Schaumburg Sports Center
1141 W. Irving Park Rd.
Schaumburg, IL
-Keith Rees, England Women's National Team
-Phil Hewitt, Everton FC Youth Academy
- Tosh Farrell, Everton FC Youth Academy
-Janet Rayfield, University Of Illinois
"The Everton Way"?
Most of the field demonstrations for the 2008 Soccer
Expo focus on the techniques taught by the
Everton Way, the official training regiment of the
Everton FC Youth Academy Program. Illinois
Youth Soccer is excited to have Tosh Farrell and
other staff coaches from Everton at the Expo
leading these sessions.
But why has Illinois Youth Soccer decided to focus
on the Everton Way?
In late 2007 Illinois Youth Soccer and Everton FC
reached an innovative training agreement in which
each Illinois Olympic Development Pool Player
would receive a subscription to the Everton Way
and the ODP training session would focus on the
techniques taught by the Everton Youth Academy
which has developed English Premiere League
players such as Wayne Rooney, Richard Dunne,
Leon Osman, Victor Anichebe and James Vaughn.
According to Illinois Youth Soccer Director of
Coaching, Ian Mulliner, “In my experience, no
other professional soccer organization has created a
youth development tool that comes close to The
Everton Way. Using their vast history and
experience, the Everton Academy has designed
an online player development tool that will help to
not only bring consistency to our training sessions
but will also enable coaches, players and parents
to be on the same page when it comes to working
on individual techniques and small group training.”
While the techniques are being utilized by ODP,
coaches and players not associated with ODP are
encouraged to come watch these field
demonstrations as these techniques are valuable for
beginning to advanced level players. One of the
advantages of the Illinois Youth Soccer / Everton
Partnership is that The Everton Way has been
made available to players and coaches outside of
the Olympic Development Program and offers
clubs, teams and players a chance to follow the
ODP training sessions to better prepare them for
participation in the program in the future.
If you are not familiar with The Everton Way, you
can take a free tour by clicking the Everton Way
logo on the ODP home page. This link will also
take you to the registration page in which you can
purchase a subscription.
After visiting the website, be sure to come out to the
2008 Illinois Youth Soccer Soccer & Chicago
FireFest to see these techniques in person.
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