Welcome to Unique FA

Unique FA was established in 2012. The Academy focuses on elite performance. Academy members train weekly with outstanding facilities and highly experienced coaching staff. Our focus is on working with the best youth players locally and creating an environment where they can make those marginal gains towards excellence.

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At Unique FA we provide;

  1. Experienced coaches

  2. Excellent facilities

  3. Video Analysis Veo & Hudl

  4. Termly feedback & target setting

  5. Opportunities to progress

Our Ethos

At Unique FA we aim to provide an environment which allows players to flourish and excel, whilst following their own individual development plan. We believe mentality, attitude and a burning desire is crucial in improving performance, so guide each member with these values firmly embedded throughout their time at the academy.

Our aim is to assist in producing intelligent players, with strong game understanding, a high work ethic and technical excellence.

Each member is encouraged to aim high to fulfil their own potential and the use of goals and targets set under the guidance of the experienced academy staff at Unique FA is part of the process.

The academy aims to create a challenging environment for all members to strive for excellence, within their own development plan. 

All members are taught to respect the 4 core values of the academy (Image below right) ;

All sessions  are pre-planned meticulously with specific learning outcomes in mind. Players will learn to trust each other with and without the ball and develop their game technically as well as enhancing their game IQ.

History & Values

Unique FA launched in January 2013 in Beckenham, South-East London.

After just shy of 7 years working within the Crystal Palace FC Academy before moving to West Ham United FC Founder Jamie Waller sought to create a professional football academy environment for high performing players within grassroots as well as existing academy system players.

Jamie felt that there was so much talent in the local area and wanted to provide a platform for those who had experienced rejection, but still had the desire to succeed in the game. Initially starting with just a handful of sessions, the popularity in the sessions grew and soon after the Technical Programme was born, catering for all grassroots players seeking technical training to compliment their club commitments. 


Fast-forward 15 years and more than 4000+ academy graduates later, the academy is now firmly established as the leading training academy for young players in the area wishing to master their game.

Within that 15 years, the academy has been graced with 100+ talented young players who have gone on to achieve professional contracts at both academy and senior level, a feat of which the academy is extremely proud of.

In addition the academy is incredibly proud of all of the members who dedicated their time to train consistently season after season in order to achieve their own individual targets which have contributed towards their own personal achievements and fulfilment - at all levels of the game.

Philosophy

The ethos of Unique FA is based on 4 core values: