{"id":24365,"date":"2020-11-10T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/?page_id=24365"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:56:16","slug":"football-coaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2  data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"3\">\n\t\t\tHOLIDAY FOOTBALL CAMPS\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/#Camps\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLEARN MORE\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldacademy.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.shieldacademy.co.uk\/\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\tEVERY MONDAY 6pm &#8211; 7pm  Starch House Lane IG6 1PT<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<h1>\n\t\t\t\tShield Technical Football Academy\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Shield Technical Football Academy provides Football Coaching in East London &amp; Essex. We work with boys &amp; girls of all abilities from ages 6 to 16 with our focus for the sessions on ball mastery and development of technique. Take your game to the next level with our experienced FA and UEFA licensed coaches.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#about\" title=\"BOOK A TASTER SESSION\" target=\"_self\"   role=\"button\" aria-label=\"BOOK A TASTER SESSION\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBOOK A TASTER SESSION\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Web-Graphic-1.png\" alt=\"Football Coaching in East London and Essex\" title=\"Web-Graphic\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-asset.png\" alt=\"image-asset\" title=\"image-asset\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shield-Academy-600px.png\" alt=\"Shield-Academy-600px\" title=\"Shield-Academy-600px\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-FA-logo-880x660-2.png\" alt=\"The-FA-logo-880x660\" title=\"The-FA-logo-880x660\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\tWe know what it takes\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>The academy is led by experienced UEFA licensed coaches within grassroots &amp; the professional game. With experience as ex-professionals and current academy coaches, we know what it takes to play at the highest level.<\/p>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tTake your game to the next level with our experienced UEFA Licensed Coaches\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Shield Technical Academy centres run across Essex &amp; East London. We welcome boys and girls aged 6 to 16 of all abilities.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/#taster\" target=\"_self\"  aria-label=\"BOOK A TASTER\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBOOK A TASTER \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\tor\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/?page_id=24786\" target=\"_self\"  aria-label=\"REGISTER\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREGISTER\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Shield-Technical-Academy-Coaches.png\" alt=\"Shield-Technical-Academy-Coaches\" height=\"488\" width=\"718\" title=\"Shield-Technical-Academy-Coaches\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><h3>Dan Seymour<\/h3><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UEFA B License<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n                    <!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Overlay for Style 1 -->\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dan\u00a0 has been coaching for 20 years, working at grassroots, academy and senior level. Dan began coaching at 16. With a passion and quest for knowledge, he immediately achieved his FA Level 1, followed by the FA level 2 at 17. He began the UEFA &#8216;B&#8217; coaching license at 18, completing this award at 19. Dan also completed the FA Youth Coaching Award (with youth modules 1-3). Dan&#8217;s enthusiasm from a young age, saw him create Shield Academy in 2007 (at 19 years old). Dan grew this from 1 team to 25, and is still enjoying watching it flourish. Dan has worked within 2 Premier League (category 1) academies and 1 league 1 academy. He has also worked at first team level within non-league as a first team coach. Dan loves coaching and is passionate about the technical development of individuals. Dan is a lifelong Leyton Orient fan, and regularly attends their games.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><h3>Julian Charles<\/h3><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UEFA A License<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n                    <!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Overlay for Style 1 -->\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Julian&#8217;s playing career as centre forward spans over 24 years in both a semi-professional and professional capacity making nearly 600 appearances. He has also played international football for St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines earning several caps playing in the 2000 World Cup qualifies.Julian began his coaching career in 2002 and has held a number of roles including spells in the academy at Dagenham &amp; Redbridge, Ipswich, Turkish super league side Goztepe and Queens Park RangersJulian was also appointed head coach of EFL team Crawley Town U23,s on September 12 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><h3>Charlie Leask<\/h3><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UEFA C License<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n                    <!-- Inline Block Space Fix\n\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Overlay for Style 1 -->\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charlie is an extremely passionate grassroots coach with over 6 years coaching experience with various teams around East London and Essex. After being at different clubs in the area he has finally found home at Shield Academy looking after U8 and 12s under the guidance of Dan Seymour and Julian Charles. As a keen amateur footballer Charlie made it to the lower levels of semi-professional in the\u00a0 Northern Alliance with Carlisle City. His passion is watching players and teams grow technically and socially and recognises the huge positive impact team sports have on young peoples lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\tbook a taster session\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><strong>Shield Technical Academy<\/strong> &#8211; Football Coaching in East London &amp; Essex.\u00a0 We welcome boys and girls aged 6 to 16 of all abilities. Our focus in our sessions is individual ball mastery, 1v1 duals, small sided games &amp; having fun!<\/p>\n<p><b>Our sessions are tailored to 3 stages:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate<\/li>\n<li>Advanced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Take your game to the next level and fill out the form below with your details and we will contact you. Payment details will be sent separately. Taster sessions are just \u00a310 and monthly bookings \u00a335<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:contact@shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact us\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shieldtechnicalacademy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/STA-Front.jpg\" alt=\"Shield Technical Academy Football Coaching in East London and Essex\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1200\" title=\"STA-Front\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\tschool holiday camps\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>NEXT UP &#8211; MAY 2026. 26th MAY to 29th MAY 10am &#8211; 3pm (early drop off available &#8211; 9am)<\/p>\t\n\t<p>Come and join Shield Technical Academy this May Half Term holiday 2026 at Starch House Lane, Ilford IG6 1PT on our training pitches for a fun and engaging May 2026 football camp!<\/p>\n<p>Like our Monday sessions, the focus for the camp will be ball mastery and development of technique with fun games and challenges. 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