechanics, specific cues and indicators that make those traits world class.

We base all our training methods on actually self achieving world class ability in the traits that make a footballer world class, 7 years of professional football experience, thousands of hours of 1 on 1 mentorship with the best coaches in the speed and footballing game and 1000s hours of self trial and error from different types of methods to see what methods work the most efficient and fastest in terms of getting to that world class level.

Why do we target a time efficient method?

Because the European footballers you or your son/daughter are competing against to earn a pro contract have the luxury of completing around 15-20 hours of training a week from the age of 12/13 to 17 years old, so we have to train with a plan and a strategy that is outside of the box, that assesses the fine details behind every movement that is done in football.

So how do we plan on getting ahead of them?

It begins with breaking down what makes a specific movement with and without the ball successful in terms of result (beating a player, winning the ball, shooting with max power and accuracy, passing with max speed and accuracy. ie. all successful scenarios that occur in football) and it is not how MANY HOURS OR TIME we train in general, because many aspiring footballers in the past have trained a large amount and they haven't made it as footballer, so that puts volume out of the equation as the cause of success.

It begins with dissecting the movement and the focus being on making it biomechanically perfect.

That's how you begin to get ahead of your competitors around the world.
Then followed by adding specific speed, power, range of motion and many other traits/methods to amplify and fine tune the correct mechanics that have been ingrained in the brains neural pathways. (mentioned at the top of this page in assessment and training process area)

If you look to take part in the most specific, measured training programs and methods in the world, look no further.

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Some of the Success Stories

Current Top Speed: 36.4km/h (1o meters in 0.99 seconds)
Previous Top Speed: 31km/h

Current 20 meter sprint: 2.84 sec
Previous 20 meter sprint: 3.35 sec

Current 1st 10 meter split: 1.73
Previous 10 meter split: 1.95

Current Top Speed: 30.3km/h (10 meters in 1.19 seconds)
Previous Top Speed: 22.9km/h (10m split - 1.49 sec)

Current 20 meter sprint: 3.21 sec
Previous 20 meter sprint: 3.79 sec

Current 1st 10 meter split: 1.87 sec
Previous 10 meter split: 2.06 sec

Current Top Speed: 36.1km/h (1o meters in 0.99 seconds)
Previous Top Speed: 32km/h